Comic Haul week of October 22nd, 2024
New comics!
Harley Quinn #44
Uncanny X-Men #310
Nightwing #119
Namor, the Sub-Mariner #2
the secret SickPanels.com music distro quarterly package is going out this week, email me for more info!
A little Halloween dump. The dog and I are going out on mischief night to give out candy cigarettes.
Comic Haul week of October 15th, 2024
New comics!
Nightwing #118 - had to go for the cover that spoke to me
Superman #2
Low Vol. 4
Hawkman #2
Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #3
Was with some family over the weekend. My great aunt showed me some drawings I did when I was eight years old. Personally I think they’re pretty good.
Comic Haul week of August 20th, 2024
New comics!
Nightwing #117
Sonic the Hedgehog #216 and #222
Aliens: Hive #1, #2, and #4
Something they don’t tell you about Japan is they don’t do breakfast. If you’re awake at sunrise you better eat at home because otherwise you won’t be eating until 11am. The one thing I miss most about Japan is the abundance of canned coffee. It was in every vending machine, which there were many of on every block. Lots of vending machines in Japan too, btw.
This coffee had horses on it
Just like in Evangelion!
Comic Haul week of July 23rd, 2024
New comics!
Harley Quinn #42
Nightwing #116
Hate Revisited #2
Action Comics #23.1 Cyborg Superman
So I went to Japan, as I said before, and the next few weeks will probably feature some of that content. Another Sick Panels staple, regional sandwiches. We went to Nihonbashi Philly in Tokyo. The chef there has traveled to Philly multiple times to research how to make the bread, cheese, and steak all from scratch. Surely the best cheesesteak I’ve ever had. There are a few things that I ate in Japan that I feel like I can never eat again because it was so good there. Takoyaki for example, so much better when it’s fresh. Cheesesteaks are always going to be unfairly compared to this one.
People have asked me what I felt about Japan, and the answer I’ve been giving them is that it’s everything you’d expect but also gives these Chick-Fil-A vibes. Everyone is nice to you but in a way where it feels more like training than genuine thought. Everyone says “thank you” the same way, it’s offputtingly fake. Lovely people, but living on the East Coast makes me expect more rawness from strangers. The chef at this cheesesteak place as well as his partner were the opposite of that. We talked about cheesesteaks, our favorite bakeries, which American beer is worth importing, real topics. This was the only conversation I had that felt genuine to me, like he was really listening to what I was saying. Obviously this isn’t a judgement on the Japanese, I don’t even know how to speak Japanese, just a fun and loving interaction that stood out from other interactions I had as a foreigner. To be clear, every single person I met in Japan was helpful, which is a lot better than simply polite.
Comic Haul week of June 18th, 2024
New comics!
The Amazing Spider-Man #52
The Invincible Iron Man #19
Man's Best #4
Nightwing #115
The Sensational She-Hulk #9
I attended a mahjong tournament up in New York City. Somehow across then games I only won a single hand, and it was NOT a good one (see below).
I thought it would be corny to take a picture of this hand but it was the fourth round and I somehow already knew it was going to be the only hand I won, I also came in last in this particular game. I somehow placed even worse than the last tournament, not sure how that happened. I didn’t even break any rules this time!
It was still a fun little weekend vacation, I had two bagel sandwiches.