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Just (tried to) watch the episode of "The Jury Speaks" about Jackson. I couldn't get more than 10 minutes in before it made my eyes roll a complete 360 and blinded me. But! Before that happened, I got to the Aphrodite Jones quote from the podcast, and they edited it! The audio was clipped to make it sound like "free reign," but the video still showed her obviously saying "free range." I'm surprised the changed it between screener and airing, but I guess not everyone thinks Jones is a complete buffoon?

As someone who watched The Mentalist for far longer than he should have, I was pleased to see Owain Yeoman in a role with a bit more flair. It was also nice to hear him in something a bit closer to his native accent.

I could go on and on with recommendations, but I'll limit myself to a few right now. For non-superhero books, I find that Oni Press has a really diverse line of narrative comics that a lot of people can get behind. An earlier commenter recommended Scott Pilgrim, and Oni published that. 1) Queen & Country (Oni) - This is currently on hiatus, but the books are all collected in "Definitive Editions" covering everything from the main title that has been published so far. There have been a few spin-off miniseries (Declassified, which covers back story of various characters) and a couple novels as well. Queen & Country stars Tara Chace, an operative for the Special Operations Section of the UK's SIS (MI6). Greg Rucka wrote all of the main series, both novels, and two of the three Declassified series. This is in general a fascinating look at the politics and action of secret spy stuff. 2) The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius (Oni) - This one is written and illustrated by Judd Winick from the Real World: San Francisco. Don't let that deter you. There have been three miniseries about Barry, and they are all collected in "The Big Book of Barry Ween." Barry Ween is a 10 year old genius stuck in a normal, midwestern life. He has the general misanthropic personality of a foul-mouthed 10 year old with the ability to change the world He does it while trying to stay relatively covert. This book is funny as hell and throws in some actual emotion and story telling, too. 3) Northwest Passage - Scott Chantler wrote and illustrated this series, which is collected in a single annotated volume. Set in 1755, this is a mix of American Western action adventure and British sea faring adventure that tells about a conflict over a settlement in the search for the Northwest Passage. Think of James Fenimore Cooper without the absolute boredom. Like I said, I have a bunch more I could suggest, but I'll leave some for later.

For you Batman fans out there, who is your definitive Batman? No limit on that, by the way. It could mean a particular writer's vision for him in the books, a comic artist's representation of him, an actor's portrayal, or even just how he is presented in a movie or TV show. My definitive Batman is from Norm Breyfogle's art from the 80s and 90s. Alan Grant's writing had something to do with this, but Breyfogle's art made Batman seem slightly unreal while giving the character a lot of energy on the page. When I think of Batman, this is the Batman that first comes to mind. As for non-comics representation, I don't think I have to go any further than the Timm/Dini Animated Series. I don't think any non-comic presentation has shown Batman's potential as a character. What you you think?

Since Tara was kind enough to bring this over to the boards, I thought I would bring over my comment from over there. The show that made me think of this was Angel. Season 5 revitalized the show by making Angel's team part of the system they had been fighting against for years. I liked the inherent conflict that brought, and I think the writers could have done *so* much more with had they been given the time. The last few episodes of the show were a rush job to resolve things that could have been an entire season's worth of story.

Awesome! If I'm right, I was trying to figure out a way to phrase this one. ? A flatulent purple dinosaur has to keep solving crimes while in the midst of a divorce from a Fabulous brother.

Sure, but would you have accepted ? Fignuts!

That's it! And I love your title! ??

Argh, of course you were. That's what I get for doing this at work. :^/

Ha! Good one! Stringfellow Hawke gets bullied so much that he flies across across country to live with his extended family.

Exactly! Is this one ?

The former head writer of a sketch comedy show runs a Paranormal Private Investigation office out of her Malibu Beach mobile home with the help of her former co-workers at Kabletown and a whole lot of shadowy government tipsters.