Author: Edo Bosnar

Edo, or Ed (or, if you must, Edward) Bosnar currently lives in Zagreb, Croatia with his partner Sanja, their dog and too many cats. He is, however, American born and raised: he grew up in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and then spent his college years and a little after in several parts of the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Most importantly, as far back as he can remember, he’s been a fan and consumer of all kinds of atomic junk (comics, SF, fantasy, cartoons, pulp fiction, and movies and TV shows of questionable quality).

Comics, Edo Bosnar

Successfully scratched itches, part 2: Justice Machine

By Edo Bosnar April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 4

Back in 1982, I read two issues of an indie super-hero book, the Justice Machine, which absolutely enthralled me. Recently I re-read the entire original run – I was not as impressed…

Books, Comics

Self-isolation reading recommendations: anything by Alan Brennert

By Edo Bosnar April 3, 2020 April 3, 2020 5

For my contribution to the countless recommendations for how to pass the time in the self-isolation dictated by the current pandemic, I took the opportunity to recommend the complete works of Alan Brennert.

Comics

Avengers Forever: a second opinion

By Edo Bosnar March 12, 2020 March 11, 2020 0

A not-quite rebuttal to the assertion by fellow AJSer Greg Burgas that you *should* own Avengers Forever.

Comics

Marvel Comics Digests: a post-mortem

By Edo Bosnar March 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 4

For about a year, we were treated to digests from Marvel; here’s a rundown of what we got.

Comics, Edo Bosnar

Successfully scratched itches

By Edo Bosnar February 10, 2020 February 21, 2020 7

Following the lead of another Atomic Junk Shop regular who wrote about some itches that took years to be scratched, I take a look at a few comics stories that left itches I only managed to scratch decades after the fact