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Places I don’t want to live

I don’t want to live in Westdale, the town where Funky Winkerbean takes place. Boy howdy, is that comic strip depressing…and in a car-wreck kind of way, I can’t stop reading. The current storyline has Les Moore ignoring a phone … Continue reading

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Lovin’ the Lantern

I just saw this article about the Green Lantern movie that is currently in production. It’s sounding like a pretty nifty production: See, here’s the the thing – I can’t tell you how Green Lantern will be as a movie, … Continue reading

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Tanj!

Time for some notes on a bit of recent reading! :: As much as I love science fiction, I’m the first to admit that my reading history with it is full of holes, and that there are many, many authors … Continue reading

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Al Williamson

One of my favorite comics artists, Al Williamson, has died. I first encountered his work, as you might expect, in the context of a Star Wars comic book. His work is exceptionally detailed, and he especially excels at suggesting texture. … Continue reading

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I endorse this political message

Well, they should be coconut cream, really. Not a big fan of banana cream. (Not that big a fan of Hagar anymore either, really, but this one appealed.)

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Of Matters Comical

Cal and SamuraiFrog both did this quiz, so now I will, too: 1 Did you read comics as a kid? Yes. I didn’t read a whole lot of comics as a young kid, but I did read them. I got … Continue reading

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The Colors of Earth, Water, and Heaven

I recently found a graphic novel on the shelves at the library called The Color of Earth. It turned out to be the first book in a trilogy (the other volumes being The Color of Water and The Color of … Continue reading

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I hope it tingles and tangles and prangles my transistors!

Remember my post a short while ago about the goofy 1980 B-movie space western Battle Beyond the Stars? I just figured that post represented a pleasant trip down geek memory lane for me and maybe a few others who recalled … Continue reading

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With great power….

As part of “Instead of the Buffalo Bills Theater”, The Daughter and I watched, on three successive Sundays, the Spiderman movies. And in digging through my archives, I found my original post on Spiderman, and my original post on Spiderman … Continue reading

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Grumble grumble grumble….

What’s needed now is a little wonder. So here’s Wonder Woman.

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