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    Jo Schmo: I have spent my entire life collecting comic books. All I have to say is Life. Well. Spent. more »
    BullfightsOnAcid: but who wants to read "Patsy & Hedy?" I do! I'm a sucker for those lesser known titles. Why does it have to be about the "kids"? more »
    Number_Six: Crikey, Ray got lost on his way to work today! more »
    Lassus: I think you seriously misunderestimate the awesomeness of that FF #176, which I have in a box somewhere in my grandmother's garage. That was a really... more »
    LittleDragon: Swine flu nearly killed my mom a few years before I was born. Does that mean I am one of the luck few who will survive to rebuild the world. I think I... more »
    proxemics: jokes or no jokes...cant say im not a little suspect of all this. i can tell you one thing, im not getting any damn "vaccine" they start distributing ... more »
    twophrasebark: This really isn't something to joke about. According to the Times: "In addition, raising the alert level could also include closing schools, theaters ... more »
    twophrasebark: 8 New York Students Likely Have Strain of Swine Flu [www.nytimes.com] more »
    thrashanddestroy: If I were elderly, too young to be typing this or in some third world nation then I'd be scared. Fact of the matter is, I'm young, healthy and I can a... more »
    Roklimber: Not to worry, people. The US is safe because a large fraction of Americans don't believe in evolution so it's not possible that viruses can mutate fro... more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: The pigs have passed this to humans so they can get revenge for all of that delicious bacon we've consumed over the years.. more »
    Meredith Woerner: I'm pretty sure that's what I have right now. more »
    Grey_Area: Hey, super news! Here I am in the Mission District of San Francisco. I was really craving a plate of carnitas right now. Maybe not. How communicable i... more »
    Mathmos: Hmm, if it's in San Antonio it might well be in Austin already more »
    Dee4leeds: So its just flu... more »
    Super Moose: 36,000 people annually die from regular flu in the US. [www.cdc.gov] Excuse me if I don't panic. more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Kent Brockman "Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and f... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: I think I am safe. My girlfriend Babe broke up with me a while ago. more »
    Theoban: EIGHTEEN PEOPLE? OH SHIT! That's it for humanity! If eighteen people can bite it, we're all fucked! more »
    MzPstoff: so, does one contract this like the regular flu, or does one just have to avoid eating pork? more »
  • #sdcc

    Seven Best $10 Comic Book Deals At Comic Con

    Until the financiapocalypse, the bargain bin was known more for the final resting place of "Tales of G.I. Joe" variant covers than real deals. Not anymore. Now the recession special's the name of the Comic-Con game. Here's seven ten-buck deals. More »
  • #flupandemic

    We May All Die From Swine Flu

    Forget avian flu; a "swine flu" that's already killed eighteen people in Mexico seems to have come to the US, and the World Health Organization are discussing whether or not to declare it a pandemic. More »
  • #comicconcloseout

    Comic-Con Sold Out

  • #comiccon

    Future of Comic-Con: Total Suck or Way Better?

  • #retrofuturism

    Zorine the Queen of the Nudists and Alpha the Mechanical Man

    At the height of the Great Depression, the organizers of the 1930 San Diego Exposition thought that a horny robot and a vanguard of big-breasted nudist women might help cheer people up. "Zorine the Queen of the Nudists" and "Alpha the Mechanical Man" were two different exhibits appearing at the event, and history has left this priceless photo behind for us as a memento of their encounter. Where else could you find a robot with sixteen boobs? More »