House of X/Powers of X: Imaginative Setup But No Landing
House of X/Powers of X Writer: Jonathan Hickman Penciller(s) Pepe Larraz Inker(s) Pepe Larraz Letterer(s) Clayton Cowles Colorist(s) Marte Gracia House of X/Powers of X hit big last year, a …
Fast, Furious, Successful: The Fast and Furious Franchise (part one)
I’m not a car guy — if I acquired super-speed I’d be happy never to drive a car again — but last year I decided to work through the Fast and …
More Game Changers
Picking up where we left off last week. Reminiscences about personal pop culture tipping points into fandom.
Mutants and missiles, selfish heroes and a crisis: more stories from 1963
In one of my previous Silver Age posts, I pointed out that in July, 1962, Stan Lee used a Circus of Crime in two different books. A year later, I …
To Patreon or Not to Patreon…
The Atomic Junk Shop’s Amazon Affiliate links bring in enough for the occasional Starbucks visit every couple of months, while Google ads bring in just about enough to cover the annual hosting bill. Backstage, we started talking about setting up a Patreon account a couple of years ago, but haven’t launched it yet. We’d like to know what you think of the idea, and what incentives or rewards you would like to receive.
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – May 2021
It’s a few days late, but here we go!