Don’t worry be happy, things will get better naturally
Clearly I need to figure out how to channel my inner gorilla. Continue reading Don’t worry be happy, things will get better naturally
Category: Comics
My Misspent Youth: Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and John Buscema
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This new series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. I came to superhero comics a little late, during the … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and John Buscema
A friend is a friend, nothing can change that
It’s been almost fifteen years since Bill Watterson retired his brilliant comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The kids entering college this fall have no recollection whatsoever of ever seeing new adventures of the boy and his tiger in the newspaper. … Continue reading A friend is a friend, nothing can change that
Mighty Marvel Checklist HyperboleCheck: Captain America #136
Back when the Marvel Comics Group could accurately be described as the House of Ideas, some of their finest writing could be found every month in the checklist of new titles. They were promoted with the most bodaciously breathless boasts … Continue reading Mighty Marvel Checklist HyperboleCheck: Captain America #136
You’re up, you’re down, I can’t work you out
A couple weeks ago when the trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s Thor leaked, I was asked a question by a friend of mine who, despite his proud Norwegian heritage, was busy becoming acquainted with different gods during his comic-readin’ years. Specifically, … Continue reading You’re up, you’re down, I can’t work you out
Great Moments in Literature
“‘This time I’m not going to tell you a story. I’ll just say that insanity is the inability to communicate your ideas. It’s as if you were in a foreign country, able to see and understand everything that’s going on around you but incapable of explaining what you need to know or of being helped, because you don’t understand the language they speak there.’ “‘We’ve all felt that.’ “‘And all of us, one way or another, are insane.’” –Paulo Coelho (as translated by Margaret Jull Costa), Veronika Decides to Die, 1998 “ONLY A MADMAN WOULD HAVE BUILT THE HOUSE HERE, … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
You could smell the heads festering in the backyard
I had a little spare time on my hands today. For only $10.95 I could’ve had a dandy craft project to occupy myself. There’s whole magazine attached to this ad, just in case you’re interested in downloading and reading it. Continue reading You could smell the heads festering in the backyard
Great Moments in Literature
“Actually, we hadn’t really stepped into a clearing: it was more that the thin woods we’d come through had ended, and now in front of us there was open marshland as far as we could see. The pale sky looked vast and you could see it reflected every so often in the patches of water breaking up the land. Not so long ago, the woods must have extended further, because you could see here and there ghostly dead trunks poking out of the soil, most of them broken off only a few feet up. And beyond the dead trunks, maybe … Continue reading Great Moments in Literature
So stay on my arm, you little charmer
I’m so very tired. In lieu of pithy observations, I’ll provide something different to help occupy the time. Continue reading So stay on my arm, you little charmer
They feed your pride with boredom and they lead you on to war
In the past, I’ve occasionally filled this digital space with a nice, out of context panel or other drawing rendered by Daniel Clowes. You know, like this: I guess I can stop doing that. Someone else already has that online activity covered. (That’s where the above panels come from too). Clearly I need some new material. So something new starts tomorrow. Continue reading They feed your pride with boredom and they lead you on to war
Coffee for Two 