Comics and pop culture blogger David Allen Jones has announced he’s ending The Johnny Bacardi Show after a very solid five-year run.
Jones’ site touched upon everything from comics to music to movies, and sprung up more than a year before a handful of comics blogs began to morph into The Comics Blogosphere. If I recall correctly, Jones was one of the first people to link to my Thought Balloons blog, which started in October 2003 (just a week or so after Graeme McMillan’s Fanboy Rampage). Plus, he runs a website devoted to Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor Von Eeden’s short-lived Thriller series. The man obviously has taste.
In his farewell post, which marks his five-year anniversary, Jones writes that he’ll continue to maintain his LiveJournal, as well an Elton John commentary blog (which I need to wade into later). However, I’m hoping his departure from the comics blogosphere turns out simply to be a hiatus.
Until then, thanks for an entertaining five years, Johnny Bacardi.
