The rumor, it be true! As your King I return from my long sojourn across the nets and webs, and NSFW’s. And as your King… In honor of the release of the first issue this Wednesday, as King I hereby proclaim this to be AIR week at Standard Attrition. A celebration, to besure!
As my loyal subjects, I implore thee: purchase two copies of AIR #1. What for, thou asks? Why one is for thineself, to becertain, and one for another soul in ye comic shoppe who you bethinks would not bepurchasing AIR on their own. Before handething over said issue though, take thine Sharpie Marker and besure to write the name of this grand kingdom across the cover and extend a hearty invitation to join the discussions on our glorious realm. More subjects… Simple, no? Yes! Hah!
This is a royal proclamation. If ye don’t wish to follow it….
I will cut off your head.
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Hey, that’s Robert Shaw in A Man For All Seasons!
…how ’bout that!
A) Oh supreme and glorious King, your subject kisses your feet and steals your Red Bull.
B) How sad is it that I know what movie that still is taken from.
What better KIng for this site than Quint?
Azz — what is with you in head’s being cut off? I’m still having nightmares about that ogrish vid you sent me all those years ago.
Casey,
I had two Ogrish magazines sent to me for review and I was haunted for years of the images inside. I didn’t even want them lying around in my place. I placed them in a folder and duct taped it and sent it to my friend who was a horror fan. Not sure what he did with them…. I am pretty desensitized as a result of it, but surprised there’s a whole subculture that embraces it.
They only had one copy of Air left at the shop nearest me. I purchased it, read it in store, and defaced it’s copy with “FREE TO GOOD HOME” in sharpie.
The clerk agreed to read it over lunch, and make sure it got passed on when he finished with similar instructions.
This might be the perfect strategy with Vertigo #1 TPBs, because often, the first issue is all set-up, and the casual reader won’t necessarily stick with it after a month, but six issues together are a full story that leave one in anticipation for more.
And, thanks to Vertigo’s seeming new policy of $9.99 TPBs, it’s not infeasible.
Now I just have to find another store to get myself a personal copy of Air #1.
Actually Hartwell if you send your mailing address to info [at] gwillowwilson [dot] com, I’ll send you a signed copy. You’ve done AIR a favor, and unwittingly become a part of Operation AIRlift. (See front page.) Great minds think alike.
The best Henry VIII from the best movie about Henry VIII (even tangentially). Great choice!
Willow, I’ve already got a copy of AIR on order for our library’s collection, and will go out and do an AIRLift for myself….a great idea!
Thanks Karen!