As the icon above this blog shows we’ve been one of those who have jumped on the twitter band wagon. It’s a bit of fun, following us there will enable you to receive notifications when we put a new post out, what we’re doing (i try and keep the inanity to a minimum) and evesdrop with conversations I have with other comiking people you may be following. But that’s not why I’m mentioning twitter today.

I want to tell you about some bloody awesome people out there who assume identities and tweet. It’s not a new concept and Achewood readers would know Chris does this for many of his characters in blog form. Here are 2 of my favourites at the moment though:
@TimeLostBatman is the tweets of Bruce Wayne as he struggles through time after the events of Final Crisis. If you’re not up to date on the horror that Grant Morrison instigated in the Batverse it’s not really important, the basic reciepe is 1 part historical event 1 part bat pun. Here’s an example “I can promise you this: women will never suffrage with the Batman on patrol…what’s that? Ohhhhhhh. Never mind.”

The other one i’m enjoying is @planet_lois. This tweeter seems to have spawned a whole slew of other tweeters but it’s the sass of girl reporter Lois Lane that is the best, and let me tell you now this isn’t your Golden Age Lois. Here are a few of her tweets

I wasn’t happy about being kidnapped, but at least it’s a compliment. But now they’ve kidnapped Lana too. Goddamn Jaguar Men. 1:49 PM Dec 30th, 2009
Of course Little Miss “Daddy was an archeologist” speaks Jaguar Manese. And has been made a priestess. I’m screwed. 9:24 AM Dec 31st, 2009
Apparently the Jaguar Man phrase for “I am a priestess” is very similar to “Throw me in a volcano.” Day is looking up. 1:02 PM Dec 31st, 2009

Hope you enjoy them too and if you do find others make sure to send me a tweet telling me about them

Trev says: Hey folks, this weeks comic left me with a bit of a conundrum. at 10 panels with was pretty dense, but cutting it in half would mean you’d have to wait a full week for one page’s worth of payoff.

With that in mind, I split the page in two at the last minute* and this week there’ll be two updates. Check back Wednesday the 8th for part two of this page or follow us on twitter and i’ll remind you all!

*so last minute i haven’t told Jen yet, sorry for breaking your page Jen.

Trev says:

It’s mid August which means Jen is halfway through her epic challenge to read a graphic novel a day and review it on the wonderful Inside A Dog website, run by the The Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria.

It’s a website that promotes reading and this month Jen’s resident reviewer. She started out the month reading Bone so she already had me and then has followed it up with books like The Middle Man, the Arrival and even the ever so popular Scott Pilgrim (lord I found that film an hour too long but that’s another story).

I’m hoping you head over there and give Jen lots of love. Comment, agree OR disagree or just find something you’ve never heard of before.

Comics rule and I just want you to get involved.

Jen says:

For August I’m the resident blogger at the State Library of Victoria’s Young Adult Lit site, Inside a Dog, to read and review YA-appropriate comics and graphic novels. I’m hoping to reach well beyond my own meager understanding of this field by taking advice from folks who know better than me.  So, tell me what I don’t know – what great graphic novels either for or about young adults (13-18 year olds) should I be writing about?  Leave a comment here, or email me on jenbreach (at) gmail (dot) com.  The longer your list of recommendations, the happier you’ll make me!     Thanks!