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“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

“I’m not going to star rate this one because it’s self-published by a teenager, and as fun as it would be for me to make

“I’m not going to lie, this is the only David Foster Wallace thing I’ve ever finished. I loaned Infinite Jest to my sister before I’d

“I’m not going to give a JK book featuring his son and cat anything less than 5 stars, so cram it with walnuts, ugly.”

“I’m not going to finish this one, but it has nothing to do with the book. The books is pretty decent, bordering on really good

“I’m not even going to talk about this because what’s left to say? But I am going to complain about some dum-dum. Some dum-dum commented

“I’m not even fucking around when I say this volume contains a story about a military contractor who built a sub-par submarine that presents a

“I’m not always the biggest fan of Chip Kidd’s book covers. Sometimes awesome, but sometimes… Well, it turns out that sometimes the stories behind the

“I’m not a fan of Thursdays. What I didn’t know, because while I have pants, they’re not fancy, Thursdays are “tricksy” puzzles oftentimes. So you

“I’m not a Deadpool fan. Let’s start with that. The first movie was pretty fun, the second movie was bullshit, and the comics are almost

“I’m liking this a lot, but the art…the art is really good, but sometimes in the combat sections, I don’t really know what’s going on.

“I’m learning that I just don’t dig Matt Fraction’s work the way other people do. Hawkeye didn’t hit home for me, and Sex Criminals isn’t

“I’m just not that into Puck. I don’t know, the cuteness of the character doesn’t match up with the tone of the book, for me,

“I’m just not loving this as much as everyone else. I LIKE it, but I don’t LOVE it. Which is why I’ll start part one

“I’m just gonna rate the first issue and review the series, spoiler-free, in hopes that you’ll pick this up when it becomes available in trade.

“I’m hoping that if I leave no star rating it won’t affect the overall rating of this book. Honestly, it’s my preference not to give

“I’m guessing this’d be extremely progressive for 1995, but in 2020/1, it’s not so much a big deal, so it loses some punch. The art

“I’m gonna stick with it, but so far it didn’t blow my skirt up or anything. I just tried to look up the origin of

“I’m gonna put the star rating at the end, so you can read this if you’re interested in finding out what I thought in star

“I’m gonna give you my foolproof tidying plan. Ready? Move. Seriously, put everything you own into boxes, put those boxes into a vehicle, and move

“I’m gonna be brave from now on when it comes to comics, and I’m willing to say it: I didn’t get it. Too cosmic or

“I’m going to use this review to defend Return of the Jedi, my favorite Star Wars when I was a kid: 1. The OpeningThe entire

“I’m going to tell a truth here. My friend and I did a library program. As part of it, we made a bet. Whoever did

“I’m going to spare everyone the rough draft of this that led to a point and just get to the point. For the love of

“I’m going to say this as a fan of comics and someone who respects what the artists and writers do: I don’t get the Bros.

“I’m going to say a few words that you won’t hear very often in reviews of comics. Especially comics written by comic book royalty like

“I’m going to let anyone interested in on a little secret. I just interviewed Gabe Durham, series editor for Boss Fight Books. The interview will

“I’m going to give you one guess about which instrument Al Capone played in the prison band…..Wrong! It was banjo. You learn something new every

“I’m going to dress as the Goon in January. Sort of. I’m going to this party. It’s 1920’s dress. Now, when I say that, I

“I’m giving this one a low review because I want to warn people off the series. It starts with a promising premise, a promise, if

“I’m feeling like a horrible person these days. Near the end of this book, I was thinking, “Christ, another memoir about a kid growing up

“I’m embarking on this journey once again. The journey to finish something started by Cartoon Network when I was a teen and they showed Dragonball

“I’m done pretending I understand what Grant Morrison is doing most of the time. When Grant Morrison is awesome, he’s awesome. The rest of the

“I’m convinced there’s a really interesting story in here, but I got really bogged down in who owned which rights to which versions of Tetris.

