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“This has one of my all-time favorite poems in it, “Short-Order Cook.” Here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/short-order-cook I have this vivid memory. I’m in high school, and this

“This has been on the To-Read list for a long time, and I regret taking so long to get to it. Before getting to the

“This has been on the ol’ To-Read shelf for over 10 years, and I’m a stupid idiot asshole for not reading it sooner. It’s a

“This has a totally awesome story. Basically, some pervo takes pictures of Swamp Thing making out with Abby Cable, sells them to the newspaper, and

“This Halloween season I read this and also watched the Wishbone episode of Frankenstein. You know what’s hilarious about Wishbone? Everyone in the Wishbone Dreamverse

“This had nice little character moments here and there, but it had the problems most crossovers have: 1. There Are Weird Properties That Need PromoSome

“This guy actually got ahold of some of the bullshit they sold in old comics. Most of which seemed to be things to see girls

“This edition of Boss Fight Books is heavily interview-based, and I think it really works. As much as this book is about a game, it’s

“This dude has to do something once a month in order to continue living. If a demon put this new lifestyle forth for me, what

“This contains a sequence in which a Russian…let’s call him zombie in a containment suit asks a super strong guy to punch him in the

“This book, for me, is a great example of a book that does a really good thing, has great motives and intent, and brings a

“This book was like the best Italian horror movies: I had no idea what was going on, but I was fairly charmed nonetheless. “

“This book was kind of a nice surprise. I pretty much expected to be along the lines of “Check out these dopey idiots who don’t

“This book warranted the creation of a shelf for Pete’s Top of 2013 reads. That’s most of what you need to know right there. Atomic

“This book totally reminds me of this routine I had for a year or so in college, which I’m pretty sure started when I got

“This book taught me whether machine guns could be used as a jetpack (for a squirrel, absolutely), who the loneliest humans ever might have been,

“This book takes on a topic that I think most of us really shy away from. And it’s not the easiest read, but I think

“This book shows the life of a cop on the moon who has his own donut vendor and floating cop car and spends his days

“This book of short personal essays started out about like Crosley’s first, I Was Told There Would Be Cake. They weren’t everything I would hope

“This book is the my butt of books:Damn fine to look at, but it kinda stinks.”

“This book is the first one I’ve read that ends with a fart, and I’m now 100% convinced ALL books should end on a fart.

“This book is pretty far outside my normal reading, so please keep that in mind as you check out this review.That said, Good god, this

“This book is over 20 years old. Something y’all gotta understand about comics, when they’re “edgy,” they won’t be in 20 years. And what’s edgy

“This book is my opposite:1. Cute2. Doesn’t overstay its welcome. This is the part where you fall all over yourselves to say how cute I

“This book is like MAXIMUM ALAN MOORE for a hot minute there. There’s rape, then boys butt raping each other, then a bunch of prose

“This book is impossible to rate because it’s two stories, and of two differing qualities. Zdarsky’s Batman:Aces. Great. It’s pretty easy to understand, it’s steeped

“This book is funny as hell. I’m so happy to have a book that’s actually funny, and to see a character who is confident without

“This book is for hardcore Stan Sakai/Usagi Yojimbo fans. You can see where the Usagi stuff came from in these older tales, and you can

“This book is awesome, I don’t really need to tell you which decade it’s about or avoid spoilers because, well, human history is mostly a

“This book has some very strong stories in it, especially “The Staying Freight” which starts the collection off with a bang and is the best

“This book has motivated me to start a RenFest, but a very different kind of RenFest. You show up, everything smells terrible, anyone over 35

“This book has definitely gotten a bad rap recently. The generation that grew up with this book is now looking back at it with adult

“This book has been following me around for about 2 years now. I read it at the gymnasium, when I’m tired or hurt and have

“This book has a really cute title and the whole thing is super cute until it gets into weird sex stuff and the astronaut crawls

“This book has a little problem, namely: Hallo, Wiener!: An Erotic Gender Swapwhich is the next thing that comes up when you search this one

“This book gives a pretty interesting look into the world of very early homebrew games. From what I read here, it sounds like the ZZT

“This book forced me to ask the question of whether or not a zombie can get an erection. Which isn’t the most vile thing I’ve

“This book doesn’t make a bit of sense. We start off with a cement mixer who is driving home after work. This is not only

“This book does a great thing that a lot of comics try, but few creators success in making it happen. The reluctant hero. This book

“This book brings up the old question of Why Not Just Read It on the Internets? What a great question, you jerk. The success of

“This art is so weird. Not bad, just unusual. It’s so brightly colored, the lines are so angular. It’s kind of strange, and I kind

“Things turn towards fighting cenobites and I’m here for it.”

“Things heat up, and weird aliens are on the move?Aliens? Are they aliens if they’re from another dimension?I guess we use “aliens” for people from

“They should call the next big war The Final War. That way, when they go to do another war, they’re like, “Well, shit, I guess

“They really like their mysterious beautiful women in manga. I guess every genre likes that. Detective books. Kathy Bates in Misery. “

“These were hit and miss and maybe a little short. But then I decided to read them on the toilet. The new venue really took

“These kind of books are like candy. They make me feel better in the moment, but ultimately don’t do much towards building a full picture

“These comics were originally published in Nintendo Power in the 90’s, so I had pretty fond memories. Reading back over them some…Jesus-Goosestepping-Christ, 20 years later,

“These comics just make me think of the 80’s and 90’s, when no one gave A FUCK about comics, so they could kind of be

“These books are so fucking funny. There’s no reason to not read them. This one’s a great starter if you’re unfamiliar. It’s short, and it’s

“These are so great! I read the Parker novels when I was in my teens. They were all pretty good. Really fast-paced, filled with action.

