A Master Link Of Interesting and Fun Things.

Indie Projects/Universes I want to keep my eye on: (Ill probably be updating this one as well. God help me and my special Seagull vision.)

*Yes, I do follow many of these things on twitter. 

• Mythoverse Comics
• Bladenite
• Fallout Miami

Yes, this is going to be interesting. Behold! The avenues that FL woman brain goes towards! None of these listed here are in a specific order.

• Grok Comics
• Adventures of Brisco County Jr
• Audible of Dune
• Babylon 5 Ship Specs -Plus Crusade was KO'd too soon by TNT.
• B5 Encyclopedia  
• The Progenitor Trilogy   ////3rd book here ----The very first e-books I bought with my kindle stuff back in 2014. Has lots of fun ideas in it. Of course its Space Opera. XD 

Let's see how much farther I can go on this cup of coffee:

• https://lousybookcovers.com/
• http://www.b5-dark-mirror.co.uk/

Honestly this was one of the bigger B5 fanfics I first encountered in the baby days of the internet. Pretty interesting "What IF" setup. I still remember messing up grandma's ability to talk on the phone in those days.

• Pointman Comics
• Ballistic
• Two Swords til Mercy  (kickstarter, as of 3-29, has 24 more days.)
• Ill add more things later. Its been a crazy week at work for me.

A Basket

With everything that's happening: Eggs and Baskets are on my mind. Even Easter ones. :P

In comic land, with all areas getting hit, it wouldn't be wise to put all my reading eggs into one basket either. Amazon could have its own crisis with books and comics too. Comixology might not be around forever so in that event:

• Gonna start making flash drive backups of all my digital stuff. (Esp Invincible. A fair amount of comics from my comixology account are DRM free.)
• Put out feelers for alternative book and comic sources. (Use more used book stores/antique shops/hobby shops)
• Plan accordingly with finances to get through this and still support the things I love.

Industries aren't as robust as they claim most times. One hit somewhere usually derails the whole line.

• Get stuff through curb side pickup if needed. (Media/Food/Ect.)  
• Support Alternative Networks (In order to find genres/ect that I enjoy.)
• Direct via the Source

Alterna, Silver Empire Publishing, and soon to be born things like  IndieGen.XYZ

We really are reliving the 1920s in some ways.

At this point, for comic book shops to make it through this mess: (Just my Opinion.)

• Network with each other. Go around Diamond/DC and Marvel if you can. Buying all the garbage from them to get to the 10% that's still passable or worth a damn is killing you and the readership. 
• Alternative Source of Revenue. If you have to become a Hybrid store to meet bills, do it. 
• Offer Tabletop time slots to Hardcore Table Top enthusiasts. Some shops in Tampa FL are doing this. Not just pull boxes but different tier memberships for more perks/deals.
• Collectors: All those Number 1s arent worth it. Unless you have something that is a cultural artifact like Action Comics #1 or an equivalent, buying all the drek because it has a SHINY ONE on it doesn't really help your local shop. It forces them to buy 1000s of comics not worth a damn and that will see the 50 cent bin within a few months. (Because Marvel practices and DC practices too. For industry leaders they sure don't care that all their artists and writers will be out of a job within the next year if this keeps up.)
• The Comics Industry has some of the same issues that Dead Tree Publishing has in my Book Area of Fun. I really hope more shops don't go the way of Blockbuster. Or Borders, or Walden Books.
• Sustainability: Somehow western comics have to bring in new audiences without alienating their established base. I'm already in my mid 30s. And for my area, I'm one of the younger shoppers when I do go to my LCS. 

For the "Big Dogs" of the Industry:

• Unsold stuff from Marvel and DC: 100% returnable. In fact, it should be standard for all comic companies to the stores they ship to. That way it will cut down on the practices Marvel loves to shove onto shops, IE: Get/Buy 100 copies to get a variant. They cant hide the crap within the decent stuff that way.
• Stop forcing these shops to buy duds. Provide products based on area interest. Connecting Patrons with Books/Comics they want to Collect. 
• Find a way to put more comics in places other then hobby shops, then put local ads in those comics to lead them to shops in case a person wants to get even more involved. Growth from multiple sectors.  

 As for me, its time for more work. And more Orange Juice. Gotta get that Vitamin C in.

