Of all things Geek. I am…
This past weekend, I attended the 60th Philly Non-Sports Card Show in Allentown, Pa. This isn’t the first time I’ve been there, but every time I go I’m amazed at how much of that industry still exists.
I grew up with movie cards, sports cards, and collectible card games. Sure, I stopped collecting sports cards and I don’t collect Magic: The Gathering cards like I used to, but that obviously doesn’t mean everyone else kept up with their hobbies.
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This past Sunday was the “Black Friday” for comic book shops around the country; “Free Comic Book Day.” It is always the first Saturday in May, hearkening the Summer in with free comic books, sales and special events at most comic book establishments.
Given the current economy, and I’m not just talking about comic books, I do believe that there is a correct way to celebrate the day.
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On June 10th, 1996 Alliances was released as an expansion set for Magic: the Gathering’s Ice Age. It changed the game from the moment it’s cards were put into decks at that time.
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Released in October of 1995, Homelands, Magic: The Gathering’s seventh expansion, was a small expansion set that numbered 140 total cards. The set added to the Sengir, Serra and Clockwork families, in addition to adding new prefixes such as Anaba, Aysen and An-havva. The set also added some new viable tribes, Faires, Minotaurs and Falcons…
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One hundred two years ago on April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic was on it’s maiden voyage. As we all know, it ended in tragedy at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg. It was one of the greatest transportation calamities of the 20th Century only rivaled by the Hindenburg disaster 25 years later.
In the 102 years since it’s sinking, the world has had a growing fascination with this ship, culminating in many documentaries and movies, perhaps most famously with James Cameron’s blockbuster “Titanic” in 1997, but that’s hardly the most accurate depiction.
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