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My 2019 Reading Stacks #4: Our Dismal Double Date with Heathcliff and Catherine
I imagine the book designer going to the publisher in tears: “I’m sorry, but there isn’t a single scene worth illustrating on the front cover. Can U just photograph the wallpaper in my grandma’s...
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My 2019 Reading Stacks #5
Mystery! Guns! Danger! Crime! More guns! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that cover the gamut of my entertainment...
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My 2019 Reading Stacks #6: The Penultimate Pile
Some art samples, if you will. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that cover the gamut of my entertainment intake,...
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My 2019 Reading Stacks #7: The Season Finale
A few of my year’s highlights. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that cover the gamut of my entertainment intake,...
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Comics Update: My Current Lineup and 2019 Pros and Cons
Nearly all my 2019 purchases, sorted in alphabetical piles from A to Y. Comics collecting has been my primary geek interest since age 6, but I have a tough time writing about it with any regularity. My...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #1
Our first two books, brought to you by our local library. LIBRARIES: Ordering Stuff We Might Not Buy Ourselves Since Sometime B.C.! A new year means it’s time to make new stacks. Every year, each and...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #2: The Horror and Heroism of “Becoming Superman”
A highly recommended read, from the introduction by onetime Babylon 5 writer Neil Gaiman to all those other pages not written by Gaiman. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year, each and...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #3
Three books edited under the same guiding principle: for fans, by fans. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year, each and every squarebound work of qualifying length that I’ve read gets a...
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The Last New Comics Day?
New releases on my pull list for the week of March 25, 2020, a date I can hopefully forget someday. As dimwitted youngsters insist spring break simply must go on, as certain stubborn governors take...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #4
Somehow while reading, I failed to notice the “spookiness” theme I had going. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year, each and every squarebound work of qualifying length that I’ve read...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #5
A short list today: two gigantic, creator-owned collections that add up to 963 pages of comic book goodness. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year, each and every squarebound work of...
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Comics in My Future, Ever So Slightly
Those of us who’ve been patiently waiting to complete our sets of Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt’s five-issue miniseries Hawkeye: Freefall now have a conundrum on our hands. (All cover art by Kim...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #6
Siler. Telgemeier, Defendi. Keepin’ it random. Keepin’ it real. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that cover the gamut...
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Our Ten Terrific Tricks for a Stay-at-Home Comic Con
With your host, Dr. Bane-ton Forrester! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: for the past several years my wife Anne and I have made a tradition of going somewhere — anywhere but home — for each of...
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The Dawn of an All-New New Comic Book Day
This week’s fix. In a week that’s been marred by weird illness symptoms (no, not THAT one), severe illness elsewhere in our family (no, thankfully still not that one), news of one distant relative’s...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #7
Monsters! Everyone loves monsters, right? Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that cover the gamut of my entertainment...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #8
Women ruling the multimedia superhero world, and the strongmen they allow at their side. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review...
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2020 Road Trip Photos #7: Palookaville
The other day I tried explaining Joe Palooka to someone, then realized I was actually describing Bazooka Joe. It’s just as well because they probably didn’t know him, either. Previously on Midlife...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #9: Giant Leaps for “Antkind”
A book by a filmmaker about film-making and film criticism. What could go wrong? Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review entries that...
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My 2020 Reading Stacks #10
Monster vs. alien: two occasionally spooky green humanoids, just in time for Halloween. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: At the beginning of each year I spend weeks writing year-in-review...
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