This Mother's Day, Scary-Crayon asks, "What does a child get for a mother who realizes that her life would have been better if the child had never been born?" Find out in "Happy Mother's Day", our latest short story. And for those of you who missed it, here's last year's Mother's Day Crayon Haiku.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone! Ja.

Scary-Crayon marks FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (which is this coming Saturday, May 7) by featuring a special guest star in Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #40 -- Bizarro of Superman fame! But while fictional characters didn't shop for books while I worked there, I did get a lot of customers that... well, read the comic and see. It's kinda depressing.

Speaking of depressing, thanks to everyone who attempted to say something helpful regarding my last post. No, things haven't gotten any better, but what am I gonna do? The best answer to that question would involve a length of thick rope and a ceiling fan, but I haven't reached that point yet. So don't worry! Ja ne.

It's time to tempt your tummy with the taste of... squash and seafood and pretzels?! YES! Join us over at Scary-Crayon for the unveiling of the Twisted Pretzel Squash Seafood Medley. Seriously, it's delish. Featuring appearances by Super Buu, Venus de Milo, and the holy Robin glass (sent to us by the lovely Mickey Glitter)! (more...)

I probably would never have known about this if I hadn't worked the comic shop yesterday, but Red Sonja's got a new series on the way from Dynamite Entertainment. Granted, I know nothing about the old Marvel series and can barely remember the 1985 film (though it seems like I've seen it at least three times on television), but a hot redhead in a steel bikini isn't something easily refused -- especially when her comic is only 25 cents! That said, here's the gushing (eeew...) Scary-Crayon review of Red Sonja #0... quite possibly one of the sexiest comics ever.

And Mickey, if you're reading, there's a special something I included in that article just for you. I know how much you love kinky footwear! 😉

Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #39 is now online. Enjoy!

And I swear I already had this finished and scheduled for tonight's posting, but it's interesting that it's fairly relevant to TAB's Wednesday blog entry, or at least certain parts of the discussion that followed in his comments section. Very interesting indeed!

And The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is opening this weekend, yes? I've got no desire to see it right off the bat -- I bought the book(s) back when I was still working at the bookstore, so I'd like to read them before watching it -- but I am kind of curious to see Mos Def in action. Oh, I know next to nothing about the guy, but people used to tell me fairly regularly that I looked just like him (!!!), and since I don't get the resemblance in the stills I've seen on the web I'd like to see if maybe certain mannerisms or twitches account for the apparent similarity. Or maybe people are just crazy.

Speaking of movies, I did get around to seeing Sin City last Sunday, but I'll write about that later. I also got to attend the better part of the tribute assembly for the Dean of College Life Services after all, about which I'll probably also post a few observations in the near future. And finally, I'm planning on doing something related to the "10 things I love about myself" meme that's making the blog rounds, so look for that too. And, of course, more Scary-Crayon content is always headed your way.

And that's all for now. Must get to bed -- I'm totally fagged out and have to be awake in like four hours. G'night, minna-san.