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“I’ve never watched Rick and Morty, but I picked up the comics. Haha, just kidding. Is that how ANYONE ends up here!? From working in

“I’ve never rated any of my own books 5 stars before! But I’m feeling generous today. Look, this is available for free on my web

“I’ve got a music-related hypothetical question for you: You record an album. At the beginning of the album, you add in the distinct hiss/pop of

“I’ve fucked around with Deadpool comics on and off, and for the most part, it’s one of those rare exceptions where I’m like, Dude, the

“I’ve discovered something important about myself. Something that redeems my manhood. Uh, if you’re interested in the book review, it was alright. I THINK it

“I’ve decided to try a new thing here on Goodreads. Basically, unless I think something is a 5 or a 1, I won’t be giving

“I’ve come up with the definitive answer for the question: If you could time travel to any place, any time, where would you go? I’d

“I’ve been very worried about the cat I live with. The very thought that I might be living with a GAY!? Cat!? I mean, ME!?

“I’ve been talking a lot about syndromes that I’ve invented. Or not so much invented as noticed and name. I guess if I was inventing

“I’ve been reading this one first thing in the morning for several months now. Okay, confession, while I take a dump. The sections are short,

“I’ve been on Goodreads for a long time. I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve amassed a good number of friends. Mostly because I write

“I’ve been looking for some manga that would be great for folks who haven’t found a good entry point into the format. And I think

“It’s ya boy, LOBO! Why did DC do that really weird Lobo reboot? What a dumb idea. “This Lobo relied on his intellect and charm

“It’s weird how many stories of “it’s a video game, but the game turned real!” or “the TV show turned real!” or whatever have moved

“It’s very strange to me that this one seems to be liked so much more than Dark Knight pt. 2. I mean, I get why

“It’s sort of fun to see Jeff Smith nerd out about human evolution. I think that’s actually the best part of any person: Whatever they

“It’s sort of amazing how many “See blahblahblah miniseries” we’re already getting in this series. Good in some ways, it means a worldbuilding thing is

“It’s pretty dope, but the story is confusing as hell. Which should make sense when it’s a book about cats piloting mechs, but somehow I

“It’s not an unbelievable book that’ll blow your balls off, but what I like is that it’s a self-contained story. Beginning, middle, and end is

“It’s not a bad book, but it’s got a Star Wars problem. Allow me to explain. With a lot of remakes and expansions, we see

“It’s no Agent Cold Beer. It’s not even Agent Cold Beer On Assignment in Japan. You might look at this book and figure it’s got

“It’s hard to give a book like this a bad review because my feelings about the author and my personal feelings about this whole situation

“It’s Hallo-Spooka-Skelebones-A-Ween! And so, why not dive into this second BPRD series? Because where else can you find office drama occurring between a timeless old

“It’s great. Duh. Also, the longest book I’ve ever read. You might think you get it from the movie. But the first movie doesn’t do

“It’s great to finally get back to the classics. It’s been far too long since I read a book with careful intensity, noting throwaway lines

“It’s good, it’s all over the damn place, and in a good way. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about

“It’s funny to review this today because today I also read an interview with a literary agent. Here’s what he said in response to the

“It’s fucking volume 10. If you’re not already in at this point, then what am I going to tell you that will make you start

“It’s cute, it’s interesting, but I’m not sure if all the pieces come together. This is my rating a book, by the way, not my

“It’s been a couple years, but I’ll remember this as best I can. Macbeth is a cop. He’s the wild style cop, always shooting first,

“It’s back to school time! Guys. I hated school. Like to the point that I can’t even step foot in a Target between August and

“It’s an intriguing start, but I’ll admit it now: I thought this was based on the video game of the same name. So I kept

“It’s a return to the Essex County days for Lemire, but I think I’d rather be there than here. Also, the book looks HUGE, but

“It’s a quick read and a good laugh. Maybe like Hyperbole & a Half, but a bit more out there in terms of what happens

