Sometimes in pop culture there are clear end points, and — effective or not — they can provide insights to a whole series, oeuvre, or discography. I think it’s reasonable to say that the last time a daily newspaper comic … Continue reading Last Call — Calvin and Hobbes
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. I bought Watchmen, the limited series written by Alan Moore and … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I started collecting Marvel Comics at the dawn of the … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Marvel Team-Up #74 by Chris Claremont and Bob Hall
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I started reading superhero comics — and probably vocalized about … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Ghost Rider by Gary Friedrich and Tom Sutton
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Sometimes I’m prepared to expound at length about the nuances and intricacies I think I spy in … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Hulk Sells Honeycomb
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I started reading superhero comics, the publications of Marvel were … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — What If? #29 by Steven Grant, Alan Kupperberg, and Al Gordon
Inside Apollo mission control, from the eyes of the first woman on the job by Erin Blakemore The fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 touching down on the moon has brought the expected cascade of articles and television news features. By … Continue reading Outside Reading — Mission Completed edition
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. By the time I … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Mad Magazine
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I look back at the seismic events in the comic … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. I’ve tried to think … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Strange Planet, by Nathan W. Pyle
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