In my Case....

via:Texts from Babylon 5

This whole virus event means more hours at work for me. (I will admit, I am slightly kinda tempted by that extra 1,000 dollars thing, if only to buy more hard working writers and comics creator stuff.)

My responsible side says if that does happen, to put it in savings, my nerd side says but "THINK! All those books....." To be honest, I'd probably put 800 in savings then go slightly giddy with 200 or so. Depending on bills and payday, most times I put aside a good 40-90 bucks a pay period to nerdy pursuits.

But like all things, I just plan on working, getting paid that way. 

Cause so far, my pharmacy chain is going on all cylinders and our store hours aren't shifting one bit when it comes to open/closing times. Some local grocery stores here are going 1 hr earlier for closing but that's so they can have more time to restock shelves. Based on what other people working there have said. 

But onward! To the nerdy things I enjoy.

Ill always promote favorite sci fi things:

This is very sudden but space doggo! IT HAS SPAAAAAAAAACE DOOOOOOGO!

• Last Guardians 
• This looks like its gonna be fun space opera. I can feel it in my bones. Plus here's the link to the first 10 pages so you can look for yourself: Here 

Got my pledges in for:

• Kyrie: Here
• Soulbound: Here

Next Pay Cycle:

Silver Empire Book Club Upgrade: (so i can rebuy some books....muahahahaha!) Here
Outworlder: Here
Ascendant:  Here

Well this is a thing that engulfed my seagull brain: Mine? MINE!

Sea Of Stars

Just dayyyyyyyyyum, get me to the choppa, that looks freaking good. Yessum.

Moar RPGs like Yesteryear? YES PLZ.

I think I will do a very unwise thing and look back through my twitter feed to amass more lighthouses on the seas of books and space opera.

And then, Ill get Von Monicle

Because good books should be supported. Especially at times like this. If what we want isnt on the shelves, make it ourselves or support others doing it. That's my simple goal.

Waiting Is Hard.

One, waiting for this big boy to hit my mailbox:

500+ page HardBack. Says it should be here by Thrusday then Ill derp with everyone over it.

It has da Pew Pew and Space Opera and the art looks really interesting.

• Working on Part 1 of Uriel's Revenge.
• Working on Part 2 of One Last Echo and Seekers of Fortune.

Had to re-work it all due to length and spoilers. When I get excited I have a tendency to ramble.

Happy to be putting funds to things that make me happy. So much space opera in books and comics to discover. Its great.

Some favorites:

• Eden 
• Exilium 
• Ascender   ///// Descender
• Cluster
• Trekker
• Tales of Honor Vol 2

Quick Links to Projects/Various Things of Interest:

• The Witch's March ( I wish there was a digital copy option.) I do like some alternate history stuff. Gives off a White Lily Vibe.
• Weber/Holo: Gordian Protocol 
•  Black Tide Rising 
•  Ancient Astronauts 
• Solar Queen
• The Psyche of War (I've been looking into books that have telepaths or people with psi ability as research for my own series.) 

Blast from the Past:

• Babylon 5
• Gargoyles
• Superman Animated Series
• Men in Tights
• Spaceballs 
• Superman I/II
• Rifftrax aka MST3K

I am a MerryGoRound!

Still working on those In Depth Reviews of:

• Uriel's Revenge
• One Last Echo 
• Seekers of Fortune 

I'm wondering if I should break the reviews up by chapters: IE 1-5/ 6-10 ect Otherwise Phone Users will be scrolling forever. I might just do that. Then Update the Pages as I go along. Adding to the Databases as I unearth things.

I know what Ill be doing next month: (Cause Fun money is already allotted this time around, plus it looks like more superhero capeshit is gonna seagull me next time too) Ill be ready for the dip next time, might do the annual program.) Heck, I already put down decent money on hobby stuff so why not?

• Silver Empire Book Club

Gotta get a gift card from work so I can put in my backing of:

• Offworlder 
• Dynamite Thor 

Then next payday:

• Ascemdant     Holy shit, Superhero RPG that looks like the mechanics are pretty smooth. I follow all the best twitter peoples: Thanks DJSchreffler , you cause this FL woman to loose even more money in the Quest for Capes.  

The Art of Dune might tempt me at some point. Ill wait and see for a while. 

Wes, aka Thinking Critical tuned me in to more quality Sci Fi comics: The Kill Lock

Laying down the Comic News: Thinking Critical and Perch

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