Second Childhood

Currently reading - Uncanny X-Men #519-522

We're in the process of packing up personal items in order to paint, re-floor and finally put the house on the market next year. I ran out of mylar sleeves and boxes for comic books I'd bought the last couple of years before GK was born. Unfortunately, most of the comic shops nearby have gone out of business thanks to the current recession, so I had to traipse up the highway yesterday. Due to other errands/circumstances, DH and GK came along.

Somehow, someway, whatever your parents do is totally uncool to each generation. GK is no different. But by the time we left, GK had a manga book and DH had Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

And me? Well, I have my supplies, my current reading and the latest issue of Wonder Woman.

But Lady Bast as my witness, if Scott Summers is still dating Emma Frost, I'll drop X-Men again.

(Unless there's a really cool cover of Storm or Psylocke.)

Anyone else have a childhood obsession they'd like to share?

Hey, Hasbro! I'm Still Waiting!

Currently reading - Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn

C'mon, Hasbro. Y'all have adapted Transformers and G.I. Joe to the big screen. You've tapped Tayler Lautner to play Stretch Armstrong. But there's someone you're forgetting. You know who I'm talking about, Hasbro.



That's right! The queens of '80's cartoon pop! Jem and the Holograms!



If Disney can makes billions off of Hannah Montana, if the Spice Girls can top the charts, you can do the same with Jem. Update the looks. Update the songs. Update the tech. Turn the story into something special.



If collectors like me can update their dolls (and no, I did not repaint the dolls above), then you can update the franchise.

Please, Hasbro! I'm waiting.

(And if you're the artist who created these dolls, please let me know so I can give appropriate credit! I found your photo on tomopop.com.)