“It’s a prequel to Chew, and there are some things I do not like about prequels. I think these are the things some people appreciate

“It’s a lighter post(sort of)-apocalypse. There are some interesting elements to the book, for sure. The style of having a series of short stories that

“It’s a hell of a thing to write something so vulnerable. That comes from the sore place the way this does. The real strength of

“It’s a hard question to answer in the abstract: How do you know when a story is finished? But it’s an easy question to answer

“It’s a good book, especially if you focus on the pages from Barry’s class syllabuses. Syllabi? Isn’t that the oldest joke from college? “Hand out

“it’s 80 pages. me explaining it to you, you could be halfway done. so fuck it. “

“It’s my own fault for not paying attention and reading a graphic novel that adapts existing stories. I’m not a fan of that act because

“It’s kind of a policy to not leave star ratings on memoirs that have a center in sexual assault because, eh, it’s kind of hard

“It’s fine. I’m totally unsatisfied with the ratio of mystery to answers, but it’s fine. I trust jeff Lemire. Mostly. Maybe I should say that

“It’s a pretty funny book. The title story is the best for sure. But that might just be me because I feel like I’m in

“It would be pretty cool to come from France and run the NYC Marathon. That seems like a good way to explore the city. I’ve

“It was probably for the best that this series eventually left the DC Universe almost entirely. I don’t think we derived a lot of benefit

“It turns out, as Sam said in his review, that this was a 90’s Kevin Smith screenplay adapted into comic book form some 10 years

“It took me like a year to read this book, but I did it! You might be wondering why I would bother to read a

“It takes something willing to go pretty far to call it one of the most intense reads I’ve ever had. Among The Thugs makes it

“It should’ve ended on the story of the dude who’d been meeting Morpheus every 100 years. That was a much stronger ending. That dude was

“It only took 2 years. But I finished this bad boy. Although I suppose if you read these in real time as monthly issues it

“It must suck to be a funny lady putting out a memoir right after Tina Fey. It would be like me putting out a book

“It must be weird to bind 10-year-old work and put it out. But considering the age and that so much of Penny Arcade is pop

“It might seem like Max Brooks has returned to the well. But I’m not so sure. World War Z is a horror book, but it’s

“It looks like this book gets a lot of shit because of its similarity to the much-beloved Long Halloween. First off, it should be noted

“It has come to my attention that the best way to make money reviewing comics is to review a SHITLOAD and to make the easiest

“It had a promising premise and a sort of endorsement by Chuck Klosterman (“…Benjamin Nugent is just weird enough to be absolutely right.”) but it

“It feels weird to enjoy something but only give it three stars because I wanted it to be longer. In a way, it’s like, Maybe

“Is World War II the most interesting time in recorded history? I think it might be. It sorta seems like it. But I’m not totally

“Is the punk house a thing anymore?You know, the house a bunch of kids live in, and it’s disgusting and doesn’t really work, and eventually

“Introduction: Here’s what each essay you’re about to read is about. Essay 1: Short, but mostly based on the idea “Libraries haven’t been truly neutral

“Interesting little part in this book, an adult is reading a frightening picture book to a young child. I’ll summarize as best as I can

“Interesting blend of fantasy role-playing and fiction classes taught by Gordon Lish. Worlds collide here. My big piece of advice, if you are setting out

“Incredibly cute. At first it’s a little odd because the living garlic is bringing garlic bulbs to a farmer’s market and selling them, which feels

“In this one, the meta-joke is about the massive crossover events that take place in comics. Which include: Crisis on Infinite Earths: This was written

“In this moment, Pete learned the hard lesson about the difference between wanting to pet a dog and wanting to read a really long book

“In this conclusion to the hobo (person experiencing hobo-ness?) epic, we get a conclusion to the epically epic tale, which concludes epically. It’s just fun.

