I woke up this morning to find that my wife put my new car insurance slip on my keyboard. It really is the little things that you can do to show someone you love them. I'm about six or seven chapters into Ten Cent Plague now and it's a great read so far. I don't know if many here know much about comics, but Hadju spends almost a whole chapter talking about Charles Biro's and Bob Wood's Crime Does Not Pay. It hasn't happened yet in the book yet, but I'm wondering if Hadju is gonna bring up HISTORICAL SPOILER! Wood's Downfall. Maybe he doesn't cause in the grand scheme of things it didn't have a major impact on comics, but man, I feel like there's just an irony there that deserves at least a footnote. Overall though, it's a very good book, kind of hard to keep track of what's going on because so many people and so many events are mentioned and then not really brought up again. Still, it's a great, great book. I wanna do another antiques post from something from my collection for Hubski pretty soon, but I've been really busy as of late. I think I'm gonna ask for a day off work so I can focus on just that. I have something a bit different planned than my usual “Here's a thing guys! Check it out!” I know I'm not the best writer but I really like my antiques and they're fun to share.
It's more about the industry at large than individual players; I think he mentions how Wood went out but it wasn't an important thing. Hadju spends more time on what a bundle of bizarre Charles Moulton was... and how the latent sadomasochistic and homoerotic undertones of his work influenced comics the same way Rob Halford's gayboy leather chic influenced heavy metal. Prior to EC comics toning Wonder Woman down, Moulton's first instinct was black patent leather and fishnets. That is the comic book movie I wanna see.
Well shit. I'm about a third into the way of the book and I can honestly say I did not pick up on that. I feel silly now. He was a bit of a weird guy. Though in his defense, a lot of influencial people in history were downright weird by today's standards. Have you ever heard of a book called The League of Regrettable Superheroes? It's full of characters who are interesting for one reason or another.It's more about the industry at large than individual players.
Moulton
Mmmmyeah, I'm kind of okay with Moulton for being a polyamorous kink, but pretty much not okay for being the guy who saddled us with the polygraph. I oughtta check that book out.
It's a slip with your insurance information on it, showing that it is active and tied to the car that you're driving. You keep it in the glovebox of your car in case you get in an accident, that way you can easily exchange insurance information with any parties involved. As for why it's important? It just shows that she cares enough to help me keep on top of shit.