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Got this a couple of days ago via a Yahoo Groups mailing list I’m on.

What’s Your Blues Name?

1) From the first list, take the name using the initial of your first name.
2) From the second list, do the same with your middle name.
3) From the third list, take the name using the initial of your last name.

First List - for your first name:
A=Fat; B=Muddy; C=Crippled; D=Old; E=Texas; F=Hollerin’; G=Ugly; H=Brown; I=Happy; J=Boney; K=Curly; L=Pretty; M=Jailhouse; N=Peg Leg; O=Red; P=Sleepy; Q=Bald; R=Skinny; S=Blind; T=Big; U=Yella; V=Toothless; W=Screamin’; X=Fat Boy; Y=Washboard; Z=Steel-Eye

Second List - your middle name:
A=Bones; B=Money; C=Harp; D=Legs; E=Eyes; F=Lemon; G=Killer; H=Hips; I=Lips; J=Fingers; K=Boy; L=Liver; M=Gumbo; N=Foot; O=Mama; P=Back; Q=Duke; R=Dog; S=Bad Boy; T=Baby; U=Chicken; V=Pickles; W=Sugar; X=Cracker; Y=Tooth; Z=Smoke

Third List - your last name:
A=Jackson; B=McGee; C=Hopkins; D=Dupree; E=Green; F=Brown; G=Jones; H=Rivers; I=Malone; J=Washington; K=Smith; L=Parker; M=Lee; N=Thompkins; O=King; P=Bradley; Q=Hawkins; R=Jefferson; S=Davis; T=Franklin; U=White; V=Jenkins; W=Bailey; X=Johnson; Y=Blue; Z=Dixon

Posted over at Sci Fi Wire:

Paper Looks At Spidey Flap
Variety is reporting what it says is the behind-the-scenes truth behind The Amazing Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire’s back issues, which theatened to have him pulled out of the sequel film. Maguire and crew began shooting the Spider-Man sequel over the April 11 weekend. [more]

Check out this story from Wired Magazine:

To Live and Die in L.A.
Information leaks, bid-rigging, pumping and dumping. Just another day inside the secret network that will make or break you in Hollywood.

Read the story.

Remember this kick-ass series of animated shorts from Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation at last year’s Comic-Con?

They’ve got a DVD out!

From the Nerdbait.com forum:

Make Tori Amos’ new video.

Check out the Eisner Award noms over at Comic Book Resources.

Nominees that I’ve read and for which I can personally give big recommendations:
(edited from the full list)

Best Serialized Story
Daredevil #32-37: “Out,” by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Marvel)
Fables #1-5: “Legends in Exile,” by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
Daredevil, by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Marvel)
Fables, by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
Strangers in Paradise, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)

Best New Series
Fables, by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)
Gotham Central, by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark (DC)

Best Writer
Brian Michael Bendis, Powers (Image); Alias, Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
Ed Brubaker, Catwoman, Detective Comics, Gotham Central (DC)
Greg Rucka, Queen & Country (Oni) Gotham Central, Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (DC)
Bill Willingham, Fables (Vertigo/DC)

Best Lettering
Richard Starkings/Comicraft, [tons of stuff]

Best Cover Artist
Kaare Andrews, Incredible Hulk (Marvel)
Adam Hughes, Wonder Woman (DC)
Terry Moore, Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)

Comics Continuum is reporting that the X-Men movie sequel is now officially titled X2: X-Men United.

For some reason, the new subtitle reminds me of a British football (soccer) team name: “Today’s match, X-Men United versus Manchester United!”

Check it out! [3 MB MPEG]

Just read a fantastic interview with J. Michael Straczynski (aka JMS or Joe) that will be appearing in issue 20 of Sketch Magazine.

Go read it. Now.