Comments on: Gweek 085: Maximum Sugar Rush http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 13:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Glenn Fleishman http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html#comment-1677402 Glenn Fleishman Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218098#comment-1677402 I've now retired to Malibu, where I hang out with Groucho Marx. It's a good life. I’ve now retired to Malibu, where I hang out with Groucho Marx. It’s a good life.

]]> By: Buddy Bradley http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html#comment-1677370 Buddy Bradley Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218098#comment-1677370 Haven't listened yet, but I sympathize with Peter's predicament with his son as related above. I was around 11 when I discovered comic books. How did I discover them? Waiting in line at a small-town supermarket on vacation. I saw a rack of them, 60 cents each. "Mom, can I have this?" Thus started one of the great love affairs of my life. Comics haven't been in supermarkets in decades, and I think it's one of the worst things ever that you can only find them in specialized, out of the way stores (though those places are great). Also it's my suspicion that there aren't many comics geared toward 11-year-olds either nowadays. It would be the most amazing thing if comics could be cheap and easily-available again. I want my sons to discover them the same way I discovered them. EDIT: I was 10 years, 10 months old, which I was able to pinpoint thanks to the site http://www.dcindexes.com/ which Mark recommended last October. Haven’t listened yet, but I sympathize with Peter’s predicament with his son as related above. I was around 11 when I discovered comic books. How did I discover them? Waiting in line at a small-town supermarket on vacation. I saw a rack of them, 60 cents each. “Mom, can I have this?” Thus started one of the great love affairs of my life.

Comics haven’t been in supermarkets in decades, and I think it’s one of the worst things ever that you can only find them in specialized, out of the way stores (though those places are great). Also it’s my suspicion that there aren’t many comics geared toward 11-year-olds either nowadays.

It would be the most amazing thing if comics could be cheap and easily-available again. I want my sons to discover them the same way I discovered them.

EDIT: I was 10 years, 10 months old, which I was able to pinpoint thanks to the site http://www.dcindexes.com/ which Mark recommended last October.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html#comment-1676789 Mark_Frauenfelder Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218098#comment-1676789 I have a bunch of episodes recorded and need to catch up. I'm sorry! I have a bunch of episodes recorded and need to catch up. I’m sorry!

]]> By: Jonathan Yao http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html#comment-1676772 Jonathan Yao Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218098#comment-1676772 Hmm, why is this Gweek being posted 2 months after it was made? Hmm, why is this Gweek being posted 2 months after it was made?

]]> By: Bradley Horowitz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/gweek-085-maximum-sugar-rush.html#comment-1676754 Bradley Horowitz Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218098#comment-1676754 Delighted to see you trying Google+ Hangouts.  Hoped it worked out for you.  If not, let me know and we'll fix it.   Delighted to see you trying Google+ Hangouts.  Hoped it worked out for you.  If not, let me know and we’ll fix it.  

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