Your parents named you after footwear?
Sneakers And The U-Force #1
OmniLegend Tales (2010)
“Introduction”
ALL OF IT: Nana Kumi-Amankwah
Check out part one if you missed it yesterday.
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Over at The Clutter Reports I’ve defended physical media even during the declutter process. There are good reasons to own your own copy of something, but the entertainment industry has fought that since the debut of the VCR and the home video market. Now the gaming companies are pushing for the same thing. Sony dropped quite a bombshell to open the month of July, with this announcement from their official blog by Senior Director of Content Communications for Sony Entertainment:
As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only. This transition has no impact on games that already released, or will be releasing, prior to January 2028 in disc format.
This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs. This transition will enable us to align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.
We’ll continue to prioritize our resources to drive innovation in how players can access games and provide choices as to where players prefer to purchase new games, whether that’s at retailers or PlayStation Store. We remain committed to delivering a world-class gaming experience to our fans and we thank you for your continued support.
Whether you play video games on the PlayStation or not, this might affect you. Cord Cutters News is wondering how this will affect home video of shows and movies produced by Sony, and whether that will shift to completely streaming. That means any new content from them or a chance to own a copy of older content might go with the games.
The broader question now emerging is whether DVDs and Blu-rays themselves could face similar pressure next. Sony has already implemented major reductions in its recordable optical media operations. Production of blank recordable Blu-ray discs, along with related formats such as MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes, ended in early 2025 following earlier workforce adjustments in the company’s optical media division. These cuts reflected declining demand for consumer recording media as streaming and digital storage options expanded.
So whether you’re a gamer or movie collector this discussion is rather important.
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“That’s not how I want to cool down!”
Police Comics #11
Comic Magazines, Inc (September, 1942)
While the Spirit was never owned by DC Comics, they did license the character for a while. That’s not enough to count as “pre-DC character” though. Of course I’m interested in one of the still well known but smaller comic heroes. The only pre-DC characters in this comic are Plastic Man, the Human Bomb, Firebrand, and Phantom Lady. Still, it’s the origin of Wil Eisner’s classic character and the first nationwide appearance, so this is a significant moment. We have to get there first, so let’s start reviewing.
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The second video tomorrow. Or go to his channel now if you want. I post these channel links for a reason.
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Let me start by saying, and if this turns you off, feel free to move onward, that while I don’t buy into the “piss off the right people” bullcrap, if I’m going to accidentally tick someone off I’d rather it be someone I disagree with it. I do not buy the modern idea of “multiple genders” because it doesn’t make any logical sense. It’s just another way to divide us into smaller and more controllable groups while obscuring what being “male” and “female” are for whatever dumb culture war reason there is. I’ll call a trans person by their preferred pronoun out of courtesy and avoiding argument, but I have to draw a line somewhere whether this site is openly involved in the culture war or not…and I’m trying to be not. So Grant Morrison will be called by male pronouns here and “they” are welcome to complain if it bothers “them”.
So with that disclaimer out of the way, and don’t waste our time calling me whatever the current divisive term is because I don’t care, let’s get on with his/they/whatever discussing how Grant Morrison would fix Doctor Who‘s terrible finale. In a recent post on his Substack, which I don’t read so hat tip to Bleeding Fool contributor Karina Smith, Morrison added a fix to the “Rose Doctor” as part of what I’m guessing are replies to his readers. Now I’m not a fan of Morrison’s style in general. His ideas are sometimes weird and very British while also leaning too much on nostalgia for even me. For example, trying to work every incarnation of Batman into one version where every story happened regardless of continuity differences between the various reboots. I have nothing against Morrison’s work, I’m just not into it.
Still, it is nice to see people not give up on a long-running franchise and trying to find ways to restore things, and while Morrison has written comics before, the article suggest the folks at the British Broadcasting Channel wouldn’t agree to get an episode past despite previous pitches sent the BBC’s way, at least according to Morrison. Does that mean I agree with Morrison’s ideas? Not entirely. Does that mean I think they’re bad? Well, why don’t we just look at the ideas and see.
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“I am…the day, apparently.”
Niki Batsprite #1
Munia Edizioni (November, 2012: English digital edition)
“A Pleasant Responsibility”
WRITER/PENCILER/COLORIST: Francesca Urbinati
INKER/CO-COLORIST/EDITOR: Daniele Garbugli
TRANSLATION: Elena Garbugil
[Available free as of this writing at Drive Thru Comics]
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