“In this book, my parents have vanished mysteriously on a sailing trip, and I now live with my uncle in his New Orleans mansion. My

“In this book, I found a great example of something difficult to capture. So many books, comics especially, rely on creating a bizarre, almost trippy

“In this book you’ve got real monsters, and as a solution to the problem of how they live in a world where people are not

“In the Tom King Universe, this one is not my least favorite, also not favorite. Right there in the middle. Great review, Pete. With stirring

“In the Junji Ito pantheon, this one is good, but not “shit your pants in fright” good. The Junji Ito scale is based on how

“In the intro (or maybe outro? I forget) Gerard Way talks about a fan review where the fan said he didn’t know exactly what was

“In the 2023 housing market, a small ranch that is haunted and I can never permanently leave, and there’s a soundproof room full of VHS

“In reading this book, I realized that there aren’t a lot of books with the word “holocaust” in the title that aren’t talking about THE

“In preparation for the apocalypse, Sam Sheridan decides to learn skills necessary to survive TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It). Shooting,

“In my last Mage review, I said maybe I’d do a little thing about old comic cons versus new. And it’s later, so here we

“In my continued quest to finish one of these fuggers, I tried making a flowchart in hopes that a pattern or something would emerge. I

“In an on-going adventure to read one of these, I took a different tack. A real different one. This one I read aloud to a

“In a very confusing story, She Hulk kind of beats a super space boxer man through her wits, but also by getting super strong, which

“In a sea of zombie fiction, this one does a good job of standing out from the crowd a little. For one thing, it’s done

“In a continuing quest to read good Superman books, this one delivers big time. There’s a lot to recommend this to people who are and

“Imagine if Lost was like Lost, and then at some point in the series, someone finds a VHS tape labeled “Lost,” and it turns out

“Imagine Conan, but he ends up in NYC, sort of. But don’t imagine the movie where exactly that happens. Imagine a different movie from that

“I’m Wolverine. Or, I was. That…that was a long time ago. I buried the Wolverine. Or, I did. That…that was a long time ago.But then

“I’m trying to think of something hilarious to do for my new driver’s license photo. Most people try and look their best, and it never

“I’m starting to see what people don’t like about Jeph Loeb. When I read his Batman, it works, but that’s probably because I haven’t read

“I’m sort of a hypocrite, I criticized Josh Malerman’s Goblin for being slow, and this one has to be just as slow. BUT, because it’s

“I’m so pumped about the return of non-Twilight-ed Lobo and I can’t even tell you. Where is the motherfraggin’ collected edition of Lobo, by the

“I’m sick and tired of books like this encouraging dogs to use drugs. You know what drugs dogs should get high on? Life. Walkies. Snecks.

“I’m re-reading Craig Clevenger in anticipation of his FIRST NEW BOOK IN ALMOST 20 YEARS! This shit holds up. I mean, it’s a story that

“I’m ready to be done with this re-read. I almost quit before finishing, but then I was like, “2 volumes left. C’mon, bro. 2 more

“I’m often mixed on wordless books. I mean, this one is aight, it doesn’t really need words to tell the story. I’ve sometimes wondered if

“I’m of two minds on this one. On the one hand, it’s pretty fun, pretty funny, and it fulfills its fairly ridiculous promise. On the

“I’m not the biggest Rall fan. This is going to sound like such a nitpick, but I really have a hard time with his font.

“I’m not sure what the deal is with this book’s cover…Chinese takeout menu font? Then some…lines? The book is about using “Super Mental Training” to

“I’m not sure if this is a great book or not, but I was of the age where I saw TMNT in theaters, watched the

“I’m not sure how many volumes into a series you get before reviewing them has almost no meaning. I mean, who’s at volume 3 and

“I’m not rating this one, and I’ll tell ya why. I didn’t love it. It’s the King book I’ve enjoyed the least so far after

“I’m not rating this one because it’s for kids, so obviously who cares what I think of it? This book does have that kid book