tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post1016161372072991952..comments2024-03-29T00:20:03.012+13:00Comments on The Tearoom of Despair: Isolation, goneBob Temukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-49991827834757259332012-03-13T15:30:39.092+13:002012-03-13T15:30:39.092+13:00Thanks for the very kind words, Mr Forum. I certai...Thanks for the very kind words, Mr Forum. I certainly feel a little less alone now.<br /><br />And thanks for the clarification on the Mania/Newsarama thing, Sean. I was pretty sure I was misremembering the whole thing, and I'm not surprised I got them all mixed up, especially since Mania folded - blimey! - more than 15 years ago...Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-57146128123241763812012-03-13T02:49:18.594+13:002012-03-13T02:49:18.594+13:00Minor point of clarification. There was a site cal...Minor point of clarification. There was a site called Mania that reviewed comics in the mid-1990s. I was the one who reviewed many of the Marvel and some of the Image books. It was a division of American Entertainment, a mail order comics company. Mania folded in '96 or '97, I believe. There were broader embezzlement issues at American Entertainment, and everything got shut down very quickly.<br /><br />No relation to Newsarama, but I think some of the reviewers did work for both sites.Sean Kleefeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-68808002192053395612012-03-11T00:15:23.499+13:002012-03-11T00:15:23.499+13:00It is slightly strange how comics (still!) don'...It is slightly strange how comics (still!) don't have the same kinda of - I dunno how to phrase this - "mainstream acceptance" - as films, music and books (the ones without pictures)... in my world all four all kind of exist at the same level - but compare striking up a conversation with a random someone about films to doing the same thing but about comics - and it's worlds apart....<br /><br />Oh well!Islington Comic Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654481844004506004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-14323714544228431722012-03-11T00:12:35.558+13:002012-03-11T00:12:35.558+13:00Cool piece. You write really well. And I really li...Cool piece. You write really well. And I really like the relaxed mood (does that make sense?). Think that this is currently my favorite comics blog. So - erm - Thanks!Islington Comic Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654481844004506004noreply@blogger.com