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. Once I locked into superhero comics as a youngster, my appetite … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The X-Men Companion II
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. As a kid in … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Bloom County on Return of the Jedi
As I’ve recounted elsewhere, I spent an embarrassingly long time trying the kick the habit of comic book collecting I plunged into as a kid. There was always one more series to hang on for, some promise of new wrinkles … Continue reading My Writers — Brian K. Vaughan
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 was snapping up as many Marvel mags as my … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — What If? #19 by Peter Gillis and Pat Broderick
“They had dozens of sexual partners before they married each other. Dance floor romances, Ibiza flings. The nineties, ecstatic decade! They were married though they needn’t have married, and though both had sworn they never would be. It is hard … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
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 West Coast Avengers first hit comic shops, in the summer … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — West Coast Avengers by Roger Stern and Bob Hall
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. There was a sad, … Continue reading Laughing Matters — “Hulk Sell Cars”
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. This time around, I’m focusing answers on the supplemental “Unplugged” version of the … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Steve Rogers
This was written for my former online home, back when I was devoting the end of the working week to a feature dubbed “Flashback Fridays,” giving myself the prompt of a year to get me tapping keys on a range … Continue reading From the Archive — The Badger
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. Raiders of the Lost Ark was released into theaters less than … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Raiders of the Lost Ark by Walt Simonson and John Buscema
Coffee for Two 