Many folks enjoyed John Nesbitt’s book MegaTrends China, which was interesting, however many of the future predictions he made did not exactly pan out as he’d hoped or thought they would. Ten years later in hindsight we see he was close but off by a decade or more, but that’s okay “change is never as fast as we think it will be,” as he stated in his recent book “Mindset.” But how would you like to read a book written by someone from within China, a bio-researcher with a European College Education, that has gone back to China …
DC comics is making a play for the top sales spots in the comic book industry by taking a writer driven approach. The men at the helm of this push, Jeff Johns and Grant Morrison.
It seems like everyone owned some comics of one kind or another over the years and there’s nothing like having a relative clean out some boxes and find your old treasure trove. But what do you do with them? Keep them or sell them? A lot of movies have been made from comics over the years and there are many more to come. Now you have to answer the big questions: How and where do I sell these things? Are they even worth the trouble? How do I know what condition they are in? You could go your local comic book shop, but most shops will only give you 50% of guide price – if they are even buying.
Out of all of the original superheroes of yesteryear only Batman has all of the right imagery, atmosphere, characters and settings to be deemed as true Goth. There were a few elements attached to some of the other crime fighters that had a Gothic slant; ‘Ghost Rider’, ‘The Phantom’ and even Will Eisner’s ‘The Spirit’ had certain attributes but Batman is the closest to being truly ‘Gothic’.
Death is dealt with in an interesting manner in comic books. Superheroes fall, only to rise again in another form, as another person, or in another time. Death, then, becomes an avenue for resurrection, the good conquering evil through a show of eternality.
Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey are cohosts of a syndicated comedy radio program in Birmingham, Alabama and they are the authors of several books. They often talk about their Christian faith and beliefs on the show and in their books. This book is a humorous look at marriage and the ongoing battle of the sexes.