Random Assortment, part 2

Rather than actually write content here, I'm going to post some random things.

First off, it was brought up that there's a Serenity game to play, and we may have the people present/necessary to play it next weekend, or at least get started there. So, with that in mind I finally got it together and sketched out all the plot for at least the first adventure. No fully detailed stuff yet, but it's progressing nicely. If you're reading this post and you haven't heard about the game but want to play, let me know! I'm aiming for a group of 5-7 people, and hopefully regular games once or twice a month. Also, if you've got great ideas for Serenity villains, plot points or just any ideas about the universe, let me know via email or the like (otherwise I can't steal them to use on the unsuspecting players!). Finally, for those confused by the previous paragraph, here's the deconfusation: Firefly is a TV series by Joss Whedon, made into the movie Serenity (also the name of the ship in the TV series), and there was also a pencil+paper RPG book released, with a pretty good system in which we are going to play the previously mentioned game.

Second, I thought I'd post two links which people may not have seen before:

Comics Curmudgeon. If you like making fun of the newspaper comics, or want some interesting commentary on them, this is the place to go. The writer usually selects 3-5 comics each post and has something interesting to say about them, usually pointing out the silliness.

Girls Read Comics (And They're Pissed). Commentary on sexist things which show up in comics, from a feminist's point of view. This blog has really given me a different perspective on some comics, as well as society in general. The most recent pair of posts (Jul 5, Jun 29) were interesting for different reasons, the first because it exposed a situation which must have been pretty frightening, and the second because it was really well thought out and covered some ideas I hadn't seen before (mainly the concept of "Otherness" and how the kids in the comic book had different approaches to it and different reasons why they were set apart). In any case, I had a hard time starting to read this blog as the main writer can be very angry in her words, which I find distracting, but after a while it seemed to mellow out and there are a lot of good ideas, examples and things to learn from.

Edit: I should note, both of these links are thanks to L, who reads a lot more than I do, and also a much more balanced selection of topics than I usually read.