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“I will always give Chuck a 5 because I consider him a mentor and friend. He almost certainly does not consider me a friend, and

“I wasn’t AS charmed by Fred this outing, but to be fair, I was VERY charmed the first time. Recommended along with this book was

“I was very, very sad to hear about the passing of local poet Robert King. His work is incredible, and in my copy of this

“I was thinking. Even though he’s super stupid and lame in the comics, how cool would Stilt Man be in real life? Sure, it’s insane.

“I was sort of hoping to find some challenges to replicate for a more adult party, and I didn’t find them, but that’s okay, good

“I was SO excited to read what I understood to be the Frank-Miller-penned script for Robocop 2, which was turned down for movie-dom because it

“I was looking forward to Tom King’s signature applied to Batman: The application of different framing devices or lenses to look at the same character.

“I was going to make a joke about the bad choice being to finish the book, but I’m sure someone else did it. Pretty sure.

“I was confused as hell. There’s a body that we’re investigating for some reason, there’s a Iraqi mover and shaker who is doing a whole

“I was a bit surprised to read the backstory of the Boogie Nights character in the form of a middle grade comic, but so it

“I wanted to give this another shot, and in order to know what in the holy hell was going on in volumes 2-4, I had

“I wanted so badly to mock this book. But you know what’s crazy, a sure sign of how stupid I am? Can I ask in

“I want to solve a mystery. Just once in my life. A real whodunit. A whahappened? A Howsitwhatsit? But it’s not in the cards for

“I walked into a comics store yesterday for one thing: Spider-Man and the X-Men written by the hilarious Elliott Kalan. Being the first time I’d

“I waited for this to pop up on my Kindle. I even connected that thing to the internet, losing all the library books I’d stashed

“I try to read a scary book every October because Halloween is the best holiday. And this, though not what we’d traditionally call horror, fit

“I try to avoid WWII stories most of the time. I just feel a little over it. So when my book club picked City of

“I tried to buy this in a hip Chicago bookstore, and the clerk there was telling me that they were sold out. She then proceeded

“I took another crack at volume one and then went straight through volume 3. Which is definitely the way to read this book. I’m going

“I took 7 quizzes to find out which Ninja Turtle I am. Results:Donatello: 4Leonardo: 1Raphael: 1Michelangelo: 1 Well, I guess that’s not so bad. I

“I thought this was a good time to look at some of the TMNT action figures from my youth. Mutagen Man:“Victim of Krang’s insidious experiments,

“I thought it would be really interesting to see what a bunch of different people would put on their bookshelves. And it was. Sort of.

“I think…the story was good, but I’m having a problem with Captain America. Reading this guy is like dating a lady who’s really not over

“I think, reading this, I realized that I’ve read a lot about Nolan Bushnell, but nothing about Ralph Baer, which sort of proves the point

“I think what we get here is the object that is promised in the series title, and getting that 26 volumes in would normally piss

“I think what I liked about Old Trek (TOS through…probably some of Voyager?) is that, for the most part, episodes stood alone. You didn’t usually

“I think we’re supposed to be unsure whether or not Hellboy murdered Satan. Or the Devil or whoever. The Hellboss guy. But I’m a little

“I think this would be more fun if the villains were more wacky, like a Batman ’66 thing. They almost get there with a villain-turned-chef

“I think this is all you need to know to make your reading decision is this line, uttered while one character watches another character beat

“I think this book does the leaked nudies story in a way that’s maybe a little too simple. Everyone except our main character is kind

“I think there’s nothing worse than attending a wedding where you’re hardcore peripheral. I mean, going to a wedding where you have to do shit

“I think the love for this one comes from the fact that it’s a book people can write ABOUT and seem smart. “

“I think the key to getting down to one cup of coffee a day is to get a job I like. If I had a

“I think the big thing to say about this book and its thesis is that it feels almost taboo to read it and give it

“I think RL Stine wrote this because he was just trying to get some peace in the basement and his kids wouldn’t leave him alone.

“I think I’ve finally, after a lot of searching, found a manga I enjoy. It hasn’t been easy. It’s just not my thing. The storytelling

“I think it’s necessary to start seriously reviewing cookbooks on here, and I’ll tell you why. In recent history I feel like I’ve become this

“I think it’d help if I knew anything about the original Sabrina, aka Witch Explains It All. I don’t know much. I know there were

“I think I’d fare well in a zombie apocalypse, based on our 2020 apocalypse. It seems like most issues people have come from their hearts

“I think I liked this more than a lot of other readers, and the reason I liked it is because, when you think about it,

“I think I know why I like Atomic Robo so much: It’s everything that I was promised by the Iron Man movies. Iron Man is

“I think I fucked up and read this in the wrong order? Oh, well. It happens. It’s very Mark Millar: everyone is doing infidelity, superheroes

“I think doing middle grade comics has to be a sigh of relief for writers and artists. It’s like, you don’t have some fanboy nerd

“I think Delerium’s dialog mostly comes from fishing a beginning poetry class’s notebooks out of the trash, cutting and pasting.”

“I think at this point in time, you know if you’re a fan of Kevin Smith or not. What’s good about books and comics is

“I think a witch put a curse on me and now this book reads like it’s about twice as long as it needs to be.

“I sure hates me a rhyming demon. “

“I stayed up until 2:30 last night reading this book.Staying up until 2:30 isn’t that unusual for me, but there was (almost) no booze involved,

“I stayed up late writing this, and I decided not to post it last night. I decided not to post it because I thought, “Is

“I started this like 3 years ago and never reviewed it! The first 2/3 was pretty solid, but then the book kinda takes a shit.

