On Gearlog, a gadget blog, poster Andre Bermudez celebrates receiving a Superman alarm clock for Christmas:
Getting out of bed in the morning is no easy feat for me, but now I wake up refreshed to the Superman theme song. The inspirational John Williams score plays loudly on my new AM/FM clock radio and if I feel I need more rest before I head out into Metropolis I can just smack the giant “S” symbol that doubles as the snooze button. Of course, it also comes with a traditional alarm sound if epic theme music isn’t your cup of tea in the morning. The Superman alarm clock can also project the time and Superman symbol onto the wall or ceiling (I had fun teasing my cat with this feature). It takes a 9V battery for backup purposes as well.
So what comic-related gifts did you get this year?
December 29th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
I got a bag of random comics from my brother, including a VIZ Annual (filthy!), two Busiek/Nicieza Superman comics (uplifting!), Exterminators #11 (MY EYES, MY BEAUTIFUL EYES), Outsiders #41 (dear god, no) and a Spider-Man Unmasked tie-in that I shan’t be reading (recyclable!).
It was a hella odd pressie, but a thoughtful one.
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December 29th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
I got the Superman Ultimate Boxset from Grandma, the Superman Guide by Scott Beatty from my cousins and the Harvey Pekar edited best of 2006 book from my Mom. I may be forgetting one or two items.
December 29th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
That alarm clock. Want.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
That alarm clock is pretty sweet.
I received the Tick season 1 on DVD (the animated version), Making Comics by Scott McCloud, Watchmen and Inside the World of Comics, featuring an essay by our own Tom Bondurant.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
I got Volume 5 of THE WALKING DEAD and a number of other TPB such as the ALIAS OMNIBUS and the a few DAREDEVILS. Lastly, there was a WILDCAT action figure in my stocking.
Wahoo!
Aron Head
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December 30th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
I got a nifty Spider-Man T-shirt, a $20 gift certif. for my local comics shop and a $25 gift certif. at the big chain bookstore that I will likely spend on something comic related.
December 30th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Adam Strange Archive Edition Vol. 1
Yessssss.
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:14 am
That’s a pretty groovy alarm clock. We got my son a similar Batman one a couple years ago. I don’t know if it does any theme music though. Gotta check that out.
Santa brought me Bone One Volume for Christmas. Not comic related, but still pretty cool–gotta Gameboy Micro in the stocking, too. My son just got a Gameboy Advanced a few months ago, so I can play all of his games! Yay!
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