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Dial E was great.

So much variety!  So many different body types!  I've missed that in Dial H for so long!

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So that's that.  It's over.

Looking back, I feel like they had so much more stories to explore in the multiverse that they couldn't because of the cancellation.  They had to rush the ending.

Sigh.

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Man of Steel wasn't very good.

Remember the crappy speech in The Dark Knight Rises that Alfred gives before Bruce fires him?  Imagine an entire movie of that except with lesser actors.

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That would be really, really cool.

The Movement and Gail Simone are both all kinds of awesome.

I finally read issue three of The Movement and Gail subtly told us what Vengeance Moth’s power is. At one point Katharsis threatens the cops that she pictures them in an earth quake, naked, and covered with rats. Obviously the earthquake is Tremor and the rats are Mouse, but why naked? Because...

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Fiona Staples is pretty cool.  So is Sara Pichelli.

Are there any female comic book artists? I’ve been trying to think of some, but none come to mind. Gail Simone is a writer, but I’m asking for artists. Just some curious thinking.

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DIAL H NOT FINISHED YET!

According to the Villain’s Month solicits, China Mieville has one more issue after issue 15!!!

He’s writing “Justice League 23.3,” a special Villain’s month issue called…

Dial E.

Dial.  E.

E as in “Evil”.

As in a dial that turns you into villains.

According to the solicit, we’re seeing TWENTY NEW SUPERVILLAINS, drawn by TWENTY DIFFERENT ARTISTS in this Issue.

I’ve been waiting for this day since the S-dials were revealed.

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Notice how he used "their" instead of "his"...

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#9

Roxie is left-handed.

(In issue 6, it's revealed that she keeps her mouse on the left-side of her computer, and she's seen pointing and using screwdrivers with her left-hand at various points.  Of course, she's also depicted using her right-hand sometimes, but the mouse thing is conclusive enough for me.)

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From Geoff John's final issue after nine years of writing Green Lantern. I still remember first reading Blackest Night all those years ago and realizing how much I love comic books.  I probably wouldn't have become the fan I am today if it weren't for the Emotional Spectrum. Thanks, Geoff.

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If they make a Flash movie, Neil Patrick Harris could play Barry Allen.

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So they cancelled Dial H. Siiigh...

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.  I can't really say I was surprised when I found out that Dial H ends with an extra sized issue this August.  It was too awesome for this world.

Still, if you liked Dial H, make sure you pick up China Mieville's brilliant other works, such as King Rat, The City and the City, his Bas Lag trilogy, and all his other wonderfully weird writings.  I've read two of his books, and trust me when I say they'll leave you wanting more.

I'm going to be working my way through his books as well, and this blog will keep updating whenever I have anything interesting to say about Dial H, his novels, or comic books in general.

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Perfectly sums up my thoughts on Iron Man 3 and comic book movies in general.

The Great Xenophobia Bait-and-Switch in “Iron Man 3”

How Marvel toyed with Yellow Peril, Islamophobia and audience expectations

First appearing in 1964′s Tales of Suspense #50, Lee’s Mandarin capitalized on the culturally ignorant mixture of fear and fascination the West had of the Oriental East: at one point in the story, the Chinese Mandarin boasts of being the world’s best karate master. It continues the long, but these days archaic, tradition of the Yellow Peril.

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You know, rereading Issue 12, I'm amazed at how little Steve Wands screwed up.  I only caught ONE lettering mistake so far!

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I pieced together the schtick of what it was I was reading. Some rather annoying boy called Chris King, had, because of some magic dial, been turned into “Mr Opposite.” In which guise, shameless in his purple-and-black outfit, he could make anything behave the opposite of how it should. Chris King had never had this epistemologically troubling power before, nor ever would again. He knew, though, the moment the ability arose in him, at utter random, what it was he could do and how. And he knew his superhero name. That was how this worked. After a while, I could breathe again. My heartbeat finally slowed. Thus began my devotion to the H-Dial.

-China Mieville on Dial H (via zebrazygotes)

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The Dialer who distracted the fixer with those star things saying "odradek" could be Kafka Man. Apparently odradek comes from a Franz Kafka story and refers to useless objects.

China taking inspiration from Kafka?  Not surprised.

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#8

Some possible names for the heroes that the Fixer dials this issue:

-Edgeclipper (four-eyed guy with scissors)

-Facelift (bandaged guy who makes face ghosts)

-Major Miner (guy in mine outfit)

-Party Pack (the balloons)

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And thus begins the Dial H/Flash crossover.

The Flash #18.