It's a book, dummy!

Yesterday I met Jeph, the other intern who works in the Trades department. We got there in the morning and looked at the huge stack of Trades we still had to mail out, and just tore threw them man. We cleared pretty much everything that we possibly could, and made huge headway into that project. Which is good. Now we can do real things!
Jeph is a good guy. His knowledge of comics though I think exceeds mine. He knew how thick the books we had to send out were based on how many issues were printed in them. He didn't even have to open the box and look at them! Intense.
Yesterday I checked over a dummy book, which is basically a mock up of a trade paperback that gets sent to the printers. My job was to check it side by side with the original comics and make sure all was well. It was awesome! It's good to be doing more than mailing stuff. We also have a big scanning project that Jeph and I have to get through, which will be cool. I haven't seen the scans yet, since I was on the dummy book, but that's cool. I'm sure I'll see it soon.
Friday is the day the paid employees get their "bundles". Basically these consist of all the Marvel comics printed that week, but some editors get all the DC comics as well. It's insanely awesome. What's even awesomer (yes, that is a word now) is that the freebie pile is glutted with the stuff people don't want. Yes! More free stuff! I figured that I can measure my salary in the amount of comics I take home with me. That way it's like I'm getting paid!
We stopped at Toys R' Us yesterday, and to my amazement they had Doctor Who toys! So I totally bought the Doctor, and he's actually a great toy, really solid construction. My only complaint is that he comes with his 3D Glasses on, and you can't take them off, but they look fine, so whatever. Other than that, all is well. Having a good time and all that. I'll let you know as more develops. Excelsior!