These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. When I first started buying superhero comics, in the early nineteen-eighties, there were a couple ads that … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Marvel subscriptions
“Lila Mae removed the two suitcases from the back of the pickup truck. The suitcases were new, with a formidable casing of green plastic. Scratchproof, supposedly. Her father had only been able to afford them because they were, manufacturer’s oaths … 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. Well before there was a comic book industry press eager to … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Black Panther by Jack Kirby
“I began to understand home when Riv and I slept next to each other and Riv told me stories in the dark. Once, River told me about the ocean. He said: We got so much water where I’m from. It … 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. I believe Spider-Man was supposed to be my generation’s gateway into … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Amazing Spider-Man by Roger Stern and John Romita, Jr.
“Hints of robustness survived in him, more than a hint of primitive good looks, and Margaret, noting the spine that might have been straight, and the chest that might have broadened, wondered whether it paid to give up the glory … 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 I started collecting superhero comics, I adored first issues. There … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Moon Knight by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz
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. For a little while in the nineteen-nineties, I was prepared to … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: JLA by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter
“Julian shooed Sasha into the other bedroom like a peaceable teenage goatherd. Asking if I needed anything before he said good night. I was taken aback—he reminded me of the boys in school who’d become more polite and high functioning … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
“Outside the house, a shadow moved, an autumn wind rose up and faded away. But there was something else in the silence that he heard. It was like a breath exhaled upon the window. It was like a faint drift … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
Coffee for Two 