Vegas Video Diary 2--How To Stretch Your Vegas Dollar

snell's visit to the "cheap casino":



Ironically, the movie was oddly prescient, because the "joke" of gambling at War has come to pass--most of the casinos, including the pricey Strip properties, offer the game now. So, given the voracious appetite of Las Vegas to suck every dime out of you, I wouldn't be surprised to see Guess Which Hand or Rock Paper Scissors in the near future.

I Hate Slot Machines, But...

...damn these would be tempting:


Fortunately, these guys aren't actually in Vegas...they're apparently in online casinos only.

Still, it's nice to know that Batman and Wonder Woman endorse gambling. Look Kids--casinos!! And the big guy is in on the act, too:

Marvel also has a presence in online slot play, although how long that will last with Disney no in charge is an open question. Still, come on now--a Fantastic Four slot machine? Thor?? Damn,I would be broke quick...

And look, the Chris Sims special--a Street Fighter slot machine!!

Oddest tangent: this article on 6 DC Heroes Who Shouldn't Have Their Own Slot Machine. Which is an odd enough idea for an article, but the 6 chosen are those whom I can pretty much guarantee would never ever ever have been considered. Maybe the article is written in that odd British tongue-in-cheek, so I'm missing the snark, but the author seems to serious discuss why Matter-Eater Lad would be a poor choice for slots.

But I really have to disagree on one point--a one-armed-bandit based on Arm Fall Off Boy has some amazing possibilities...

Vegas Video Diary 1--Talent Show

One of the casinos had this amazingly good employee talent show last night:





Man, they've sure got some talented waiters and hostesses working there...

Vacation--An Artist's Rendering

Well, it's the dog days, I've got a little jack saved up--it's time to hit Las Vegas, baby!!

Actually, by the time this publishes, I'll already be in the air. And once I land, there won't be any comic books, that's for sure. Hell, I won't even be able to get the week's batch of comics until Saturday at the earliest, and I'll be focused on...other things...

But don't worry--despite spending the week wallowing in hedonism and decadence, I've had the foresight to arrange a few mini-posts throughout the week so you, the reader, won't be deprived of my annoying snark, poor writing and worse editing.

Meanwhile, I've arranged a pictorial preview of my vacation for you. It will start with a tour trip to Boulder Dam:

What comes next? Decisions, decisions...

Maybe I'll take a stop at one of the museums depicting LV's gangster heritage...


Perhaps I'll notice that the Las Vegas Police Department are a pretty snazzy bunch of dressers...

I'll definitely notice that Herb Trimpe has apparently never seen an actual roulette wheel:

But eventually the floodgates will open:

And I'll be swept away in the delirium that is Vegas...

I'll experience triumph and tragedy...


But by the end of the week:

So see you cats later. Everybody be good now, OK??

Look, is there some reason you haven't purchased Essential Godzilla yet, which contains Godzilla #9 (1978) by Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe? Then your life is considerably sadder than it needs to be. The very next issue, for example, featured a three-way battle in the Grand Canyon between Godzilla, a giant sasquatch, and a child-operated giant mecha with a laser sword. And then the big guy gets recruited by an alien race who (seriously) use monster battles to settle their political disputes, and it turns out Godzilla is better than any they've got. And don't get me started on the epic in which Godzilla battles the FF and the Avengers, gets shrunk down to rat size by Pym Particles, gets sent back in time to fight Devil Dinosaur, and...well, look, just get it, OK??

Viva Las Vegas

Well, my iPod is loaded with 25 different versions of Viva Las Vegas, and I'm off for the rest of the week. There shan't be any postings, so all 1 1/2 fans of mine, please don't to anxious. I'll resume next Sunday or Monday...

...unless, of course, Godzilla shows up, smashes the strip, and in a fight with the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier smashes Boulder Dam so the casino gets flooded just as I hit the big jackpot...hey, it's been known to happen!! That would be pretty damn cool...