Friday, November 21, 2003

 

Plugs, or "It's My Site and I'll Plug If I Want To"

When you are associated with cool people, doing cool things, it is therefore cool to tell people how cool they are. So, as a break from my usual pointless rambling, here's some stuff I think you should know about.

Maximum Monkey Comics

Downtown Hayward has a new comics store, and I think it's really cool. It opened about two months ago, across the street from where the late lamented Clay's Comics used to be. It has much the same feel and coolness that Clay's used to have, and no wonder--one of the owners is Amy Crook, who used to be a fixture behind the counter at Clay's for a lot of years. If you like comics, and particularly if you miss Clay's, go check out the Monkey. Or as we like to say...SHOP THE MONKEY!!!

Seriously, in the last year or two, comics have gotten good again. Even the big companies are busting their asses to hire better writers and better artists. If you think that comics have been stinking recently, now's the time to get back into them. The Monkey carries a good mix of mainstream and alternative comic book titles, manga, and graphic novels. They also have a video game arcade and comfy couches so you can relax and read. The man behind the counter, the Almighty Robman, has outstanding taste in comics. He's happy to turn you on to what's good, and a really nice guy to boot. He's also the writer and artist of...

The Robman Show

A man.....old enough to know better....and one day....his toys talk! Well, they probably have talked to Robman his whole life. And now they pretty much control his life. Mego Spidey, Cthulhu (aka "Sancho!"), the Devil, and a whole bunch of other toys are the stars here. Heck, even Amy's in it from time to time. But not me. Nope. For some reason, I'm just not cool enough to appear in The Robman Show. But it's still a cool webcomic, even without yours truly. Check it out, why don't you??

Jefferson 1:00 PM

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