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“Ha! A hoot. And a half, maybe. I mean, it’s not like there’s any big, great shakes, but Skottie Young’s illustrations of kid heroes is

“Guys. Science is really so cool. This is a science-y book. That’s how this relates. I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of science

“Guys, this is so good. Dan Slott, after reading about 50% of the Amazing Spider-Man issues out there, is hands-down my favorite Spider-Man writer. It’s

“Guys, I think I figured out why I don’t like plays. Real quick on this one, it’s Larry David, it’s like an episode of Curb

“Guys, I figured out my role on goodreads, my place among the constellation of the stars among reviewers. You know, all those ladies with the

“Guts as a one-eyed, 3-legged dog dragging a coffin across a desolate wasteland is a pretty apt metaphor for everything going on so far. I’m

“Great. Like always. Mary Roach, self-described “goober with a flashlight” delivers. Some jerkoff in The New Yorker felt like there were too many jokes in

“Great. Funny, and great. Here are three of the jokes I thought were great. If these hook you in, then read it! 1. The story

“Great, great series. It’s got a bunch of metaphysical horseshit, but presented in a way that grounds the horseshit in…I guess horeseshit is pretty grounded

“Great, as you might expect. Some highlights are pieces about Olympic sprinters, Eddie Van Halen, and a thorough evaluation of every KISS album. Oh, and

“Great stuff! Maybe a little statistic-y in some parts, but overall it’s a classic maverick story with a twist. See, in this one, the maverick

“Great ideas, but the text and the art made it a little tough to know exactly what’s going on. Guys, what’s the deal with Galactus?

“Great fun, like a popup but not as delicate, and also with ghosts. Everything kids like. “

“Great cosmic weirdness. It’d be a perfect book, BUT because of the caprices of publishers at the time, we’ve got a few issues here, a

“Great collection. My personal favorites regard the Astronaut and Clown College Grad. This book is unique in that it has some recurring characters and a

“Great collection. Delivers on the premise, good stories that are short enough to read over the course of a couple train stops. The Tom Spanbauer

“Great book. Like most great sci-fi, it relates directly to something in real life. In this case, the feeling of going to fight a war

“Great book, quick, unexpected turns, and the ending has a feel to it that I haven’t gotten from a book in a bit. Okay, I

“Great book for Nintendo fans. I can’t say how people who didn’t grow up with Nintendo would feel about it because, well, Nintendo was like

“Great book for kids who grew up in the era of Double Dare, Pete&Pete, and Clarissa. Pretty interesting stuff. It’s written in an oral history

“Great book about the craft of photography. And I use the word “craft” very intentionally. Art books that focus on a how-to are always problematic.

“Great artsy book without the snob. A good read for anyone interested in the artist-meets-business-meets-hustle side of the world. When you read this, you figure

“Great art, and the premise is cool until we get about halfway through and it turns into a bunch of nonsense about aliens and shit.

“Grant Morrison, why do you make my life so hard! I love some of your stuff. Then you get cosmic and I can’t love you

“Got to be one of the greatest all time cartoonists. I can’t believe how much MAD I read when I was a kid, because 90%

“Gorehounds rejoice! This is the one for you. Let me break this down. Tony is like your run-of-the-mill everyman. Kinda bored with life, he makes

“Goodreads.com has been purchased by Amazon. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/28/175631962/amazon-buys-book-recommendation-site-goodreads I don’t know what this means for Goodreads, although I can say that the recommendation engine on Amazon

“Goodreads will let an author review his own book. This is now established. Okay, I put three stars. That’s fair, right? I mean, I think

“Goodreads has the phrase “What did you think?” above this box every time you type in a review. The thing with Walking Dead? I didn’t

“Good. So good. Right up to the end. The book has this great tone to it, and it captures boyhood in a way that reminded

“Good, fine. Will keep reading, but just looking for a little more character here. Also, I don’t like this storyline where Miles’ uncle will reveal

“Good stuff, fun read. This is a great place to jump in if you’re looking for a superhero comic without too much history. Okay, yes,

