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I’m Thinking of Writing Less
So, uh, after more than a decade of randomly typing up nonsense in this personal, daily blog of mine, I’ve decided to start taking more of a step back. I’ve never been one to chase viewers or SEO or any of that, and honestly, that probably counted against me. I just don’t get many views, and numbers have been shrinking all years. And after several thousands of posts, I just don’t find it fun anymore. It’s work to try to post daily, even if all I’m doing is sharing a movie trailer or two.
I think I’m just going to post when I feel like it.
I don’t want to close up shop completely. I just want to break out of the rigid schedule I set for myself, where I needed to have a List of Six up every Wednesday, and then comic reviews every Saturday. As my List of Six page will tell you, I came up with mostly unique lists once a week for more than a decade! No repeats! That’s pretty darn impressive. And that archive will always exist for me and others to look back on.
And comic reviews; I really just reviewed things I enjoyed. If I wasn’t liking a comic, I’d drop it. So it was just me praising a bunch of comics I really loved. I can do that without forcing myself to write a weekly review column. I can highlight specific comics I’m enjoying, specific issues, and maybe even tpbs. I’ve got a big pile of trade paperbacks I need to read. Maybe I’ll talk about those!
Suffice to say, this isn’t goodbye. This is just me freeing myself from the rigid schedule I forced on myself for the past decade. This blog is never going to make me famous or rich, but it can remain a place for me to just write about what I want when I want. There will be more movie trailers, more Lists of Six and more reviews, just on a looser schedule.
I always told myself I didn’t want to stop writing on this blog because I knew my lazy butt wouldn’t replace it with anything, that I’d just do less things. But it’s time for me to start focusing on making my own comics. Gamer Girl & Vixen vol. 2 just had a successful Kickstarter and will come out this year. I’ve got a short story coming out soon in Scott Snyder Presents: The Cloakroom #1. And I’ve hired an artist to start working on Cover Bard #1, at long last. And I want to share all these projects with you on this blog, so I’m going to do more of that.
Thank you, everyone, for reading all this time. Feel free to pop back in from time to time to see what I post. I just want to be a little less strict on myself and focus more on my script writing. Here’s hoping that goes well!
Mostly all of this is just to say this week’s List of Six is gonna be my review of the new Fallout show, and I just haven’t finished the show yet.
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I Got Blurbed Again; This Time on Iceman!
I’ve been reviewing comic books on this dinky little blog for many, many years now. And while this has not yet catapulted me to fame and fortune in the industry, it is nice to occasionally be acknowledged.
Like how my thoughts on Sina Grace’s Iceman comic made it onto the cover the last tpb volume!
I never know when this happens. It always comes down to me just buying comics that I like and finding out that I’m on the cover that way. It happened with Spider-Woman and Power Man and Iron Fist. And now Iceman! The comic was great, I now own all three volumes and I am tickled pink that they used one of my reviews to blurb on the cover.
Now I just need to meet Sina Grace and hope he isn’t too bitter about his treatment from Marvel to sign my copy…
Also, yes, that’s totally a Gamer Girl & Vixen bookmark! I still have some leftover if anybody wants one.
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My 10 Favorite Comics of the 2010s
Another decade has come and gone and we are all, therefore, another decade older. I know I’m feeling it! Let us distract ourselves from such mortal concerns by reflecting on my favorite comic books from the past 10 years!
My memory isn’t all that great, but I’ve looked back over my various comic reviews and favorites lists and I think I’ve narrowed down a good list of 10 comics that I very much enjoyed. This blog started in 2011, so I’ve definitely been talking about a lot of comics over the past 10 years. It was a pretty monumental decade! We had the New 52 from DC Comics and the influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at Marvel Comics.
This was also the decade where I finally started writing my own comics! Gamer Girl & Vixen has been doing pretty well, and volume 2 is in production!
Join me after the jump as I take a look back at my favorite comics from the past decade! They are not in any particular order.
So I’m Doing a Movie Podcast!
Just what the world needs, another movie podcast! But in all seriousness, I’m here to announce to all of you henchies that I am now doing a weekly (I think) movie podcast where I review the latest movies, along with other general pop culture news and features. I’m doing this as part of my day job as a newpaper reporter. I’ve been doing movie reviews for the paper for the past year and a half, and they’re looking to expand their brand into other avenues, including podcasting.
So I want to welcome you to the first episode of Sentinel Cinema with Sean Ian Mills!
The first episode is my take on Terminator: Dark Fate.
I haven’t been sharing my movie reviews on this blog because they come out later than I would like. Such is fitting my reviews into my newspaper’s schedule. But I have no problem sharing these podcasts if anybody would care to give a listen. I think I do alright. It’s not about to break the internet or revolutionize podcasting or anything like that. I’m not going to get to sit down with Tom Cruise or anyone like that. It’s just going to be a fun little thing I do as part of my day job.
Honestly, I could have gotten into podcasting through Henchman-4-Hire a long time ago…but College Humor summed up my thoughts on podcasts a couple years ago.
Still, don’t let that discourage you and feel free to give my podcast a listen! I think it’ll be weekly, with new movie reviews, so there’s that!
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I Ordered a Henchman-4-Hire Hat!
This is the first-ever piece of Henchman-4-Hire merchandise, and it’s really neat! I randomly stumbled upon a Facebook ad a month ago for Queensboro embroidery, which would custom-embroider a hat for a really cheap price. I went for it and the results are fantastic!
This is not an ad. They’re not paying me anything. They didn’t reach out to me and I didn’t reach out to them. I just custom-ordered this H4H hat and I wanted to show it off!
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