Tag is a horror comic that tells the story of Mitch, an angry man whose loveless relationship with Izumi (his on-again, off-again girlfriend) has just ended, again. They're leaving the restaurant when a shambling horror runs up to him, touches him in the chest and shouts, "Tag, you're it!" Immediately, Mitch begins to die, his bodily functions shutting down, even though he remains able to walk and even talk (when he remembers to draw a breath). He and Izumi confront his death -- the rigor mortis, the rotting -- together, trying to figure out what happened to him. They find answers on a blog, where an earlier "tag" victim explains the rules by which this odd strain of zombiism is spread.
Tag comes from Boom Studios, written by Keith Giffen and illustrated by Kody Chamberlain and Chee. It has many resonances with The Ring and other stories that revolve around understanding the "rules" governing the creeping awfulness at the heart of the story. Like The Ring, Tag uses its gimmick to tell a damned fine tale about love and betrayal, a story with many layers that are peeled back as the story moves to a moving climax. Link
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Death Valley: a graphic novel that's like John Hughes vs George Romero
Zombie Tales: comics anthology
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With geometric shapes that are pleasing to the eye and warm, colorful enamel decorations, the "tropics" ceramic set is well suited to various tastes and atmospheres, being very attractive even to children. This is a totally ecological design, which encourages us to follow a healthy diet, and it allows us to prepare and serve natural orange, grapefruit or lemon juice, without any reaction between the acids contained in the juice and the varnished ceramic set. The squeezer can be used combined with the pitcher, in which the citrus fruit can be thoroughly squeezed; and then the juice can be served immediately or it can be kept in the pitcher until breakfast time, for this the squeezer is placed upside down and the pitcher is covered with its lid.
I was passing through Sacto airport security checkpoint. I sent my carry-on backpack through the Xray machine. The operator found something, and raised her hand for assistance. Another TSA person came over and pulled my bag out of the machine and commenced with a hand search. Inside he found a package of unopened Hunts Pudding Snacks in my lunch. He confiscated the pudding "it's a liquid" and sent me on my way. Absurd, but forgettable. However later in the day I had a layover, and was going through my backpack looking for a pen and came across my Swiss Army Knife with a 4" locking blade.
Dutch architects zecc architecten converted a water tower into a nautilus-shaped vertical luxury flat that looks surprisingly homey. I'm especially fond of the little sundeck on the roof.
According to a study by Simon Smith, more than 800 items were registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as sex toys between 1840 and 1997. Among them was a condom with a built-in computer chip that can play music. Progress?
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The term "energy efficient" is rather vague. At some level it implies some form of conservation. I have great reservations with that concept as well. One aspect of conservation is to use less so that there is more to go around, either to more people or for a longer time. I disagree with this concept pretty strongly. Personally I want to conserve but I wouldn't push that concept on others as a "right" way to live. I only want to serve as an example. I don't want to tell others that they are bad people or doing "wrong" things. That's not a good way to keep open communication. I also have trouble with the concept that we can have more of a "worse" life. It's a conflict between quality and quantity and life should be judged by quality.
Unveiled yesterday by the Internet Society of China (ISC), an offshoot of the information industry ministry, the pact stops short the previous project of making it obligatory for bloggers to register, but it can be used to force service providers to censor content and identify bloggers.
In related news, RSF has this item about the reported confinement of cyber-dissident and blogger 
A two-headed calf was born at the Hamstra Dairy farm on Tuesday but was euthanized yesterday. The calf was named Blinky because all four of its blinked simultaneously. According to dairy owner Greg Hamstra, the animal's lungs were collapsing, it couldn't stand, and it was "suffering." RIP Blinky.
Forbidden LEGO introduces you to the type of free-style building that LEGO's master builders do for fun in the back room. Using LEGO bricks in combination with common household materials (from rubber bands and glue to plastic spoons and ping-pong balls) along with some very unorthodox building techniques, you'll learn to create working models that LEGO would never endorse. Try your hand at a toy gun that shoots LEGO plates, a candy catapult, a high voltage LEGO vehicle, a continuous-fire ping-pong ball launcher, and other useless but incredibly fun inventions.
The system 'Fermi (SCG867)' comprises the star 'Fermi' and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: 5 planets and their 355 moons, as well as asteroids, meteoroids, planetoids, comets, and interplanetary dust.
While wearing the back pack it offers upper torso coverage on the back or it can be used as a shield for frontal protection of the head and upper body. Now, affordable protection is available, sealed in a lightweight back pack for everyday use.
At this year's Comic-Con, I sat down for a joint iFanBoy interview with Brian Wood, creator of DMZ, one of the best new comics of the decade. Brian and I talked about creators' rights, copyright, my forthcoming comics, the next volume of DMZ (which I wrote the intro for) and other assorted bits.
Zombie Tales is Boom Studios' comics-anthology of short zombie stories -- and it's a fine showcase for the genre, exploring the zombie myth from every angle. From the religious -- "For Pete's Sake," about the Mother Church's connection to zombiism -- to the comic -- "Four out of Five," which explains the connection between oral hygiene and zombie outbreaks, Zombie Tales runs the gamut. Every story in here is good, and some are GREAT, like John Rogers's "Daddy Smells Different," and they're mostly in the vein of the best of the Twilight Zone stories, punchy little tales with surprising twist endings, and like the Twilight Zone, the anthology's strength is its breadth. Zombie Tales' artists and writers work in a variety of styles, and the net effect is a kind of tour of the afterlife and all that it means to us.
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