In what we now know as “The Before Times,” today would have been the best day of the week, AKA New Comic Book Day. However, as noted last week, one of the many challenges we’re facing in the midst of this global pandemic – and, admittedly, one of the more minor inconveniences, all things considered […]
NCBD = NO Comic Book Day?
Today is New Comic Book Day, which is normally a happy occasion for those of who eagerly rush to our local comic shop (LCS) to pick up the latest four-color adventures. But this New Comic Book Day is unlike any other, in that it’s going to be the last one for an as-yet undetermined amount […]
My Promise To YOU
Over the weekend news broke that DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio is no longer with the company. As of this writing, details are scarce, and there has been no official announcement of any kind. Naturally, this has led to rampant speculation as to why and what it means for the future, but, again, no one […]
A Stall
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 […]
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 […]
Spotlight Sunday 3.10.19
An additional data point in favor of my long-held theory means that there are spoilers ahead for… “Come, you ignorant beast! Try and kill me so I can live again!” I was reluctant, as per my nebulous rules for writing about comics, to tackle an issue of Conan again so soon, but this issue provides […]
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 […]
Lights Out Sunday 10.14.18
Okay, so, yeah. No Spotlight today. Sorry. I’m just not feeling it, and I have some non-comics-related stuff to deal with today. The Spotlight will return next week, and one of these days I’ll get around to that Very Special™ post, but for right now…yeah. I don’t think that the Showcase will return, however. Even […]