What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – September 2020
Not a lot to say about comics this month, but I hope you’ll indulge me!
Pointless Fanboy Speculation: Howard the Duck
After he got his cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy, I thought that eventually Howard the Duck would get another shot at the movies. Hope burns eternal. Which brings us to Pointless Fanboy Speculation, in which I tell you how I would adapt this particular character to the MCU. Here’s the Elevator Pitch: Howard the Duck and Beverly take a “road trip” through weird middle America, which warps into a political satire when Howard is cajoled into running for President. It is, at heart, a Frank Capra movie.
Late To The Party #2: My Week With Warren
A bunch of comics I’ve been kind of meaning to get to for about four decades now, all from Warren.
Oddball pulp and paperback covers
I love cover art, particularly from the days when the covers worked to reach out and grab you to make you buy them. But sometimes the effort to become interesting …
Superboy: The Farm Team of Steel?
One of the fun parts of rereading the Silver Age month by month is discovering stuff that never registered when I reread old issues or random reprints from the era. …