“I’m confused. Not so much by the book but more as to why there are so many reviews of the book. Not to mention one

“I’m catching up to see if I can make my goal, 4200, by the end of the year. Which ends today. So these Giant Days

“I’m catching up to see if I can make my goal, 4200 books, by the end of the year. Which ends today. So these Giant

“I’m bumping this up to a 4-star because, well, it’s better than three. I just read an article by someone who said she doesn’t do

“I’m anti-meh. So can I say…smeh? The art was pretty great. When we were in the alien hospital, that was awesome. Very creative, very interesting,

“I’m an idiot. Because I listened to an audiobook version of a book with a lot of charts and visuals. Not my finest moment. Not

“I’m a secret runner. Maybe not “secret, secret,” but it’s not something I like to talk about much. Because I think it’s boring. Not just

“I’m a man and I read this book. We’ll just get this out of the way right off. Taking a page from Fey’s own book

“I’m a big Zdarsky fan. Maybe mostly of his mayoral run. It seems like his stuff doesn’t work for everyone, and I think it’s because

“I’ll warn you before we get into spoilers. Which we will. If you’re not going to read this one because “OMG, they made Cap a

“I’ll read absolutely anything that Michael Kimball puts out, so when I found out he had a book about how to write, I was pretty

“I’ll keep going with this series, I’ve heard so many good things that there must be more to it, but holy shit, this hero is

“I’ll just make a BPRD related confession: I was explaining to my partner what a homonculus was, which I knew about because of Roger the

“I’ll be honest, it’s too long between volumes for me to keep track of what the fuck is going on in this series. It’s like

“If you’ve never spent the weekend plowing through an entire series of comics, I highly recommend you give it a shot. It’s a pretty great

“If you’ve listened to Adam Carolla on the radio, you’ve probably heard about 90% of these stories before in some form or another. I guess

“If you’re putting together a super team, you need a fish man. Take note. You might THINK you don’t, you might think your Aquamen are

“If you’re looking for a primer on early X-Men history, this is the way to go. Piskor sort of remakes old X-Men stories with new

“If you’re looking for a pretty thorough cataloging of NES games, this is a great resource. Most games have at least a brief couple of

“If you’re looking for a person who likes crazy shit, like a giant robot being piloted by a hookerbot through a desert wasteland where punk

“If you’re looking for a name for your doom metal band, flip through some Berserk. Or just take the title, I guess.”

“If you’re looking for a comic to makes you feel like a one-thousand year old man who doesn’t give a hot damn about chat apps

“If you’re looking for a book that’s the most Bechdel-passing book of all time, this is it. I don’t think there are ANY male characters

“If you’re interested, the audiobook is read by Joe Mantegna, who also plays Fat Tony on the Simpsons. And so, because there is a mafia

“If you’re 6 volumes in, you don’t need a review, right? You’re in at this point? So what should I put here instead? I guess

“If you want to talk like a villain, I have some handy hints for you. 1. Never call someone an “asshole.”If you use a word

“If you want a book that’s like an intellectual version of “Dance Moms,” this is your bag. I’m putting this on my NPR-y bookshelf. That’s

“If you read the description of this book and didn’t feel you got exactly what you were expecting, plus a little bit more, that’s on

“If you read nothing else, read “Ghostwriter.” That’s a classic Palahniuk tale that doesn’t get its due. Also, there’s an entire story about Reese Witherspoon’s

“If you like the sort of book that depicts a true “character” from a rural setting, this one’s for you. This one’s kinda like a

“If you haven’t read the first 3 volumes, why on Earth are you reading this review? To see if you’d like it? It has to

“If you haven’t already, read Karen’s review. There’s a Chuck Tingle cover gallery: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1271420426?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 Look, this shit’s weird. But my favorite part was when a

“If you consider yourself a fan of feminism/equality, I think this one will leave you questioning. And the question you’ll be asking is, “Why didn’t

“If you challenged someone to come up with the most disgusting thing you could think of, and if you then wrote a novella with that