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. Six books I wouldn't mind finding under my Christmas tree. Six comics collections are a trip down memory lane By Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-12-01-xmasbooks-comics_x.htm Comic books aren't all about capes and secret identities. n Several recent collections unearth rare, underground and early works that don't often get the Hollywood treatment. Though they're not appropriate for children, they may make adult readers recall childhood trips to the comic shop. Here's a roundup of the best offerings: The Comics Before 1945 By Brian Walker (Harry N. Abrams, $50) Devotees of Little Orphan Annie, Krazy Kat and other seminal comic strips will appreciate this hardcover collectors' volume, which presents works from the turn of the century to World War II. (Abrams published Walker's volume of Comics Since 1945 in 2002.) Along with detailed biographies of the era's most no table artists, Wa...

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. StormWatch http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/Asia/sat.html Everyone please keep safe and dry. It doesn't help that this super typhoon is named after a singer know for his novelty songs. Ready or not, here comes Typhoon Yoyong. God bless us all.

. The Fantastic Mr. Bach FROM : http://www.portlandmercury.com/2004-11-25/feature2.html If you were forced at gunpoint to have a three-way with two comic book characters and one had to be a man, who would they be? SEBASTIAN BACH: I'd have to say Valkyrie from the Defenders--she was fuckin' hot. I find it somewhat weird that I get turned on by a comic book character, but anyway... Oh, I forgot, Cherry Poptart. You should pick up one of those--they're X-rated, but she's a little minx. Or Gwen Stacy, who the Green Goblin killed in Spider-Man #101 I think, or maybe #99--I can't remember the exact issue. Green Goblin threw her off a bridge--she was absolutely awesome. So that's three chicks, and then one of them has to be a man? Huh... Oh, it definitely has to be Mr. Fantastic. Reed Richards, from the Fantastic Four. He has the ability to stretch any part of his body as big, long, or wide as he wants. I'd like to see some party tricks with that fuck...

:-( CCHQ CLOSING SALE 30% to 50% off on Comics and Manga December 1 - 18 Store Hours: 10am to 530pm Monday to Saturday "It has been a pleasure serving you for the past three years. We have met so many wonderful people and learned so much about life, business and ourselves. We thank you for your loyal patronage." Khristine and Katya Cheng-Chua CENTRAL COMIC HQ 3rd floor, FBR Arcade, Katipunan Avenue, QC Tel (632)433-0898 http://www.cchq.com.ph/ I always thought that CCHQ would've been perfect except it didn't have a coffee shop. But they said they didn't want to smell of food and coffee to mix with the books. Very understandable. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new comic book. Especially those glossy graphic novels. They didn't have the flat smell of newsprint comic books. The graphic novels had that precious scent, otherworldly, a strange mix of the printing chemicals and the airplane's airconditioning system. Althou...

. TOP 5 Things Heard in Baguio After Authorities Burn P1.3 worth of Marijuana 5. Whoa! Why is Kenon Road is all straight? 4. Everything's sooo GREEN! 3. Wow! These pine trees smell so good. 2. Why do I suddenly have a craving for ube jam and strawberries? 1. LOOK! I'M THE BARREL MAN!

. YOU ARE HERE i'm now at the GAMEFROG . (Is it THE GAMEFROG? Or just GAMEFROG?) Anyway, it's a nice quite place. As quiet as netcafes get. Right beside it is a bar called Aruba and they now have some showband singing some Top 40 song. Ohhh... I like their keyboards. Nice and black and has that nice clickety-clack sound if i type fast enought. Another good thing about GAMEFROG is that it's not dark like most netcafe, which seem to think they have to look like some 80s disco pub. Now, if only they serve coffee this would be a really great place.