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TONY'S ONLINE TIPS
for Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The good news...I landed the gig I wrote about yesterday. It will still be about a year before I can talk about the gig, but I'm extremely happy about it.
Amusingly, in the few hours between when Monday's TOT posted and my writing today's column, a half-dozen guesses as to what this gig is have been e-mailed to me and not one of them is even close. You can all stop now.
Here's the thing. It's not a gig with DC or Marvel, which is what most of the e-mailers were hoping for. When I can talk about it, I bet some of those who wrote me will be disappointed. But, like I said, I'm happy. It's comics. It's fun and fulfilling work for an employer I admire and respect. It pays well. It will allow me to be a bit more choosy about other work I accept. It buys me time to work on personal projects. It moves me closer to being a full-time comics writer again.
The additional good news...the Casa Isabella renovations and repairs continue to move forward and their inherent distractions to my writing are becoming less distracting. In fact, since we have to wait two weeks on the kitchen counter tops that were supposed to arrive and be installed yesterday, there's a chance there won't be any workers here all next week. Fingers crossed.
The semi-bad news...between my Monday meeting with my new boss and the need to clean up the debris from all the Casa Isabella work done over the weekend, it's going to be a couple days before I can get back to writing full-blown TOTs. But I will have something new for you each and every day.
Let's check out today's snacks.
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COMICS IN THE COMICS
Three more guest stars appeared in the concluding episodes of last week's Bob the Squirrel sequence. Here are the strips from April 5-7...
You can enjoy Frank Page's strip daily at:
www.gocomics.com/bobthesquirrel
In Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers got two more episodes out of the discovery of old comic books in an attic. Here are the strips from April 6 and 7...
I wonder how long it will take for those comics to show up in Funky Winkerbean.
Watch for more "Comics in the Comics" in future TOTs.
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TONY POLLS
Most every Tuesday, we have new TONY POLLS questions for your balloting entertainment. This week, we're asking you to cast your votes for the next President of the United States and also to weigh in on the nominees for the 2007 Glyph Comics Awards, awards that "recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color" from the preceding calendar year. You can cast your votes by going to:
www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/poll
Thanks for spending a part of your day with me. I'll be back tomorrow with more stuff.
Tony Isabella
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THE "TONY" SCALE
ZERO: Burn your money before buying any comic receiving this rating. It doesn't *necessarily* mean there's absolutely nothing of value here - though it *could* - but whatever value it might possess shrinks into insignificance before its overall awfulness.
ONE: Buy something else. Maybe I found something which wasn't completely dreadful in the item, but not enough for me to recommend it when there are better comics available. I only want what's best for you, my children.
TWO: Basic judgment call. I found some value, but not enough to recommend it. My review should give you enough info to decide if you want to take a chance on it. Are you feeling lucky today, punk? Well, are you?
THREE: This denotes something I find perfectly respectable. There are better books out there, but I wouldn't regret buying this item. Based on my review, you should be able to determine if it's of interest to you. Let the Force guide you.
FOUR: I recommend anything earning this rating. Unless you don't like the genre, subject matter, or past work of the creators, I believe you'll enjoy this item. Isn't it uncanny how I can look right into your soul that way?
FIVE: Anything getting this rating is among the best comicdom has to offer. You should buy/read this, even if the genre/subject matter doesn't appeal to you. It's for your own good. Me, I live for comics and books this good...but not in a pathetic "Comic-Book Guy" sort of way.
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