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“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

“Enjoy it if that’s your thing. Me? I wouldn’t read this again if it were printed in Braille across the naked body of the most

“Ehhhh, I don’t know, this is giving me hardcore Swamp Thing, Alan Moore vibes. Which is okay, but sometimes gets a little poetic for my

“Eh… Okay, first problem with a “DC reboot” is that they don’t really reboot some things. If we’re talking reboot, I think we’d be talking

“Edging towards the conclusion here, a LITTLE bit more unnecessary set dressing, but we don’t get into self-indulgent bullshit. Feels a little like this series

“Ecch. HGTV, are you listening right now? Apartment Therapy, open your fucking ears and your eyes and whatever other holes you have that can do

“Early September: oookay. Got a digital arc. This thing is currently unreadable in e-format. Hopefully the finished product is improved, but the layouts are pretty

“Duh, assholes. Did you know there’s a section in the back that tells the origins of all the stories? I didn’t. Because that’s about the

“Dude seems like a good dude. Apparently he types with two fingers, which when you consider the man’s output, I reckon those fingers are worn

“Drago is the best. A little bald kid vampire who is in that old vampire aesthetic? Hilarious. Plus, the angry face is great. Whenever a

“Don’t read this if you’re contemplating your own death. But maybe you’re like me and kind of think about that all the time anyway since

“Dog Days is great, I just wish they’d changed the order things happen in because when butt sniffing comes up, the cat’s out of the

“Does anyone know what Nosferatu Zodd’s name is in Japanese and whether it means anything? In English, it seems like a combo of the devil

“Does anyone else think it’s weird that you would spell this name like “Hack slash Slash”?”

“Does anyone else have the memory of reading The Death of Superman, and Supergirl is in it, and she gets punched so hard by Doomsday

“Do you think I could open a business in a storage unit complex, but instead of storage, it’s man caves for rent? People could just

“DMZ is a book of real highs and lows for me. The lows come in because sometimes I’m straight-up lost in the plot. Which I

“Dis a good one. Also, I thought my cute DC Afterbirth joke was cute, but like 50 other people made it. So I need to

“Dig it. Nice, serious, old man Punisher. And betrayed by his only friend in the world. Very nicely done. Garth Ennis even manages, well, almost

“Didn’t make it. Didn’t have the spirit to push through.It started strong for me, but at some point we jump 100 years into the future

“Did you, by chance, stay up late to watch Cinemax movies that had about 8 seconds of nudity? Were those 8 seconds often involved in

“Did other people go to a school where nerds got beat up all the time? Because this seems to be a common thread in books

“Did I think I’d ever read a comic book where the best character is a sentient cloud of steam? Yes. But I’m a fuckin’ visionary,

“Diary of a Goodreads Challenge: Day 3, Book 5, 21 Books Behind Schedule It takes a man to admit when he’s way behind on his

“Diary of a goodreads challenge: day 1, book 2: Somehow I managed to finish two books in one day. However, with a challenge of finishing

“Diary of a Goodreads Challenge: 01.17.2022 I’ve just confirmed that goodreads will let me set a “read” date for the future! Which is weird because

“Despite its provocative title and author, White is not an in-your-face screed. It’s not an angry book, and the title is a joke, it seems.

“Definitely a hard pass on this one. I don’t know why writers and artists like writing Delerium so much. It’s like word soup. Maybe it’s

“Decent, although there wasn’t a whole lot going on. Dick Grayson is pretending to work for an evil-ish organization while he dismantles it from the

“Dear Pete,I’m thinking of reading this book, but I’m not sure if it’s a good use of my time. Also, I have foot pain. What

“Dear Goodreads,This was fine. I gave it three stars.Signed,Pete* *(I decided it would be funny to write these reviews like a very old man, signing

“DC relaunched, then rebirthed. I’m just getting to this now in a reading project let’s go ahead and call DC: AFTERBIRTH! Superman. What we have

“Daredevil has a sidekick, and his name is Blindspot. That shit’s hilarious.”

