Hello fellow Retcon-Punchers!!!
Today, I bring you some bittersweet news. I shall be leaving the wonderful pages of Retcon Punch with today’s coverage of Detective Comics 28. While it’s a bummer to do so, I’ve got a pretty good reason for it, I swear.
Starting tomorrow, I will be the newest member of IGN’s Comics Review Crew! I am incredibly excited for this opportunity, as it’s a dream come true. Before I leave, I just wanted to say how grateful I am to Patrick, Drew and Shelby for welcoming me into one of the most unique, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious places to talk about comics. Working with all of you, along with Spencer, Scott, Ethan, Greg, and all of our guest writers, has been an incredible experience that I will never forget.
Writing for Retcon Punch has made me a far better writer than I could have ever become on my own, as the intelligence and insightfulness of my fellow writers have helped me up my game in ways I didn’t know that I was capable of. Best of all though, writing here has given me the chance to get to know some incredible people, forge new friendships, and legitimately geek the fuck out!
I hope you will join me each Wednesday (after Reading Retcon Punch, of course) as I dish out some reviews and hopefully some other fun stuff, as well! Make sure to leave some comments too, because if there is one thing that Retcon Punch has taught me it’s that the folks of our Comments Community definitely make this whole thing worthwhile.
This is not the end, but the start of a new journey. With that, I take off the purple bowler hat of Mikyzptlk, and put on the Batman Wayfarers (yes, I totally have those) of Mike Logsdon.
Your friend in time,
kltpzykiM
Retcon Punch 
I’M NOT CRYING, I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE, WHY IS IT SO DUSTY IN HERE?!?
That’s so weird…IT’S DUSTY HERE TOO.
Mik joined RP at a very important turning point for us, and I’m not sure what we would look like now without his hard work and support over the past year. We’re for sure going to miss his voice around here (not that I don’t expect him to pop in from time to time), but I couldn’t be more excited for him. This is an awesome opportunity, and I can’t wait to see “Mike Logsdon” on some IGN bylines.
Thanks Drew! It’s really been a blast writing along side you all, and you better believe that I’ll still be hanging around the pages of RP!
Happy for you Mik, good luck on your new venture. I‘ll drop by IGN next week and see what their reviews are like, I‘ve never read them. From now on, you can hang with me in the comments here at RP!
Thanks man! I’m definitely looking forward to geeking out some more here in the comments section!
I tend to have a “things change: get over it” stance when it comes to comics, and Mike was one of the first people to challenge me on that in a way that actually made me think that there’s something irreplaceably valuable about legacy characters and impenetrable mythologies. Mike’s like the best kind of fanboy – one that never loses his sense of humor about his own fandom.
But, hey – he’s not dead (not yet anyway – see how long you can evade the Retcon Punch assassins!), so I look forward to gently sparring with him for years to come, either over here or over there.
Assassins? Oh no! I forgot about the RP blood oath!!! Seriously though, thanks for the kind words. I look forward to the endless battle!
We didn’t write together for terribly wrong, but goodness did I learn a lot from you in that short time. Excellent work, and I know you’ll continue to do excellent work. Mazel tov to you, good sir.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Mike here is actually the first person I ever wrote with here on Retcon Punch way back when I was still doing Guest Reviews as Pivitor, so this definitely feels like the end of an era and a very bittersweet moment. We’ll miss ya buddy, but congrats on the new gig and I hope it goes well!
Dude, kick ass! Glad to see IGN bringing new folks on, and apparently they’re picking up at least one great reviewer. Like Spencer, Mike’s the first person I wrote a guest post with here (Aquaman! we’re all still reading that right? Right?) and your moving on is definitely a weird feeling.
But a serious congratulations and good luck over at IGN! Make sure you come back here often; the commenters over at IGN will kill ya!
Thanks Brandon! Oh boy, a lot of those IGN commenters are definitely of a…different class. I’m sure I’ll be back here plenty, if only to hold on to my sanity!
Oh my yes – the commentors on IGN might as well be YouTube commentors.
YouTube comments: the lowest form of human communication.
You guys. I’m scared.
Happy trails my friend! We’ll always have our love of Dial H to remember, or at least I think we will, assuming you haven’t forgotten me already. 😦
Damn it. I knew I’d miss someone! Sorry about that Taylor!!! Like Kevin McCallister says, I won’t forget to remember you.
No worries, just giving you hard time. I’m super excited for you man, it sounds like a great opportunity. It’s great to see someone I know fulfilling their dreams in such an awesome way!
Thanks Taylor!
Congrats–lucky you (and lucky them)! And since I check out IGN from time to time, lucky me!
But you’ll be missed in these parts, where comic conversations are actually enlightening (yep, I learn stuff at Retcon Punch! Mom would be proud!)
But IGN’s alright–I learn stuff there, too (but mom might less proud…).
Hahahaha. Thanks, man. I’ll definitely still be hanging out around these parts for sure! I’ve still got plenty to learn from Retcon Punch!
Congrats man on the gig. IGN will certainly look good on a portfolio (I think so at least) Maybe you can tell the rest of the internet if IGN does do paid reviews (I kid). On another note, I’d love to come back and write a review for the site to sort of help fill the void here and there in addition to my duties at Comic Booked.
Thanks Julien – we are going to be going back through our guest writer stable in the weeks to come, so you can expect some kind of email coming up.
Best of Luck, and have fun man!
Thanks for all the great insight and congratulations on the new gig, Mik. Banishing yourself with the backwards name was adorable.
Thanks Mogo! Though Mikyzptlk may be gone, Mike Logsdon is here to stay, and for that, I am truly sorry. 😉
I’m sorry if this works, but I just gotta try it: nodsgol ekim!
Foolish Patrick, that would work, except for the fact that I must say, “nodsgol ekim!” Oh no. WAIT! NOOOooo o o o… … …
PATRICK, YOU ASSHOLE!
Now I’ll never get my $20 back!