Meanwhile, on Twitter...

• 10:23 Damnit, really really strong feeling of Deja Vu. I hate that. And, no, it's NOT just because people at DM.nyet are repeating themselves. #
• 10:33 And that's your horoscope for today... ♫ blip.fm/~6nx80 #
• 15:15 Huh. Well this explains a lot about Shia's potty mouth: bit.ly/UQLTy #
• 15:25 There's something utterly wrong about the Sex Pistols on Letterman. Maybe the hair. ♫ blip.fm/~6oaks #
• 20:41 You'll all be pleased to know I found my copy of WE-3. #
• 20:42 And I know Frank Quitely gets a lot of flack for his puffy people, but no one draws fluid motion like him. He makes the pages come alive. #

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Comic sales figures for April

The estimated sales figures for April have been released. Again I'll be looking at a few of the ongoing Marvel titles (since that's all I'm reading at the moment) to see what trends there are for those titles.

First off, looking at the top five, there's a new arrival at number 3 - namely the first issue of Wolverine: Weapon X. I didn't think there was the market for a third Wolverine ongoing but apparently I have egg on my face there. Debuting at 98k the title's probably been helped by the Wolverine movie coming out in April, but even so, colour me surprised. It'll be interesting to see how big the second issue drop is and if all three Wolverine ongoings stay healthy(ish in the case of Origins). Apparently the market for Sniktbub isn't as saturated as I thought.

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The Limerick Challenge

Okay, inspired by the fact that I've spent most of the day on one of my online forums talking exclusively limericks, here's a quick meme for you:

1. Post a first line in the comments here and I will attempt to write a limerick using that line.
(Use your name or screenname if you want a personalised one, say.)

2. Post this to your own journal and challenge your friends to do the same.

3. The use of the place name "Nantucket" is banned.

Here's an example or two:

A religious fanatic named Bow
Was obsessed with the Pope, and how!
He'd make girls give supreme unction
Right up his junction
It's more than the Catholic faith will allow

A horse faced buffoon, name of Bay
Was an ego maniac who often would say
"I INVENTED THIS BIT!"
or "THAT STUFF IS THE SHIT!"
So his commentaries we refused to play

A fellow named Stan (also called Twat)
Had conspiracy theories that
Some might find quite mad
Or simply just bad
But he felt safe in his tin foil hat