“These are just great comics. I think if anyone needs evidence of comics being literature and all that shit, this might be what I’d point

“These are great. The kind of irrational fears most of us have and never really talk about. Can I tell you mine? What if I’m

“These are good stories, but holy shit, why would you have events as big as A Death in the Family AND The Killing Joke happen

“There’s this part in the movie Medicine Man where Sean Connery says he had the cure for cancer, but he “lost” it. And when his

“There’s this Kurt Vonnegut rule of storytelling: Start as close to the end as possible. Clearly, East of West isn’t following that rule. It felt

“There’s so much great, weird shit in here that’s exactly my kind of weird. RIP Mark.“

“There’s really no acceptable reason to skip this one. It’s very sweet, and as a guy who doesn’t fall in love with characters all that

“There’s nothing not-fun about this. I don’t know how important it is to read Beowulf first. I read Beowulf in high school, and full credit

“There’s not a bad volume of this comic. There just isn’t. This particular one had what amounted to a kind of touching story. It reminds

“There’s just not enough good I can say about this book. It’s everything I wanted it to be. Richard tells some horrific stories, having his

“There’s a very cool trend in comics right now where these scientists, guys who are supposed to be smart, are ACTUALLY smart. DOCTOR Reed Richards

“There’s a trope in horror that I’m all set on. By which I mean I’ve had enough and would like something else. It’s the Reasonable

“There’s a thing happening. Kevin Wilson wrote the Family Fang. Patrick deWitt wrote this. And both novels feel a little like a Wes Anderson movie.

“There’s a species in this book that is definitely a muscular, bipedal capybara, and I don’t hate it.”

“There’s a really nice cover from this set of McGraw in the rain. That’s why this one’s a 5. “

“There’s a promising start and end, but the bulk of it isn’t as hot. Here’s what’s weird: Peter Parker is really well-written in the beginning

“There’s a perfect summary of this series in this volume: “You got a gun, an’ a hundred bullets, but then…then ya just drone on about

“There’s a lot to this book. It’s a great one for people who are familiar with Batman, in general. As a concept. But maybe aren’t

“There’s a lot to say about this one, so buckle up. This is the die-cut book, the one where most of the words are literally

“There’s a good and a bad to this. The good is that at least Batman was punching people in this one. There was a good

“There’s a genius to setting a book in bookstores and on an author tour. Bookstores and authors consume a lot of books. Built in audience.

“There were three main problems with this book. 1. It kinda jumps around to different times and events, which makes it hard to get in

“There was a basket of heads, but it could’ve been fuller of heads. I think a good 2-3 more heads would’ve fit in that basket.

“There is not much more joyful in the world of comics than a Spider-Man/Human Torch team-up. And that’s what we get. The next-best is probably

“There is a very short list of people you absolutely do not want to fuck with. Jon Krakauer is one of those people. Because if

“There are two wolves inside every person, I hear. I think one is like a wolf that eats garbage and has no pride, and the

“There are two things I like when it comes to cartoon eyes, and this book does one of them: 1. Eyes that are angry for

“There are two people in most relationships:There’s the person who is awakened by the noise downstairs.And there’s the person who has to go check it

“There are the two David Sedarises in this book. The first one is this bizarre individual who knows he’s bizarre and ridiculous. The one who

“There are some VERY underrated Batman artists doing cover work for these volumes. Norm Breyfogle, which sounds like a made up name but isn’t? Damn!”

“There are some good reasons that I keep persisting with this series. Basically, there are a lot of good ideas in here, stuff that I

“There are SO MANY weird/cool vehicles on the covers of these books and in the cover galleries that barely appear in the book. I wonder

“There are hummingbirds outside my window, and that’s more exciting than this book. Which isn’t a slam. It turns out that I find hummingbirds quite

“There are few kid’s books out there that I find legitimately funny. A lot of cute ones, sure. A lot that make me say, “Oh,

“There are about a million of these books out there. What bothers me is that, for the most part, it seems like the authors would

“There are a lot of other low-star reviews for this book from people who say they aren’t into dogs, and that seems a little unfair.

“Then he reviewed the THIRD volume in a row after it was clear he had nothing to say about the other volumes. This is the

“The woman with a snake in her eye is completely without reason and completely awesome. And who doesn’t want to walk around saying “Nabooti”? For

“The whole Life Story concept is a really good one: What if the superheroes aged in real time? F4 probably doesn’t slap as hard as

“The way to tell I’m sold on a book is that I finish a reading session, put my thumb in the book, and look to

“The Vision decides to live a normal human life, and so builds himself a family and moves to the suburbs. The writing was pretty great.

“The Ultimate Challenge:How do you write a book about a boring thing?Now, being kidnapped and held for ransom isn’t boring, and the story itself is

“The trials and challenges of John Lewis are very interesting, and I did feel like there were times we got to know him a bit

“The transition from the characters making lots of mistakes because they’re young and inexperienced to the characters making lots of mistakes because they make bad

“The trade felt a little disjointed. A few different art styles, plus some 6-page stories. Seriously, I think that you’re setting yourself up for a

“The titular visitor had this gizmo that was like a floating, glowing iPhone. And it also blasted people or disintegrated them or something. I’ve been

“The title story was pretty good, but some of the backups were excellent. The title story had a really good mix of supernatural and real

“The thing is, this probably could’ve been wrapped up in half the space, because you don’t really get anywhere with this, it’s just an opening

“The thing I liked most about this book is that it felt like it was coming from a place of understanding, but that expression was