According to Amanda, the Crisis On Infinite Midlives Social Media Director and Marketing Guru, it is safe to say that if you are a devotee and regular reader of this Web site, the research numbers indicate that you are a comics enthusiast, a geek culture devotee, and an unemployed degenerate alcoholic.

And demographic point number three indicates that you will be home tomorrow, watching daytime television and sobbing into your Mad Dog 20-20 Red Banana Flavored Semi-Gelatinous Bevaraje (because calling it “Beverage” would imply that it was legally intended for human consumption). Which means I am the bearer of good news! You’ll be around to see Barbara Walters and the other horrible, horrible harridans of ABC’s The View announce some of the details surrounding this week’s Astonishing X-Men #50!

Comics Alliance passes on the 411 about the new CW series, Arrow:

The trailer pretty much lays out what to expect from the series: Something more grounded than Smallville, with definite “I will avenge my father” overtones (That’s a new twist on the origin story, isn’t it?) and influences definitely taken from the Andy Diggle/Jock Green Arrow: Year One comic (Seriously, some of that island footage looks very Jock-ish to me). From the looks of what’s on show here, this looks much more in tune with the network’s Nikita than the earlier “One day I will become Superman but it’ll take me ten years” DC show… and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, to be honest.

And here’s the trailer:

I agree that we can do without another Smallville, although I’m bummed that Justin Hartley won’t be coming back as Oliver Queen. He, and my good buddy Lagavulin, were the only things that made the last couple seasons of that mess bearable.

Meantime, I’ll probably give this show a day in court when it debuts in October. I can always use excuse to buy another bottle of whiskey.