Humor comics can be hard to pull off. Okay, they can actually be pretty easy to pull off if you're looking to make a quick sale and have some cheap laughs. But if you want it to stay funny well beyond its publication, that's a bit tougher. I think Ambush Bug, probably more than any …
Month: January 2019
The Adventures of Superman #424-425
A slight cheat here because I have read Adventures of Superman #424 multiple times--in fact, I bought my original copy off the stands back in 1987. But in the 30+ years since the book's publication, I had not read #425 (or #426--my collection had always gone 424, 427, 428, and then a few random ones …
Not Tonight, Josephine: A Road Trip Through Small-Town America
So here is my first finished book of 2019, and since I also share a blog about reading and reviewing literature, I decided to double dip and post my review over there. So here’s my look at George Mahood’s Not Tonight Josephine: Travels Through Small Town America.
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I’m a sucker for road trip books, especially those that involve a journey across the U.S. I think it’s because I’ve always wanted to do a cross-country trek and even in my younger years never got or took the chance. Anyway, I’ve read a number of the classic trek tales: Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley in Search of America, William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways, and even Kerouac’s On the Road (which, if I’m desperate, may get its own episode one day). I even have had the chance to dig into less well-known works, such as the outstanding book Cross-Country by Robert Sullivan. So, when Amazon offered up George Mahood’s Not Tonight Josephine at a deep discount (either $.99 or $1.99), I added it to my Kindle.
Mahood is an English travel writer who has written a number of other books and in this one, written in 2016, he recalls…
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At the Starting Point: A Look at the Rules and My List
Here we go. As of 1/1/19, here are my piles ... Books unread: 131 Movies to watch: 155 Podcast episodes to listen to: 156 Comic book back issues to read: 738 My goal, as I mentioned in the last post, is to turn accumulation into a zero-sum game. So, as I read, watch, and listen, …
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Wanna Be Startin’ Something
I have an irrational fear of announcing that I am starting something. It doesn't matter what it is; I just don't like telling someone that I am going to begin something new because I am afraid of having to answer to my inevitable failure to accomplish what I set out to do. The personal embarrassment …
The Uncollecting 