After his grandfather Silvio passes away, Mark Pedri is left with a house full of his things, which goes untouched for a while until he decides to sift through what's there. He knew his grandfather, or at least knew him to be a miner who played the accordion and the man with whom he'd spend …
Author: Tom Panarese
Light Brigade
My LCS had a quarter bin sale this past weekend, and while it is contrary to this blog's mandate, I have said time and again that quarter bin sales and comic conventions are the exceptions to the rule. Conventions, of course, are about meeting creators and attenting panels in addition to the rows upon rows …
Blackhawk (1989 series)
I've got four posts to write about items associated with #WarComicsMonth, which I finished reading and watching yesterday, and I want to start with what I was looking forward to the most this year, which was reading my way through the 1989 Blackhawk series that was written by Martin Pasko and Doug Moench (who wrote …
Shirking my Obligations?
I think I have written about this before, so my apologies in advance; then again, this blog seems to be about coming back to the same topics, ideas, and thoughts over and over. I suppose that is often a good thing, but I also know that I am a classic overthinker, so what for some …
Two-Fisted Tales #2, 3, and 5
So last year at the Baltimore Comic-Con, I went to the TwoMorrows Publishing booth and bought their retrospective about war comics called Our Artists At War. It's a fascinating read ifyou have never had the chance to look at it, and one of the series of comics that jumped out at me was EC's contribution …
A #HorrorComicsMonth Rundown … in November
Like I said last time, I fell significantly behind in my blog posts and updates, although I was "participating" quite a bit in September and October. Of course, October is all about horror and #HorrorComicsMonth is the official theme. Over the years, I've gained a fondness for horror books, especially the older ones, and so …
The Uncollecting Update October 2024
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics: 11 (9/105)Digital Comics: 1 (435/464)Trades/Graphic Novels: 2 (0/2)Books: 7 (92/110)Movies: 1 (176/180)TV Series: 0 (63/63)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (115/115)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 122 This is late. It was also this late last month. It's late this month because right around November 1, I had a pile of work, PD, other writing, and podcasting that …
The Uncollecting Update September 2024
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics: 85 (20/105)Digital Comics: 0 (436/464)Trades/Graphic Novels: 2 (0/2)Books: 3 (96/107)Movies: 0 (177/180)TV Series: 0 (63/63)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (115/115)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 126 It's October 13 and I'm finally writing this entry. That's how backed up I've been with things. I should probably also note that the numbers--at least the numbers remaining--are way off …
Conan the King #50-55; King Conan (2021-2022 series) #1-6
When Conan the King #50 opens, we're back where we left off ... in issue #28. I am not sure when the decision to cancel the book came about; Conan the King, unlike most of the other books in Marvel's line, was a bi-monthly 48-page book (and cost $1.50). But after a long story arc …
Continue reading Conan the King #50-55; King Conan (2021-2022 series) #1-6
Conan the King #35-49
As issue #49 of Conan the King closes, our barbarian hero decides to abdicate his throne and head off into the world, leaving Prince Conn in charge of Aquilonia. It's a destiny that was hinted at in an earlier issue by someone who noted that Conn would be an even greater king than Conan, and …
The Uncollecting 