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		<title>Mr. Kent goes to Metropolis</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/12/mr-kent-goes-to-metropolis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I haven&#8217;t posted in several weeks, but no, I haven&#8217;t abandoned this blog, either. I&#8217;ve just been exceedingly preoccupied with other things. More on that at a later date. It&#8217;s starting to ease up, though, so for the moment I at least have the opportunity to offer a short new post.
About? Superman: Secret Origin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superman: Secret Origin&#8230; remixed and remastered, but familiar</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/09/superman-secret-origin-remixed-and-remastered-but-familiar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In one sense, everyone knows Superman&#8217;s origin. At least the sound bite version: &#8220;strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men,&#8221; &#8220;rocketed to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton,&#8221; and so forth.
The thing is, it&#8217;s really hard to build actual stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick thoughts on Blackest Night: Superman #1</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/09/quick-thoughts-on-blackest-night-superman-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main Blackest Night series got off to a good start, as I&#8217;ve written, and I continue to enjoy it. The story slowed its pace a bit in the second issue, but it&#8217;s still compelling and suspenseful, shocking and poignant. The best &#8220;event&#8221; comic in years, frankly. (It&#8217;s clearly leading up to the return of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackest Night #1: sometimes hype is merited</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/07/blackest-night-1-sometimes-hype-is-merited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday saw the release of the first issue of this summer&#8217;s big &#8220;event&#8221; from DC Comics, Blackest Night, after approximately 93 years of heavy advance promotion. For ages now writer Geoff Johns has carefully dropped clues and bits of foreshadowing in his other titles, most prominently Green Lantern, while DC grand poobah Dan Didio dropped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad news for Thor&#8230; good news for Superman?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/06/bad-news-for-thor-good-news-for-superman/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/06/bad-news-for-thor-good-news-for-superman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Babylon 5]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[J. Michael Straczynski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[J. Michael Straczynski, the award-winning writer/creator of Babylon 5 (and a whole lot of other television and movie work as well, e.g., Clint Eastwood&#8217;s recent film Changeling), author of a critically hailed seven-year run on Marvel&#8217;s Amazing Spider-Man (and a whole lot of other comics as well, including more recently a revival of Thor that brought the character a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Loves Dick!</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/06/everybody-loves-dick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grayson, that is. (What, you thought something else&#8230;? Dirty mind. Shame on you.)
Dick Grayson, formerly Nightwing, formerly Robin, has had a strong fan following for years, especially since he grew up and stepped out of the red-and-green costume (and his mentor&#8217;s shadow) a quarter-century ago. Now the character has done what in one sense always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolverine: the franchise continues</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/05/wolverine-the-franchise-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 05:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s not a film that was really crying out to be made, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is at least a better picture than was 2006&#8217;s muddled and disappointing X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Hugh Jackman returns to his breakout role with evident sincerity, bringing every bit of actorly dedication the story and the character can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash: Rebirth—nothing to run around over</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/flash-rebirth%e2%80%94nothing-to-run-around-over/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/flash-rebirth%e2%80%94nothing-to-run-around-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, Barry Allen, the original Silver Age Flash, returned from the dead in the pages of Final Crisis. The &#8220;how&#8221; and &#8220;why&#8221; of it weren&#8217;t really explained. But DC Comics&#8217; editorial poobah Dan DiDio has written that it was his plan since he came to the company to bring Barry back, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four key ingredients of good fiction</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/four-key-ingredients-of-good-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my personal opinion, naturally. YMMV. If this were in any way authoritative, it would have been carved in stone by a finger of flame.
But I have been pondering, of late, the sort of things I like to read and watch, and I find myself mulling over some commonalities. There seem to be four recurring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And now some bad news: the Len Wein house fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/and-now-some-bad-news-the-len-wein-house-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/04/and-now-some-bad-news-the-len-wein-house-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just learned via Facebook that Len Wein and his family suffered a major fire yesterday morning at their home in Los Angeles.
Len, as everyone should know, is a terrific writer who has scribed almost every significant comics character out there over the last forty years. He&#8217;s the person who created Wolverine and Swamp Thing, [...]]]></description>
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