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 …
King Conan #14-19, Conan the King #20-34
I was actually going to write more than one post here about King Conan so that I wasn't covering such a huge swath of it at once, but time and life get in the way and I found myself more absorbed by the comics than by the need to write about them. I guess that's …
King Conan #1-12
It's #FantasyComicsMonth and I've been saving the entire run of King Conan (later retitled Conan the King) for now. I had gotten interested in the series a few years ago when I got a copy of issue #27 in a grab bag from my LCS. Prior to that, I'd never read that many Conan comic …
The Uncollecting Update August 2024
As always, let's start with the numbers ... Physical Comics: 0 (105/105)Digital Comics: 21 (436/)464Trades/Graphic Novels: 1 (0/1)Books: 2 (99/107)Movies: 1 (177/180)TV Series: 0 (63/63)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (115/115)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 126 I was going to write this last week but Labor Day weekend got away from me (or in the very least I wound …
Personal Archaeology 29: Climbing The Tree
50 by 50 Item #4: Trace my family tree on my Italian side further back than my great-grandparents. My research binder, items from my seventh-grade research project, and a death certificate. When I was in the seventh grade, we took time out of our study of the first half of American history to research our …
The Uncollecting Update July 2024
Physical Comics: 0 (105/105)Digital Comics: 7 (457/)464Trades/Graphic Novels: 0Books: 8 (99/107)Movies: 2 (178/180)TV Series: 0 (63/63)TV Seasons Watched: 0 (115/115)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 94 The road to anxiety is paid with set intentions. As I write this, I'm one week away from going back to work after summer break. Back in May, I'd written a "summer …
The Uncollecting 