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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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		<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>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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		<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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		<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>
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		<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>The reactions to WATCHMEN: a study in contrasts</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/the-reactions-to-watchmen-a-study-in-contrasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviews of the movie Watchmen have been mixed: 65% positive on Rotten Tomatoes, for instance, and 56% positive on Metacritic. That&#8217;s not as uniformly negative as the secondhand buzz might indicate, but this is perhaps because the most prominent &#8220;establishment media&#8221; reviews have leaned toward the negative side:  e.g., Anthony Lane&#8217;s in The New Yorker, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WATCHMEN movie:  wow.</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/the-watchmen-movie-wow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I followed Watchmen when it was first released, one issue at a time, back in 1986-&#8217;87, well before the collected edition appeared. It was must-read material at the time, and the month-to-month suspense was tremendous. In fact, I routinely ordered an extra copy or two just to pass around the dorm, as several friends of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bits &#8216;n&#8217; pieces!</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/02/bits-n-pieces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been far longer than I intended since my last post. Sometimes time just runs away from you. So let me just toss off a few ideas that have crossed my mind in recent days, and get caught up&#8230;
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First off:  the wrangling in Washington over the new &#8220;economic stimulus package&#8221; has been interesting to watch. [...]]]></description>
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