Like many people in my generation, I'm familiar with the Marvel character Firestar from Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, and while I do know that she made her way into the Marvel Universe back in the Eighties, I wasn't 100% sure how except that it somehow involved the X-Men. I'd read maybe one or two …
Author: Tom Panarese
A trio of Bat Books
Among the books that I gathered up at the Baltimore Comic-Con either from bins or mystery boxes were several Bat-books from different eras. Two of them were signed--Robin #40 and #41, which were signed by Chuck Dixon. I've automatically decided to keep those (in addition to a Superman issue signed by Dan Jurgens) without reading …
Indie Comics from the Quarter Bin
I'm working my way through the big pile of comics, many of which are from the Baltimore Comic-Con and my LCS' quarter-bin sale over Thanksgiving weekend. I thought I'd try and pop in from time to time with lists of mini reviews covering what I've read. For this, it's a smattering of comics from Image, …
Uncollecting Update November 2025
Physical Comics Read: 4 (199/203) Digital Comics Read: 0 (418/418) Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (23/25) Books Read: 3 (100/104) Movies Watched: 3 (224/228) TV Shows Watched: 0 (50/50) TV Seasons Watched: 0 (83/83) Podcast Episodes to Listen to: 102 The piles on my guestroom dresser are huge. Books, comics, posters that don't have frames nor room space. It's getting a little ridiculous. November …
Uncollecting Update October 2025
October and November are two big "buying" months because there are book sales, tent sales, and comic book conventions. So, as the month wound down, I decided to take another inventory to see where the numbers are. And here's what I've got ... Physical Comics to Read: 43 Digital Comics to Read: 418 Trades/Graphic Novels to Read: …
SHOCKtober recap: Horror Mini-Reviews
October being ... well, October, I spent a lot of time watching and reading horror stuff, much of which wasn't actually on my to-read/to-watch list. We're talking new horror comics, some old horror comics, and at least one novel that I grabbed from the public library. But I did knock a few things off the …
Cancellation is Freedom
As you know, I ahve a spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all of the unread and unwatched media for my Uncollecting project. Two of the columns on the sheet are: "Do I own this?" and "If not, where can I get it?" For books, I indicate that I can find them at …
Uncollecting Update September 2025
Physical Comics Read: 0 (42/48) Digital Comics Read: 0 (418/418) Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (1/4) Books Read: 2 (96/101) Movies Watched: 2 (215/222) TV Shows Watched: 0 (52/52) TV Seasons Watched: 0 (95/96) Podcast Episodes to Listen to: 90 Another month that's more like the others. I'm in that part of life where everything is full and it all keeps getting added to. …
Uncolleting Update August 2025
Physical Comics Read: 5 (42/48) Digital Comics Read: 0 (418/418) Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 1 (3/4) Books Read: 2 (98/101) Movies Watched: 2 (217/222) TV Shows Watched: 0 (52/52) TV Seasons Watched: 0 (95/96) Podcast Episodes to Listen to: 90 I'm half a month late with this. Ooops. Well, it is the beginning of the school year and so I'm swamped, or at least …
Uncollecting Update July 2025
Physical Comics Read: 1 (42/43) Digital Comics Read: 0 (418/418) Trades/Graphic Novels Read: 0 (0/0) Books Read: 10 (99/101) Movies Watched: 3 (219/222) TV Shows Watched: 0 (52/52) TV Seasons Watched: 1 (95/96) Podcast Episodes to Listen to: 71 I'm what ... two weeks late on posting this? It seemed that once I got back to work at the beginning of this month, …
The Uncollecting 