I forgot I even did this. I’m certain I found the Website used to render this masterpiece thanks to my friend who goes by the handle lowstatic. Is this the first time this handsome fella has appeared in this space (as opposed to Continue reading And I will receive my orders on the day when my new friends come
Previously in Confessions of a Comics Reader, I revealed that I followed last summer’s triumphant escape from a lifelong comic book habit with a recent relapse, purchasing single issues for the first time in over a year. These single issues … Continue reading Confessions of a Comics Reader: The Fate of the Four-Colors!
For your information this is the first thing that shows up when you enter “Clowes” and “drunk” into Google image search: I’m just sayin’. Continue reading Let’s keep it friendly
I did something sorta crazy at the other site, so “One for Friday” will need to be an afterthought this week. To better understand the craziness linked to below, look to the fine people that I swiped it from. I’ll do better next week. Happy Monsters, “Clap Your Tentacles” (Disclaimer: Seriously, I got nuthin’.) Continue reading One for Friday: Happy Monsters, “Clap Your Tentacles”
Okay, now this is funny. I’m not sure where it showed up first, but I found it here. Continue reading Seems like I’m caught up in your trap again, seems like I’ll be wearing the same old chains
Last summer I regaled the online community with my sad tale of a childhood habit transformed into a lifelong obsession. Entitled Confessions of a Comics Reader, I detailed the multitude of times since my youthful consumption of paneled wonders in … Continue reading Confessions of a Comics Reader: The Relapse!
Okay, since already tipped my pitches, I will relent and take time tomorrow to explain this– –in the context of last summer’s gripping five-part series. Tomorrow: The Stunning Return of Confessions of a Comics Reader. Continue reading You’ll remember me tomorrow, but you won’t give a damn by Wednesday Week
#35 — Brick (Rian Johnson, 2006) Sometimes movies use dialogue to capture how we do talk, wallowing in the stammers, the pauses, the redundancies. False starts and restless thinking out loud intermingle, obscuring the exposition and banter while also lending … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 00s — Number Thirty-Five
Due credit: I found this elsewhere. (Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”) Continue reading I know a guy who’s tough but sweet, he’s so fine he can’t be beat
“I tried to give advice, I really did. Nothing too complicated. Like, Stop hollering at strange girls on the street, and don’t bring up the Beyonder any more than necessary. Did he listen? Of course not! Trying to talk sense to Oscar about girls was like trying to throw rocks at Unus the Untouchable. Dude was impenetrable. He’d hear me out and then shrug. Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself.” –Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2007 “NEVER HAVE I HEARD SUCH WORDS…SENSED SUCH COURAGE…OR KNOWN THIS STRANGE FEELING…THIS NEW EMOTION…! THERE … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
