Comic Book Junction: Updates!

From the Zuda webcomic "The Hammer"

Here is an update of the latest posts on my comic book site, Comic Book Junction:

Interview: “The Hammer” Fights To Be Zuda Champ

Kirby Krackle: Jonathan Coulton For Comic Fans

Blue Beetle: A Tribute From The Fans


The Coolest Marvel Custom Figure EVER!

Who Won't Be Watching The Watchmen

Is It Possible To Build An Iron Man Suit?

Email Press Releases, Info, Etc. To This Address

Hi all,

I'm moving my posts on just regular ol' comic news stuff to Comic Book Junction. This includes link dumps, most previews, most interviews, etc. The OS will still serve as a blog that I run looking at comic books from a personal perspective, and I will still have posts like "what comics I'm going to buy today." But all the "non-denominational" ("bipartisan?" -- in terms of Marvel/DC/etc -- we will have a broad-based focus on a number of publishers with equal weight on each where relevant) no-frills comic book & toy stuff will be at CBJ.

editor@comicbookjunction.com

Okay, what should I do with this site?

EDIT: I've just found another template that blows the one at the link right out of the water. So I'm going to start from scratch again, probably have the new one up in a few days.

What do you think?

Built it up more over the weekend, I'm pretty happy with it, though it still needs tweaking.

It's definitely more a magazine than a blog.

Definitely more ambitious than I had envisioned.

Question: if you were reading a new comics site, what sort of info would you want most?

* Previews
* Interviews
* Reviews
* Op-Ed
* Short, fun features ("The Top Ten Male Superheroes With Red Hair")
* Non-comics stuff -- movies, TV, videogames

Not sure I have the time to really do a site like this, so it's something for me to really ponder.

Fangirl Fridays: Comic Book Junction

I'm a compulsive blog creator. Okay, that made me sound like I also compulsively purchase figurines of pigs and hedgehogs to crowd my house and bedevil my guests.

But I like to create blogs. I do it for a living for other people. And every once in a while I find some topic I like and want to create another blog for myself.

I started Comic Book Junction on a whim, and the desire to do a more "general interest" comic book site. I held off launching it for weeks, as I was quite a perfectionist about things, but I figure I should just get off the pot and get it up there. This was originally supposed to be the "Comics Spirit" blog I mentioned earlier.

The design, widgets, etc. are not finished. But I have one review up. I have a lot of material "in the queue" that needs to be typed up and formatted. Regular updating will probably not happen until next week.

The substance of the blog would be longer-form features and reviews interspersed with shorter bits on cool comic stuff. Many of the posts will still have an edge to them, but the material on Comic Book Junction is meant to be one step less personal. If "Occasional Superheroine" is 11 on scale of 1 to 10 in terms of personalness, then Comic Book Junction is a 6 or a 7. Which means I probably won't grouse about things I hate on this new site. That, childrens, is what the OS is for.

But also, "Occasional Superheroine" is sort of my home-base blog -- about me as well as comics. A lot of people who haven't talked to me in a while will check the OS to see what's new in my life. Which, depending on the blog post in question, could be inspiring or slightly alarming.

So there you have it -- Comic Book Junction. I'm open to your thoughts and suggestions. And, if something like the comments function doesn't work, or a link leads to Rick Astley, I trust you will let me know.

Best,
Val