I've been meaning to review podcasts here since it's one of my four categories, but unlike, say, books or back issues that I'm reading or movies I'm watching, these aren't pieces of physical media and a number of them are ongoing in the same way a television show would be, but a number of podcasts …
Secret Origins #17
In this issue, Gerry Conway, Carmine Infantino, and Tony DeZuniga take on an updated origin for Adam Strange while Roy Thomas, E. Nelson Bridwell, Howard Simpson, and Bob Lewis give us the new origin of Dr. Occult. It's the first pairing that I was a little wary of, considering that up to this point, Thomas …
Breaking Rules on and Reaping the Benefits of FCBD 2019
Free Comic Book Day was last Saturday. I've gone just about every year for the past six or seven years, and I have the same M.O. every year. I go in completely blind to what is available (i.e., I don't look at the solicits in Previews) and plan on dropping at least a little money …
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Secret Origins #16
Picking up random issues of Secret Origins between winding my way through entire runs of comics seems to have been a good idea, as long as this series remains as good as it has when it comes to the one-and-done type of story. In this one, there's Hourman by Roy Thomas and Michael Bair along …
The Worst Team Money Could Buy
I am a long-suffering New York Mets fan who is part of a specific generation where the "suffering" part of that compound adjective took a while to come along. I began following the team in the 1985 season and was nine years old when they won their second (and to date last) World Series in …
Uncollecting Update: April 2019
As always, let’s start with the numbers. Media consumed # (remaining/total) Movies Watched 2 (151/155) Books Read: 4 (123/139) Comics Read: 82 (549/738) Podcast Episodes Remaining: 120 Movies I knocked one of those Netflix DVDs out--the last disc of the first season of The Greatest American Hero, which I'll be covering at some point on …
Brigade (ongoing) #1, 3, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14; The Ferret #1-3
It was the Nineties. Dear God, it was the Nineties. I'm reviewing these in a huge chunk because honestly, they are the very epitome of everything that people make fun of about the early part of the decade. Coming out right during the same month--at least based on cover date because Image was notorious for …
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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 96: The Uncollecting
On episode 96 of my podcast Pop Culture Affidavit, I talk about The Uncollecting, going through my motivation for it as well as how I was inspired by Oprah, Clean House, Marie Kondo, and the YouTube series Curiosity, Inc.
Personal Archaeology 2: It Spins, It Wins
When you look back on the sepia-toned memories of your life as a teenager, you definitely begin to think of the hallmark moments. You know, your first love, your first broken heart, losing your virginity, getting into college, going to prom, graduating, and winning the homecoming float competition. I know that a pile of wood, …
The Phantom Zone #1-4
My first Superman comics were pre-Crisis, but they were so close to the Byrne reboot and I was so young, so it's not like I can tell you that I have a deep history with the Man of Steel's comics. In fact, it's been through reading The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told and by finding …
The Uncollecting 