Cruel Summer!

Last Friday, I decided to break free from my regular activities and I escaped to take a walk on the beach. It was one of the hottest days in Rio´s Summer, which is difficult, real difficult to not name a hottest day during the Carioca´s Summer. I will not write or try to describe how beautiful and was the day so I posted some photos I took so, enjoy and let yourself travel your mind to the beautiful Ipanema´s beach. have fun!

A New Beginning Of My Old Collector´s Life.

Two week ago, I started a new level in my collector´s life, I changed where I used to buy my comic books. Since 1991, I bought my comics in the same store/service but after almost two years of problems and bad quality service, they decided to stop the service of importing comics.


It is notorious I hate changes but I had to do if I wanted to continue to buy and read my comics, I have to say it was for the best. A good friend started importing the comics and now he is the store, if I can call this way. I felt a little nostalgic, after all I bought my comics in the same way but this new is totally different and much, much cheaper than the previous one.


These comics I received represented the November´s comics, was a huge amount but now it´s the way that has to be, weekly and in fact, I received another box yesterday and another one arrived and next Tuesday will be in my home. I am pretty happy, although I still got a big number of back issues but my friend found a place and we already ordered some, to complete this hole in my collection.





You can see some here, Superior, Sweet Tooth, Buffy, Action Comics and the box.

More of them.

Now you can see Superboy #1, Thor, Unwritten. Bellow you have zatanna, Superman, Detective Comics Gotham City Sirens, Amazing Spider-Man and Batman Inc.

I am very happy I can continue to collect and buy my comics and the most important, read them, was a dark time , the uncertainty of continue or not was really tough but now I am happy. I know it´s totally pointless but I love reading comics, since I was 6 I´ve been reading them and I just can´t stop doing it. I know, I am just a big kid

Christmas!!!

So far, Christmas has been awesome! I got my Absolute All Star Superman editon and a copy of Grant Morrisson: Talking with Gods DVD, which I was dying to get in my hands and I watched last night.My dearest Sandra gave to me. I am not a Christmas type of guy but this year so far, it´s been fantastic!

Finally!

Today I finally made this blog´s background the way I always wanted, my onw, not just an already created or someone else´s design, my very own. I found the perfect image that ilustrated what my blog really is. I am pretty happy, it took me a while but I managed it extremelly well.

Well done Claudio, you are a real designer. lol!

I have now do do a title image for my blog, half way throught it.

You Can Be Old But You Also Can Kick Some Ass And Red Shows That.

Today was good day. I went to the movies with a friend and we watched Red. It´s a fine movie. Based on a Graphic Novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. It´s totally different from the comics, well, pretty much different. The main character was there but the rest, was a little different but great.


We just love it, even it was based on a comics ( I don´t like those movies based on comics, they change everything about it) and it´s a entretainment from the beggining to the end.

Frank Moses , a former black-ops CIA agent, is now living a quiet life in retirement. However, he begins to feel lonely and often chats on the phone with Sarah , a customer service agent working for Frank's pension office in Kansas City.

His life is disrupted when a hit squad raids his house in the middle of the night. Frank kills the assassins and, knowing they would have tapped his phone, goes to Kansas City to protect Sarah. She becomes Frank's reluctant companion while he tries to find out who is trying to kill him, and track down his old black ops team for help. Meanwhile, CIA agent William Cooper is assigned to hunt and kill Frank

John Mankovich is fantastic! Marvin Boogs , his character doesn´t exist on the comics but here, he makes it one of the best part of the movie. He is a extraordinary actor and this shows why. Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah is another gen of the movie. She isn´t one of my favourite actresses but here she is perfect, not to mention she was the best choice for the part and she and Willis fitted together perfectly.


Morgan Freeman, what can I say about him... just perfect! Hellen Mirren too. She is the best actresses of all time and playing Victoria, an international professional hit-woman. When she appeared, I got crazy! lol!



Red is an etraordinary and well made movie. if you read the story and don´t want to watch because it´s a bit different, change your mind and watch it, you´ll love the movie. If you didn´t read the story but fear it´s another comic-based movie, you are wrong! It´s one of 2010´s best action movie . After all, it´s doesn´t matter if you are retired or if you are old, Red shows elderly can kick some butts too and with style!

Darn It!!!

This mid November has been a little unfair, specially to me. After I had a huge hindrance in my life, in regards to something I really love, I am kind of trapped in uncertainties. I know there is a way out to solve this bad thing but at what cost? I really don´t know how will be from January on, again, uncertainties.


Anyway, at least I got a way out.

Happy Birthday Janina!

Hi fanpire sister! I promised you a big party and here it is. I also brought some friends, check them out!!!!!

I hope you like your party dear! Well, It´s a little present for someone so sweet, so special and a friend I have the honour to meet on twitter and after that we became god friends and fanpire brother and sister. You are a very special person Janina, that´s why I wish you a fantastic day, full of great things, happiness, joy, lots and lots of presents. Also you have your friends, family and everybody you love around you, making this day the most special of all, after all we have a day in the year that we can say it´s ours and this day it´s your day.

Once again, happy birthday!!! I wish you all the best and I am so happy I have such adorable friend like you and don´t forget, eat lots of cakes and save one for me!!!

Kisses. xxx

Claudio.