“I somehow missed rating this one. Probably because I was moving at the time. An audiobook is a great friend when you’re moving. Because you

“I scrolled down a little to see: what do people write for volume 19 of a series?I mean, if you hate it at this point,

“I saw this shelved by someone as “abstract comics,” and that’s probably the best way to phrase it when you’re confronted with something that just

“I ROYALLY fucked up with Royal City. I read volume 1 months ago, and I shoulda just kept rolling. Instead, I took a break. A

“I recommend ignoring the idea of this being a retelling of the Odyssey. Okay, it’s about a warrior who has to make the journey home.

“I really liked SHIT My Dad Says (no asterisk because I’m a goddamn adult. Capitalized because I’m an adult only chronologically), but this one wasn’t

“I really like Jessica Abel’s stuff. I thought Out On The Wire was great, one of my favorite reads last year. But this one didn’t

“I really enjoyed the Nightwing books from the mid to late 90’s. They were quick, smart, and they had great art by Scott Mcdaniels that

“I really do hate the sea and everything in it. “

“I read this. This is not a 1-star review because I hate the idea. It’s a 1-star review because I looked at every page in

“I read this, and so can you! I mean, I can read it to you! Fast-forward to 11 minutes in to hear the story without

“I read this YEARS ago when I was getting all up into Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics line, but I wanted to read it again.

“I read this whole thing out loud on a podcast. Almost. It was kind of a last pass-through, so there were some rough patches. You

“I read this thing almost 10 years ago? How is that possible? How have I gotten so old? I have to trim my nose hairs

“I read this mostly because I’ve got an article cooking about Stephen King’s decision to pull ‘Rage’ from publication. I thought it’d be good to

“I read this for a middle school book club. It’s worth noting that they loved it. For a grown-up…I don’t know. There’s a scene towards

“I read this entire thing. Like 350 pages. And when I say I read it, I don’t mean like you read a cookbook, skim it,

“I read this damn fuckin thing out of order and now I’m pissed at myself. Whatever. Long live the Goon. I’d dress as the Goon

“I read this book in Spanish! Which means that the title was in Spanish, and the acknowledgements, but other than that, it’s the EXACT same

“I read this book in a college class called “World Literature By And About Women” in college. Kind of an arduous title for a class.

“I read this book because a teacher I work with had a parent who complained about her 15 year-old reading Persepolis. So, I tried to

“I read this because it’s Halloween time.Now, you might be thinking, Pete, it’s early September. Yeah, it is. I have a guide to help you

“I read this and Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina on the same day for total comics whiplash. Well, I think this one is a lot more interesting

“I read this and My Best Friend’s Exorcism back to back, so it sounds to me like it’s time for a good ol’-fashioned book off!

“I read it. I did it. I didn’t hate it.The most obnoxious thing I could do is say something like: I’ve got a review coming

“I read five of these volumes, so I’m going to do a 5-part My Current Goodreads Complaints series. Part 5: Single Issue Comics Folks, this

“I read five of these volumes, so I’m going to do a 5-part My Current Goodreads Complaints series. Part 4: Private Accounts Dipshits, a private

“I read five of these volumes, so I’m going to do a 5-part My Current Goodreads Complaints series. Part 3: Beige I find Goodreads to

“I read five of these volumes, so I’m going to do a 5-part My Current Goodreads Complaints series. Part 2: PopDown Ads EVERY time I’ve

“I read five of these volumes, so I’m going to do a 5-part My Current Goodreads Complaints series. Part 1: Why Does That Thing Shoot

“I read a rumor somewhere that Mark Spragg was unhappy with one of his novels. I don’t know whether that was the one that followed

“I put a spoiler alert on here because it might spoil your day to read this. Two stars for a method that probably works, but

“I probably didn’t give this one the attention it deserves.I found this thing out with The Onion. You know, that newspaper that used to be

“I picked this up exclusively because I thought it would be a palatable way to learn some shit that might score me some points at

“I picked this one up because I felt like I was in the mood for a non-fiction book that was not related to politics or

“I only have nice, mushy things to say about this book. I know, that’s not as fun to read. But what can I say? It

“I occasionally get all into an art motivation sort of book, and this one’s under-read. I think I identify hardest with the idea that if

“I object to the pronunciation of “Neanderthal” that goes “knee-and-ur-tall” because the neanderthals were not very tall, and this makes it seem like maybe they

“I now get why the Suicide Squad movie stank. See, this comic, it’s basically the same thing as that movie. Take that movie, switch a

“I never knew that ladies were so troubled. ALL ladies, apparently. I’d like to apologize to any ladies that I made feel bad in the

“I must’ve read a lot further into this series than I thought originally, because I definitely made it this far and then some. I picked

“I mostly read this because a good friend told me it made him weep. Which is something that happens to me A LOT these days.

“I mostly liked this, although I found the main character pretty annoying when she was in her TikTok mode (which is probably intentional, always a

“I might have just made a world-rockin’ Captain America discovery. Other than on the cover of Captain America issue #1, I’m not sure Cap actually

“I might even bump this up to a 4-star book.The version I read had the reprinted phone number you could call! For those not in

“I mean…you either laugh or you don’t. And just in case you’re wondering, “faggy” is used in a very different context here. In fact, I’m

“I mean…what’s to say? It’s about what you’d expect. Probably the most interesting thing is that the artists would draw and ink together, sharing both

“I mean…it was fine. It’s not Tom Gauld’s fault, but I think I’m a little sick of fictionalized versions of fictionalized stories that show things

“I mean, when you have an extended analogy about how unplausible it is that a pepper mill would make its way up your ass, I’m

“I mean, of course it’s good. What’s it gonna do, suck? Was that even really possible? I don’t know that the plot and characters were