Almost unreasonably so, except I just remember the last six years and want to bash my head into the nearest wall.

Congrats, Dems, we have two out of three.

This news from DC is something I can’t honestly decide between ‘relieving’ and ‘vaguely horrifying’. I’m not sure.

I’m a girl.

I’m a girl who likes comics.

I’m a geek girl.

I never had a problem finding things to read that appealed to me–then again, I was reading Stephen King at the age of 12, so that small fact might out me from this discussion altogether. While I don’t think pandering or creating something for a specific audience is an actually horrible thing, I do think that separating people is. There are, of course, series that are definitely aimed for different audiences. See: Runaways vs. The Boys. We definitely know which age bracket is going where and generally, which sex. It is the differences between men and women, I suppose, but I do know a few–myself included–females who thoroughly enjoy The Boys just as much as they do Runaways.

Then again, I also live with a chicks who prefers Fables–nothing wrong with that, I like it too–and Runaways to The Boys.

I think the thing I’m not sure about is whether or not specific titles should be created specifically for a particular audience. Or advertised so blatantly as such. Is it a necessary evil for the comics industry to get ahead, especially with how mainstream and popular manga is becoming?

Don’t worry guys, if you like MINX, I won’t think you’re a big girl.

Just a little one.

Also for the new year is a new blog. Sort of new, sort of been sitting around getting not a whole lotta love (cue guitar and drums) from me for a while. A ‘starting fresh’ thing, except my previous blog is just a whine-zone, other people free. I live with three other adults, only one of whom I’m sleeping with–which either gets them off the hook or hanging on the hook worse than everyone else, depending on the situation–so a people-free-zone where I can bitch freely to myself is a nice, pretty thing. Blogging is actually good too, so I can stop driving the rest of my house insane with tidbits. Time to take it to the internet. Probably time for me to be a bit more social too, anyway, so in the spirit of socializing and new years, I’m finally breaking in geeksicle, which has sat ingnored and sulking for quite some time. Must add ‘Stop Humanizing Every Inanimate Object’ onto list.

On to the interesting crap.

Like . . . Buffy Season 8? Comic? Say what now, Whedon? First of all, I’m still waiting on my Angel box set, you bastard, and secondly, . . . aren’t you a busy, sly little beaver. For sure. Astonishing X-Men (and this is an amusing little trailer), Runaways , Wonder Woman and now this? Obviously someone got tired of doing nothing and is back in action. I love seeing him in the comic book industry, the big lug o’geek that he is.

I don’t know how much I want to read about it before I can get my grubby little mitts on it in March, but the preview pages I’ve seen–featured in a link in the above linked page–are looking really good.

And in the upcoming year, we have The Dark Knight, which frankly, I couldn’t be more pleased over. (Fear the comma abuse, fear it.) Seriously. I have no qualms with these movies–I had to give up the entire idea of people actually following comic book storylines a while ago. And I don’t care what anyone else says, Heath Ledger could shape up to be a very, very fine Joker. Are there going to be Red Hood allusions, you think? Isn’t that a delicious thought? Gah, thoroughness. How I love you.

I really enjoyed the first one–I know lots of people half and half on them, but honestly, it is one of the best comic book movies I’ve seen out in a while and I enjoy Batman to an extreme, possibly unhealthy level. Again: Don’t expect movies to be like the comics and everything’ll be o. kay.

I also have this wild, wild hope that they’ll end the next movie with a random half-shot of a circus flier, complete with advertising the Flying Grayson’s coming to Gotham. Please. Please. Please. Make a woman happy, people. Extremely. I love my Dick Grayson. So hard.

And a brief message to Marvel. Stop it. I may have to actually start reading more than two of your series and damn you for it. Dark Tower? Dreams come true and it’s looking to shape up into a masterpiece. Love the books and hopefully I love the comics just as much. Just when I thought Marvel was only good because it had Gaiman and Whedon . . . maybe worth a second look. If I can find any other interesting series to pick up–am taking recs. Feel free.

My The Out of Office Countdown Calendar, chock full of stupid Bushisms and pretty numbers ticking down the days until we’re done with him. 24 months to go, huzzah. It is a beautiful, beautiful thing. Now to get the dayshoursminutesseconds ticker until he’s out of office to put on our mantle. Bless it.

If you’re not reading DMZ, please go pick up the trade right now and give your brain some love. Totally digging it.

Also, here’s an interesting interview if you haven’t spotted it yet.

So, New Year Resolutions?

Write 200,000 words.
Finish comic book script.
Find artist.
Finish Book.
Finish Book.
Finish. Book.

Maybe.

Or maybe they’re perfect just the way they are and say absolutely everything that anyone will ever need to know about the blogger.

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

Or perhaps that’s all just bullshit and I’m making a first post to get it over with. Kind of like losing ones virginity–quick, easy, harmless and absolutely unmemorable.