Last time I talked about how this whole thing got started and how ever since that start things have been stalled at the gate. I also got into some of the reasons why I think that’s the case, why there has been no significant growth of the platform or movement towards achieving the vision that […]
A Start
Six years ago, finding myself in a set of circumstances – both personal and professional – that could be viewed as either a challenge or an opportunity, I decided to pursue thinking of it all as the latter, and began weighing my options. It was that options-weighing that ultimately led to the creation of OpenDoor […]
Some Kind of Sunday
It’s not the Spotlight, and I’m beginning to think that the Spotlight may never shine again, frankly, but it is Sunday, and I though I should pop in and say something, or rather, a few somethings. I was excited to learn that one of the favorite writers here at OpenDoor Comics recently landed an exciting […]
#ComicsSupporter
On Twitter, as he is wont to do, Alex Segura has started a discussion related to comics. Who was your first #comicssupporter – the person that helped you go from casual to serious fan? For me, it was my dad – who bought me my first new/off the rack comic, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #348. I’d read […]
“If you strike me down, I shall become m
Happy Star Wars Day! And, more importantly, Happy Free Comic Book Day! Go out and get some free comics, and also buy some comics while you’re at it. Anyway, to get to the point of this post, and the reason for the day-appropriate quote, I’m about to take down The Spinner Rack. There are…issues. And […]
Of Course 2: Electric Boogaloo
Some kind of change to the plugin I use to aggregate the info that turns into posts on The Spinner Rack caused some of the posts that should have gone there to get posted here. After discovering the error, and confirming that it didn’t appear to be happening anymore, I deleted the posts. Of course, […]
Sunday Miscellany
It’s #SignalBoostSunday! Follow the link to find creators to support. I’ve often talked about the high degree of “comic book insecurity” I had as a young fan. That is, for a variety of reasons, when I was a kid I didn’t have stable, secure access to new comics. There were no comic shops within hundreds […]
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues
Last week I launched The Spinner Rack, a site that automatically aggregates information about comics from multiple sources, including publishers’ social media accounts, news sites, and trending hashtags. It was pretty basic, and while most of the content was dynamically-updated, the site itself was mostly static, and the posts linking to the feed content were […]
Take It For A Spin
I’m not yet ready to step back into the Spotlight, but I did want to pop in and let you know that I have, in fact, returned from my vacation. As is invariably the case, upon returning, I got sick. I appear to be on the mend now, but it did lead to the inevitable […]
End of The Year Miscellany
I hope everyone’s holidays are going well so far, and while I mentioned in my last post that I was stepping out of the Spotlight for a bit, I thought I would pop in just to say hello and to talk about a few things. The original intent of The Threshold was for it to be […]