Review: ‘American Comics: A History’: Comprehensive & Fascinating
American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber is perhaps the most accurately named book that I’ve ever read. It covers the history of all genres and eras of comics and …
SESH: Healthy….Alcohol?
As a child of Generation X, I grew up in the era of the wine cooler, that sometimes foul mixture of soda and wine. So when a brand of low-carbohydrate …
NYCC Report: Loki’s Mobius Wants a Jet Ski Because Gru Did
Mobius craves a jet ski in Loki because his inspiration, the late Marvel editor Mark Gruenwald, loved them. Gruenwald had so much fun with jet skis that he used to …
The Vendors of New York Comic Con 2021
New York Comic Con Returns! New York Comic Con returned on the second weekend of October 2021 in a newly revamped Javits Convention Center. Attendance came with a whole host …
Road Trip Part 2: Appomattox Court House National Historic Park
Welcome to part two of our road trip from Connecticut to Myrtle Beach where I’ll focus heavily on our visit to Appomattox Court House National Historic Park. Part One mainly …
Road Trip Part 1: Connecticut to Frederick, Maryland
The Trip Part 1: Connecticut to Maryland How did we end up in Frederick, Maryland this summer? Boredom combined with curiosity. As Covid shut down everything last summer, I buried …
‘The Jasmine Throne’: A Brilliant New Fantasy
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri is exactly what I love in a fantasy novel: immersive worldbuilding, characters who feel real enough to walk off the page, and enough plot …