On celebrity deaths, iconoclasm, PC culture, and Brian Hibbs’ bathroom
There has been a lot going on in the world of pop culture these days, and I thought I’d ramble about it for a bit. Fasten your seat belts!
Review time! with ‘Imagine Wanting Only This’
Today I take a look at a comic about decay. No, it’s not about me, why do you ask?
Roy Thomas Receives the Sergio
My first Roy Thomas comic was also my first Marvel comic. I was a wee lad in third grade, a big devotee of the Batman TV show, and had thus far successfully badgered my mother into buying precisely one comic from the spinner rack at Young’s Market. Some time later, I found myself parked on a naugahyde couch awaiting my turn in the barber’s chair, when my eyes fell upon the cover of Uncanny X-Men #29. This was my introduction to both the Marvel Universe and its best writer, Roy Thomas.
Flippin’ through ‘Previews’ – November 2017
We’re a bit late this month, but there’s still plenty of time to take a look at everyone’s favorite monopolistic catalog!
Review time! with ‘Monika’ volumes 1 and 2
I’m a big fan of Guillem March’s art, so I was keen to see him unleashed on a more mature project. So let’s take a look at Monika!
A Book Forty Years in the Making
So I have a novel coming out this week that I spent the last few months writing. But in another way, it’s taken forty years to really FINISH. Here’s how it happened.
Sports wrap-up: 7 November 2017
Man, since I started doing these, Penn State’s season has gone in the toilet. IS IT MY FAULT?!?!?!? Yes, that’s probably it.