Author: AtomicJunkShopTravis

Travis Pelkie has been trying to convey to others his enthusiasm for pop culture junk for years, as shown in this photo. He's trying to show his bemused grandparents here why the Hulk TV show was so cool to him at around age 3 or less (you do the math to figure out his age). He's written some columns about comics over at Comics Should Be Good in the past, and is now a co-founder of the Atomic Junk Shop. While comics are his main interest, he also enjoys a wide range of culture junk like MST3K, The Venture Bros., sci-fi and mystery novels, music that the kids used to call indie, NPR weekend shows, and entirely too many puzzles in the paper. He probably hasn't seen that movie you're talking about. While he remains as adorable as in this picture, he's now hairy enough to cosplay as Alan Moore. Luckily for you ladies, that means he's single. [edit: sorry ladies, this no longer applies!] Also enjoys self-deprecating humor. Contact him at atomicjunkshoptravis@outlook.com or tpelkie@atomicjunkshop.com because he enjoys having long email addresses.

‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breaking the Scream Barrier’

Books, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Review, Travis Pelkie

‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breaking the Scream Barrier’

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 5, 2018 January 4, 2018 2

Travis takes a look at a paperback collection of thriller stories presented by Alfred Hitchcock in the early ’70s, and finds it to be pretty good.

365 Days of Cerebus, Comics, Comics Reviews, Comics You Should Own, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Travis Pelkie

365 Days of Cerebus, Day 4: ‘Cerebus’ 3

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 4, 2018 January 4, 2018 2

365 Days of Cerebus continues with issue 3, which introduces the character of Red Sophia, a parody of…well, you figure it out.

‘The Imago Sequence and Other Stories’ by Laird Barron

Books, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Review, Science Fiction, Travis Pelkie

‘The Imago Sequence and Other Stories’ by Laird Barron

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 4, 2018 January 4, 2018 4

Travis takes a look at The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron, who writes weird fiction in the vein of Lovecraft.

365 Days of Cerebus, Comics, Comics Reviews, Comics You Should Own, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Travis Pelkie

365 Days of Cerebus, Day 3: ‘Cerebus’ 2

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 3, 2018 December 31, 2017 0

Continuing 365 Days of Cerebus with a look at issue 2 of Cerebus, where Cerebus goes after another shiny bauble and doesn’t really get it.

Comedians, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Travis Pelkie, TV

‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosted by Tiffany Haddish

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 3, 2018 December 31, 2017 2

Travis talks about the Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Tiffany Haddish. He’d never heard of her before but is now going to seek out her work.

365 Days of Cerebus, Comics, Comics Reviews, Comics You Should Own, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Travis Pelkie

365 Days of Cerebus, Day 2: ‘Cerebus 1’

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 2, 2018 December 31, 2017 1

Travis continues discussing Cerebus by looking at the first issue, and examining the work of young Dave Sim in this introductory issue.

Comedians, Confessions of a Comic Book Hoarder, Travis Pelkie, TV

‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosted by Larry David

By AtomicJunkShopTravis January 2, 2018 December 31, 2017 1

Travis remembers that he hasn’t talked to you about Saturday Night Live lately, and talks about the Larry David episode from November.