“Good stuff, but not as good as the first volume. Also, as someone who’s read a bunch of early comics, I can tell you the

“Good stuff, but I minus-ed a star for time travel bullshit. Also, I used the word “minus-ed” for the same reason. If you can put

“Good stuff, although I’d recommend more to people interested in writing than I would people who read more casually. Lots of care is taken to

“Good stuff! Family drama, but a heightened. It’s not just the typical reuniting of a family who doesn’t get along. There’s more complicated, almost supernatural

“Good story. And… Comics publishers, would it kill you to make it ultra obvious where a series begins? I read volume 1 of this series,

“Good story. Excellent art. This is a great choice for folks looking for something for a reader who has a good sense of humor but

“Good story, nice way to go about making a big change. Some really solid Spider-Man stuff in there. You know one of my top pet

“Good premise, good art, but the story is pretty thin. Feels like a slice of life book where the slice of that life was taken

“Good laughs, good fun. The best part is probably the Big Fight, which instead of being illustrated, is a two-page spread with cut-out-able characters, and

“Good fun. Okay, a little bit like Dark Knight Returns, but still, pretty good stuff. Way better than a comic surrounding a video game has

“Good for:People who enjoy some sweet American-ish manga art. Bad for:People looking for a tight, scripted story. Great for:People who remember reading this as it

“Good book! Funny, some punching, and a few different storytelling styles. It’s not a life-changing book (yet), but A) I’d venture the guess that life-changing

“Giving up on this one. It’s alright, and the concept is pretty interesting, the whole book being a conversation between two people on a sex

“Gets the DNF from ol’ Pete because each issue ends with a long section from our hero’s journal, and in this journal we learn almost

“Geez, wouldn’t it be horrible if someone could totally view or hear anything that ever happened within range of a phone, webcam, computer, or whatever?

“Geez, I miss reading comic strips in newspapers. I’d like to suggest we start a newspaper company that does nothing but comics. And they can

“Garth Ennis writing war stories is an excellent idea. I’m not a huge fan of eye dialect, which is used in this book throughout. What’s

“Fun. Y’know, the illustration is pretty great. I’d give it a boost there. How someone illustrates ideas like this, that’s miracles. I don’t care what

“Fun, in a way. I suck at making decisions. So I was thinking this book might give me some additional options. It’s not that I’m

“Fun, blast from the past, and the art is pretty cool. It’s got a very 90’s look to it, but if you’ve got a love

“Fun, beautifully drawn/painted noir. Okay, the weird thing here, this is like a furry’s absolute dream. I assume. I guess I don’t know for sure,

“Fun, and strongly prefer this to the suggested Little Match Girl. Who the hell came up with that shit? Why are so many Christmas stories

“Fun and wacky, just how I likes ’em. This would honestly be a really great movie from Stephen Chow, who brought us Shaolin Soccer and

“Full review of Archie Comics over at LitReactor! Read It Here!“

“Full review of Archie Comics over at LitReactor! Read It Here!“

“Full review of Archie Comics over at LitReactor! Read It Here!“

“Fuck you, it’s Modelland. That’s the slogan I came up with for this project. Or a chorus, if you will. My first attempt to read

“Fuck me, what a throwback to the old days of comics when the cover has NOTHING to do with the story. Where’s the solid wall

“From Top Gear’s most entertaining presenter, this book collects a bunch of short pieces Jeremy Clarkson wrote for the paper. As an Ugly American, or

“From the man who wrote the screenplay for Beetlejuice! Why did it take me so long to read it? Because I’m a moron. Look, the

“From the covers of these books, I assumed they were about sassy teens working at a magazine or something. I don’t know why I thought

“French manga? Why not. A fighting tournament, a mysterious stranger, a weirdo with a mustache, and a boy who must overcome the twin obstacles of

“Frankenstein is a cool character. By the way, my all-time favorite tweet is a picture of a paperback of Frankenstein, and written in pen on

“Forgive me for delving into the territory of criticizing the actions of characters. I was watching American Horror Story and thinking how it’s such a

“Forever? I didn’t even race for the better part of a day. Supposedly you can start this book twice. At the beginning you choose to

“For those who haven’t read this yet, the idea is that every issue was a short story about a young person with a different “power.”