“Daniel Clowes does some weird stuff. I don’t know how someone who doesn’t read a lot of comics would take it. Maybe it would be

“Damn. The last Dillon art? The rest of the art was not great. And the story was boilerplate Punisher stuff. Aside from a pretty inspired

“Damn, Neil Gaiman really likes to set up lovable characters and then just murder the shit out of them.”

“Damn, how many stories about terraforming the Earth to be Krypton are we gonna get? It’s like, we get it. Assholes from Krypton always be

“Damn it, I wish I’d read this before I read Tom King’s Supergirl book. I feel like both tread some of the same territory (waiting

“Damn it! I thought I might try my way through some of these books to see if I’ve gotten any smarter since childhood. I was

“Cute and pretty fun, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut does that weird thing where vampires are like 100 years old, but they look like kids and also act like

“Curses! Foiled again. I thought I was doing well this time. See, I have to give it to Escape. In Escape, you start off with

“Credit where credit is due, they certainly found a way to make a very goofy origin story about turtle men into a hokey but somehow

“Crazy lady goes real crazy? Next thing you know she’ll be running around in the wallpaper. Okay, real quick, all you English majors out there

“Cool, the best thing I’ve read so far in Operation: DC AFTERBIRTH I think that’s what I was calling it. Probably not in so many

“Comparisons to The Road are inevitable. Let’s face it, that book really opened a big door for literary, emotional, respectable apocalyptic fiction. And I love

“Coming soon…the 2011 Atomic Robo Awards. Stay Tuned.”

“Comics Companies in the 90’s: “Holy shit, this Venom character is really selling! We need to get him in his own book so we can

“Chuck Palahniuk’s newest, Damned, just came out…in advanced reader version! The rest of you sucka-fools will have to wait until October. So enjoy being a

“Chew is all about the world of food-related superpowers. It got me thinking, what would be a good food power to actually have? Tony’s cibopathy,

“Check out this part of the intro to this book: Quicksand House is one of the most personal stories I’ve written. Most people look back

“Charlotte Perkins Gilman would be 158 years old this July. Which got me thinking about her classic tale, “The Yellow Wallpaper.” If you were an

“Celebrity deaths don’t hit me that hard usually, with a couple exceptions: 1. Harvey Pekar: I think because I liked his stuff so much, but

“Carlton Mellick III introduced most readers to bizarro decades ago, and he’s one of the few who’s still carrying the torch. It seems like a

“Can’t endorse this as a cookbook. After looking through the reviews below, I have to say that it doesn’t appear that many other people do

“Can we talk about that San Junipero episode of Black Mirror now? Can I head up the reexamination of that as a total piece of

“Can I tell you something I hate? I hate that Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours theory. For anyone who’s avoided it somehow, the way it works

“By the end of the series, Kirkman takes Negan, the second-most despicable character (The Governor is worse) in the series and makes him likable. Hats

“By Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, I would be willing to put big money on being able to guess who was writing during which parts.

“Bullseye should have to put an asterisk in his name: Bullseye: The man who never* misses *unless it’s Daredevil, then he misses pretty frequently.”

“Brutally sad, honest, and well-written. You feel the violence under the surface of every word, and when it breaches it still surprises the reader and

“Brunetti’s work is really fantastic. I think that I spent years crediting Chris Ware with some of his stuff. Which is too bad because once

“Brief summary of the first dozen pages: Super logical engineer dude gets his leg crushed in an industrial accident, loses it. The prosthetics he’s presented

“Brian K. Vaughn rarely disappoints. In fact, I don’t know that I’ve ever been disappointed. I enjoyed the shit out of this one. It’s a

“Both one of the greatest and worst things I’ve ever read. I feel like this was written from a checklist of action movie stuff. Crazy

“Boring. I’m just going to lay it out there: I think cults are a thing that, for the most part, young, hot babes have to

“Boring. Boring. Boring. When I read about space, I don’t want to read mini biographies of guys in 50’s suits who had theories about physics

“BOOM SHAKALAKA! Great time. Okay, the first 10% of the book, I was worried. I was reading the same video game origin stories that those

“Best thing I’ve read this year. The premise is pretty simple. Basically, Klosterman spends most of a book…not PROVING that we’re wrong about just about