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Spidey, Volume 2: After-School Special by Robbie Thompson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this one better than the first. WAY less Peter

I get texts from Amazon when a delivery attempt fails or succeeds. Amazon loves texting me. I don’t know how to make it stop. I

Spidey, Volume 1: First Day by Robbie Thompson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmm…Hmm…Hmm… Last year I wrote an article that was critical of

The Hero, Book 1 by David Rubín My rating: 4 of 5 stars Holy shit, what a blast! Picked it up because the artwork is

Moon Knight, Volume 1: Lunatic by Jeff Lemire My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nothing beats the Warren Ellis book. That book MADE Moon Knight

Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Armstrong My rating: 4 of 5 stars What’s so special about Seinfeld? What about that

Hi, I’m Pete, founder of Uggo Poolboys.  Are you tired of leaving your spouse at home alone to look at an attractive poolboy? I know

Chew, Vol. 12: Sour Grapes by John Layman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ah, endings. We love to hate an ending. Think about it.

Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers by John Layman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Still great, but what’s with this crossover nonsense? We’ve got

Doctor Strange, Vol. 2: The Last Days of Magic by Jason Aaron My rating: 3 of 5 stars When we left you last time, your

Howdy, One thing we like to do here, and that we’d like to do with more regularity, is talk about charities that deserve a moment

Doctor Strange, Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird by Jason Aaron My rating: 3 of 5 stars What I liked is that Doctor Strange,

I’ve thought a lot about what I would teach if I were to teach a writing class. So, as a challenge, I’m going to try

A Couple of Stops by Winifred Holtby My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great collection. Delivers on the premise, good stories that are short enough

I’ll Go Home Then, It’s Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails. by David Thorne My rating: 4 of 5 stars Oh, David Thorne. You

I’ve thought a lot about what I would teach if I were to teach a writing class. So, as a challenge, I’m going to try

A while back I was hoping to find more spots for donations. That’s been pretty inconsistent, which tells me it’s a total Helpful Snowman project.

Good Nintentions: A 30th Anniversary Tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System by Jeremy Parish My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’re looking for a

Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him by Robert Kirkman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Scene: [DEMON comes to earth to possess a human]

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Re-read/listen. I listened to this

Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule My rating: 3 of 5 stars The first 4 pages might be my all-time favorite Wolverine pages. Well, barring,

As promised, here’s an excerpt from the project I’m working on. It’s a long piece. It’s fairly polished, but not complete by any means. I

March: Book One by John Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars The trials and challenges of John Lewis are very interesting, and I did

I got on Amazon today, and I had a new book review! For Conntra: Wads of Power. Here is the review preserved in its entirety:

The Spirit: A Celebration of 75 Years by Will Eisner My rating: 3 of 5 stars A mixed bag, but a great piece of comics

Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Volume 1: Hooked On A Feline by Kate Leth My rating: 3 of 5 stars Look through the reviews, you’ll see

Jughead, Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky My rating: 4 of 5 stars I learned a thing! There’s a great joke in this book about Jughead’s

The Sheriff of Babylon, Volume 1: Bang. Bang. Bang. by Tom King My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was confused as hell. There’s a

Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl of Mars by Jessica Abel My rating: 2 of 5 stars I really like Jessica Abel’s stuff. I thought Out On

Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar My rating: 4 of 5 stars Old Man Logan is a lot more effective than Old Man Pete.

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew My rating: 3 of 5 stars I complain from time to time about people who

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 14: The Exorcist by Mike Mignola My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nothing like a good exorcism…to BORE me! This

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 13: End of Days by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars This contains a sequence in which a

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 12: Metamorphosis by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars Is World War II the most interesting time in

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 11: Flesh and Stone by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll just make a BPRD related confession:

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 10: The Devil’s Wings by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars Then he reviewed the THIRD volume in

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 9: The Reign of the Black Flame by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars You may have noticed

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 7: A Cold Day in Hell by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars Have I completely run out

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 6: The Return of the Master by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can’t decide if I’d

Cuddly Holocaust by Carlton Mellick III My rating: 4 of 5 stars In reading this book, I realized that there aren’t a lot of books

Thinner by Richard Bachman My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’re interested, the audiobook is read by Joe Mantegna, who also plays Fat Tony

Today I saw a book review of a Rebecca Solnit book. The reviewer credited Solnit for inventing the term “mansplaining.” I looked further, and lots

Village of the Mermaids by Carlton Mellick III My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mermaids are jerks. I looked up some mermaid legends. Turns out

The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man by Tom King My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Vision decides to live a normal

Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III My rating: 4 of 5 stars Check out this part of the intro to this book: Quicksand House is

The Running Man by Richard Bachman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Like most people, I saw the movie adaptation of this long, long ago,

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I feel like an idiot because for the last few weeks I’ve been

Howard the Duck, Vol. 1: Duck Hunt by Chip Zdarsky My rating: 4 of 5 stars Vol 0 is definitely a favorite where this one

Harrow County, Volume 1: Countless Haints by Cullen Bunn My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I come home, I greet my cat by saying

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates My rating: 3 of 5 stars Let’s start with the art: I quite

Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m convinced there’s a really interesting story in here, but I

Tumor Fruit by Carlton Mellick III My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do I feel… Tricked. Sort of. While not as bizarre as Mellick’s

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 5: The Pickens County Horror and Others by Mike Mignola My rating: 3 of 5 stars Pickens County, which is

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 4: The Devil’s Engine & The Long Death by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars And then B.P.R.D.

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 3: Russia by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars Did I think I’d ever read a comic book

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 2: Gods and Monsters by Mike Mignola My rating: 4 of 5 stars Even though I don’t like that there’s

The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway by Ben Mezrich My rating: 3 of 5 stars I picked this one up because

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1: New World by Mike Mignola My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s Hallo-Spooka-Skelebones-A-Ween! And so, why not dive into