“For this to make sense, you need to know a little something about me. The man before you who abuses his library privileges on a

“For this one, I made an attempt at crowdsourcing. I posted the decision points on a forum and asked people to help make the right

“For me…plays its hand a little early, and I think the “what if the heroes are really villains?” thing is well-trod territory. This’d probably be

“For anyone who’s deciding to read this or not, I’ll make my pitch, even though this is volume 9. How did you end up here?

“First, know what you’re getting here. Not an indictment of the oil industry or anything like that. A series of amusing tales related to working

“First, Chinese people are not evil. This is something important I learned from this book. However, I remain suspicious of The Mandarin. Not the citrus,

“First off, real confused. The book I read was about driving cars and spy stuff. It’s possible that at some point it would be revealed

“First off, I challenge anyone to actually remember that title with complete accuracy in two hours. The Boy Who Never Slept and Couldn’t Want…No, The

“First of all: Meagan, I’m sorry! Couldn’t do it. The way this books is set up, you’ve got your (very fun, well-drawn) somewhat fictionalized, comic-book-itized

“First of all, the pub date is April 1st, 2014. But you can order this NOW direct from Hawthorne books. Link? Link. http://hawthornebooks.com/catalogue/i-loved-you-more There were

“First of all, because I saw this cover tiny on Goodreads, I thought, because of the black coat and the white rectangle, that Newburn was

“First I thought maybe I was underthinking this one because everyone else who read it seems to see a lot of sociopolitical commentary. But then

“Fine? Okay? Pretty alright? I think the art was my favorite part. It was kind of fun and cartoon-y, but the depictions still had weight

“Finally! I finally got to read this one, and I’ve finally found what I was looking for: a book that tackles an issue of representation

“Feh. But on the other hand, hell yes. Let me explain. This book didn’t do a lot for me. But there’s a concept here. I

“Fascinating stuff. Super dense, not organized, but worth your time to work through. My favorites: It is important for the students to know that our

“Fanboy alert. I really like when things in comics change. When characters change and things happen. I’m not big on status quo. I may, MAY

“Extremely cute, and Skeleanor is correct that the sun is overrated and we’re all better off far away from its harsh mischief. Has anyone ever

“Extra star because the art is cool. Wonder Woman was having a moment, but I think, unfortunately, it’s already over. Probably because Wonder Woman 1984(?)

“Excerpt: When I deployed for the first time [my wife] asked her grandmother for advice. Her grandfather served in Africa and Europe in World War

“Everyone’s favorite hunky bad boy continues hacking his way through gross monsters, the cenobites come by for a visit, and the egg thing is…a thing.

“Everyone: Feel free to start your story at the point at which stuff starts happening. We don’t need to debate about going to see a

“Everyone hates the hyperloop, including the characters in this book, who see the desire to build a hyperloop as proof of techbro doucheship. I would

“Every time there’s a kid’s story, one or more of the characters has to be in mortal peril. No wonder I was so fucked up

“Every so often I read a good grant Morrison book, and this is a terrible thing because it makes me think I should give more

“Ever wanted to read a book about Swamp Thing that Swamp Thing isn’t in? How about a book that focuses on his daughter, who’s half

“Ever seen one of those ensemble, huge movies where there’s a hundred stories and it’s like someone said, “Get me every famous person and put

“Even though I don’t like that there’s a character named Fenix. Which I assume is pronounced like the bird with the fire and so on.

“Even Dragonball from the 80’s had forced crossovers with other titles…”

“Even after 17 volumes, still loving this book. You have to read this one. It’s a great superhero story that really does an incredible job

“Escape From Florida: The Snake-en-ing! You know what I like about Snake? He genuinely doesn’t give a shit. There are parts in Escape from NY

“Enjoyed this one well enough, but the ending was really into wrapping up all the events. Which was cool, but the number of characters and