As always, let’s start with the numbers Physical Comics Read: 0 (0/0)Digital Comics Read: 2 (469/471)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 4 (22/31)Books Read: 2 (113/120)Movies Watched: 1 (115/123)TV Seasons Completed: 1 (87/90)TV Shows Completed: 1 (35/37)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 199 I haven't written in this blog in a month. This is not a good look. I can't say where the time has gone, to be …
Author: Tom Panarese
Uncollecting Update January 2022
As always, let's start with the numbers Physical Comics Read: 0 (0/0)Digital Comics Read: 0 (471/471)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 5 (26/31)Books Read: 5 (115/120)Movies Watched: 7 (116/123)TV Seasons Completed: 2 (88/90)TV Shows Completed: 1 (36/37)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 185 I have to be honest--this was one of the strangest Januaries in recent years. Maybe it was because starting from the moment we were supposed …
The Week in Uncollecting, 1/9/22-1/15/22
Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez Omnibus. I've had this one for a while, and it pretty much put a button on what I wanted to own as far as Wonder Woman was concerned (though I do want to read Greg Rucka's run on DC Infinite). Jimenez's run on Wonder Woman was one that I read …
The Week in Uncollecting, 1/1/22-1/8/22
First week of the year, and I've got a few longer hardcovers and books, and a lot of time in the Eighties. Here we go! DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras and DC Through the '80s: The Experiments. These were on my wish list for a while and I got both for Christmas, …
The Year in Uncollecting 2021
Well, we've finished the third year of this endeavor and with this update and reflection, there seems to be both a lot to talk about and at the same time, not very much. 2021 was a strange year for me. Sure, the running thread through much of popular culture and social media was that it …
Personal Archaeology 22: On College, Philosophy, Love, Friendship, and Acceptance
So I have been part of a listserv for My So-Called Life fandom for 20 years. The emails flowed from a trickle to a complete stop years ago when a number of us shifted over to social media or moved on altogether, but back in October, it sprang to life again for a little while. …
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Pretense, Joy, and the Residue of “Cool”
Stop making fun of adult women who read YA; stop making fun of men who take a childlike delight in things. There's no law that says we have to become stuffy and boring as we age. Let people find joy where they can.Boze Harrington "It's Cool, California" by Duncan H is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 I cannot remember …
I, Tonya
A few weeks ago, I reviewed Bud Greenspan's 1994 Olympics documentary, noting that this was one of "my" Olympics, so to speak--one of the games that took place when I really paying attention to everything surrounding them instead of just watching them when they came on. The marquee event, at least as far as network …
Personal Archaeology 21: Unexpected Moments of Normal
The last two of my journals, which chronicled my junior and senior years of high school. I've been trying to figure out how to write this post, because once I finish it, I will be completely done going back through the paper notebook journals from junior high and high school. They began sometime in the …
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Crucible: The Final Impact
The !mpact Comics line from DC was never something I ever got into. I think that I may have mentioned this in a previous post, but i picked up the first issue of The Legend of the Shield because of the Captain America pastiche and The Comet for the Tom Lyle artwork, and I wound …
The Uncollecting 