Elseworlds books were fascinating to me when they first appeared in the early 1990s, and while I didn't get all of them (mostly because the $4.95 price tag was a bit too much at the time), I got my hands on a fair share, especially a number of the Batman ones (of which there were …
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If I Disappear
I'm not a huge mystery novel reader. Now, I have nothing against the genre and enjoy it when I do read it, it's just not my go-to. But last year, I was bumming around my local Barnes & Noble and saw the rather striking cover to Eliza Jane Brazier's novel about a woman who goes …
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 #WarComicsMonth in Uncollecting
It's November, and for the uninitiated, that means it's War Comics Month (shout out to Luke Jaconetti, btw). I'm a fan of comics of all genres, and while I don't own a ton of them, I do enjoy a classic war book; heck, I did an entire podcast on one. And with a pile of …
Working
I suppose there is something appropriate about my finishing Studs Terkel's Working on the last day of the school year when I usually spend my day getting ready to not work for an eight-week stretch. Of course, this could be total coincidence and the bigger factor in my finishing the book is that it's due …
On getting rid of books
One of the most trending Netflix shows lately (is that how the kids say it?) is Tidying Up With Marie Kondo. I haven't watched it yet, but from the way I've heard it described, it sounds like it's a lot like Clean House or any other number of shows where people are coached on how …
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