Sometimes. Last I heard JSG was getting suspiciously mad over people talking about the "we're coming for your children" song from the San Francisco Gay Choir and on some right wing SJW horseshoe theory shit. Has he been up to any other dumb shit lately? Inquiring minds want to know.
JustSomeGuy can't really hold a candle to the current crop of Liam streams though. Today's episode: a disheveled and manic Liam in a tanktop uses a rusty shovel to hunt a snake in his backyard during a windstorm.
Yesterday Dan Shahin brought on Steve Geppi, founder and owner of Diamond Comic Distributions. Until last year, Geppi enjoyed an effective monopoly on all delivery of comic books both nationally and internationally since 1992. Things have not improved for Geppi since his appearance on Shahin's channel
when he declared in front of several publishers also on panel that "
our comeback will be stronger than our setback". This did not prove to be the case. After shutting down operations during the initial COVID lockdowns on the basis that delivering comics to shutdown stores was a financial burden neither store or he could afford, DC used this chance to terminate their exclusive distribution deal with Diamond. Marvel followed suit shortly thereafter. Finally, Diamond was the victim of a nasty ransomware attack which shut down operations for weeks and no doubt left comic stores looking elsewhere for stock. This last setback may be related to the septuagenarian Geppi's
public thirst tweets for camwhores, as dutifully reported by Rich Johnston.
There are still a great deal of publishers and shops that stick with Geppi from decades of personal loyalty, but the downfall of Diamond Distibution from its decades-long monopoly status signals a tectonic shift in the comic industry landscape that nobody really knows where it will lead to. In any case, Geppi would prefer to skip that and instead talk about his latest activities like how his donated comic collection is now being presented in the Library of Congress, but Shahin cheerfully keeps steering thee conversation back to topics he finds more interesting, like Geppi's life's work of 40+ years being left in complete shambles. Geppi agrees that comics are doing better than ever, so well that he uses the chance to announce his newest business venture: brokerage for fractional NFT purchases. It's as if the comic book industry is sinking like the Titanic, and one man - Smiller - is showing them the way with garish monkey jpegs. An NFT lifeboat, if you will.
Shahin closes the interview by happily proclaiming that comics are doing better than ever and he challenges anyone viewing to come on his show and prove to him otherwise. Better for everyone except Steve Geppi I guess.
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Our boy Edwin was spotted the other day by Ian Miles Cheong. Come to think of it, he has been awfully quiet lately..
