Bloody hell, didn’t think it had been that long since I wrote anything on here. Strange thing happened recently, I met a girl and developed a life, meaning I’ve actually been out doing things rather than sitting at my computer moaning about not doing anything.

After a month I still can’t believe it’s 2009, and after a week I still find it strange hearing the phrase “President Obama” on the news. I’m not gonna gush on about the guy, but it’s great that the “leader of the (so called) free world” is actually someone who can string a sentence together. He may not be perfect but he’s a start to a (hopefully) better world.

Another thing I can’t believe, and this is making me feel old, is that this year marks the 25th Anniversary of not only The Transformers, but also the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It also marks 70 years of Marvel Comics! I guess it’s about time I blogged about my love of the Ninja Turtles and how it all started in 1989. There’s plenty of time for that though.

Every now and then I find a new obsession that takes over a part of my life for a while. All my life I’ve been a Marvel Zombie, and I still am. I love everything about the Marvel Universe. However, I’ve become a bit obsessed with the DC Universe and have been reading up on it’s (fictional) history a lot. Aside from some Vertigo and Wildstorm stuff, the only DC that has ever interested me is Batman. I love Batman almost as much as I love Spider-Man, but due to a lack of interest in most other DC stuff I tend to only buy Batman in collections so I get a full story and don’t need to worry about tracking down any possible crossovers. However, last years Secret Invasion crossover at Marvel was terrible, for the most part, and as always I was keeping an eye on what DC were doing, as I keep an eye on most comic companies out of interest. Reading up on Final Crisis makes it sound so interesting, although I’m guessing my lack of continuity knowledge would be a problem for me. Hence my sudden obsession with reading anything and everything I can about the DCU. It hasn’t made me want to rush out and buy Superman every month, but it’s still grabbed my interest and is fascinating stuff. I have however been re-reading old Batman collections and am addicted to Lego Batman on the Wii. Time to go buy some new Batman collections methinks, and maybe dip into some other DCU titles. Any suggestions?

Oh, and all comic fans must check out Captain Britain and MI13 #10, from Marvel Comics this February. It’s a great title which could do with a bit of a sales boost to help keep it alive. More than anything though how can you not want to read a comic that involves Dr Doom and Dracula. ON THE MOON!

(More on Captain Britian soon, us fans are planning a big push for the book…).

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