Archives

“You know what’d be REALLY nightmarish about this? Being trapped at school. I’d rather be trapped ANYWHERE but school. The Drifting Taco Bell Drive-Thru Line,

“You know what was weird? That brief period where gym bros and manga nerds crossed over in the form of gym clothes that talked about

“You know what stinks about writing a Choose Your Own Adventure? I figured it out when I read this. I mean, what stinks other than

“You know what I’ll never understand about the old west? Why does everyone mess with the baddest badass? I’d be a total coward who messed

“You know what I find odd? When I go to the grocery store and pick up groceries (I do the pickup thing, I don’t go

“You know what I don’t like about these books? What’s with the story? There’s SO much story compared to the amount of fucking. It’s an

“You know what every apocalypse has? One big huge asshole who seems dead set on doing whatever the polar opposite of the protagonist is doing.

“You know what always bothers me about books, movies, and so on? How come almost all of our entertainment is based around characters that are

“You know that saying about something not being equal to the sum of its parts? Here’s what you’ve got: Punisher: the guy who shoots everyone

“You know that piece of shit, Here, that everyone is always talking about? THIS is the book, people. It presents a similar idea in a

“You know how there was always a rumor in school that if you took the SAT and answered “C” on everything, you’d pass? That’s what

“You know how sometimes you’ll read a great book and then it’s hard to get into anything else? You read the words, and the next

“You know how some short story collections are a parade of same-y stories that feel like someone’s attempt to impress George Saunders? This ain’t that.

“You know how some books you read the title, and then you can pretty much guess where it’s going from there?Orcs in Space. I have

“You have to read this one WITHOUT LOOKING UP ANYTHING. Because most of the book is about getting to the climax in this first volume,

“You ever had a depressed vacuum?”

“You can’t rate this anything but 5 stars because if you do, you only demonstrate that you’re a moron. If you look at the title,

“You can’t go too far into books about fighting without running into this one over and over. Like a lot of older books, you can

“Y’know, fun stuff, a Fantastic Four team-up, which is always nice. There’s some Fantastic 4 action. Y’know, I always feel like the f$ end up…

“Yikers. The art and story don’t work together at all. If you’ve got a confusing, time-jumping story, you need solid art where characters don’t look

“Yes, I finally experienced the Princess Bride, both in book and in film. The movie is one of those that you have to see if

“Yeah, I’m as surprised as anyone. But honestly, of the half dozen titles I’ve read from DC’s relaunch, this one has been the best. By

“Yay! Representation! #Science #ScienceisUhmazing #DiversityInComics … Have I gone far enough down that people can skip this review? The actual text? Is it safe to

“Wow. It was a couple years ago maybe that I read a Nova reboot, and I was complaining about the fact that superheroes can never

“Wow. I didn’t know what to expect from this one, a collection written and illustrated by a dude who was making his nut drawing pornographic

“Wow. Here we have a story about Agent Cold Beer. Not a secret agent name. This dude is named Cold Beer. Hi, my name is

“Wow. As with a lot of poetry, this can be a tough read. Not because the prose is difficult to parse, but because it’s very

“Wow. Walt Simonson draws an awesome Thor! This is a really good Hulk series to jump on with if you’re looking for something that doesn’t

“Wow. Of course, wow. “I’m awake and my father is dead. It’s snowing and my father is dead. I’m hungry and my father is dead”

“Wow, we wrote a second issue! Me and my brother waded in again, did a second issue of our digital magazine about videogames with a

“Woop Woop! Sound the alarm! We have a movie that’s better than the book! The primary reason to read this sucker is because it’s the

“Wonder Woman. This is a character I want to love, but I just haven’t read the right comics yet. What is it? Why is this

“Wonder Woman has always been a problem for me. Because I don’t dislike the character, but…I haven’t read a lot of Wonder Woman comics that

“Without reading the reviews, this book is almost certainly compared endlessly to Kick-Ass. With good reason. The ultra-violence feels pretty similar, the art isn’t too

“With special guest cameo by Trotur!”

“Why would anyone want to read a book about mixed martial arts? Especially someone who doesn’t really have all that much interest in the sport?

“Why so low? I guess I’m a contrarian bastard. If I can be honest for a bit, this is one of “those” graphic novels. No,

“Why Pete Doesn’t Love Saga As Much As Everyone Else: Part Whatever Decompressed Storytelling At the risk of being patronizing, a short explanation of terms:

“Why Pete Doesn’t Love Saga As Much As Everyone Else: Part 5 (I don’t actually know which part this is, but who cares?) In this

“Why is it that superheroes always have such a diplomatic problem with Wakanda? I get it, we want to respect laws and shit. But…you don’t

“Why in the world is the identity of the ultimate baddie revealed in a Hack/Slash crossover issue? Why would this be the first time we’re

“Why does this book remind me of Stephen King’s IT? 1. DeathThey both are about death or evil forces that kill. 2. The Tone is

“Why does the briefcase have 100 bullets? That seems like way more than necessary. I mean, I’m no marksman, but I think I could probably

“Why does every bad guy power his super ray or his mega bomb or his evil plan with diamonds or some shit such? How is

“Why do scientists always be like, “Bro, I just figured it’d be tight to like study this weird biomass that might be super dangerous, but

“Why do I feel like I’ve read a lot of stories about the Mole Man lately? Is it just bad luck or is he everywhere

“Why do golden retrievers always show up in these disaster movies and make it? I’m sorry, but if Martians were death-raying everything that moves, I

“Why are there like 5 titles running under the New Avengers title? This shit is really confusing. I put a volume on hold at the

“Whoo! Okay, this is the story of America’s first marathon, but it reads more like a script for an episode of Wacky Races. Someone vomits

“Whoa-ho. There is SO MUCH DIALOGUE in this book that there’s barely room for art in the panels. The dialogue is pretty alright. It just…it

“WHO was responsible for going forward with “Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite?” KKK? Really? I mean, no part of me was like, “This is a

“While this is the penultimate book, it’s also one of the best. Shit hits the fan, and it hits hard.”

“While there were some interesting insights into the development of Shovel Knight, and while Craddock’s writing is clear and to-the-point, this just isn’t a terribly

“While not bad or evil like a lot of folks might say, I suppose this one missed the mark for me in a couple ways.

“Whew, done!Just about four months after starting, I can stick a fork in this one. And then return it to the library and pretend to

“Where to start with this… I suppose “Why?” is the big question. Why read this? Well, one reason was because a favorite author, Chuck Klosterman,

“Where are the real life robot hands? They’re all over in fiction, it totally makes sense that we’d have robot hands by now. So where

“Whenever there’s a crime spree with 2 or more criminals in fiction, one of them is a rapey moron who blows everything by being a

“When you read experimental, literary shit, there’s a definite fear of looking stupid because you didn’t get it. This is a fear I have confronted

“When you get The Unfortunates, what you get is a box. Inside the box, 28 pamphlets.One is an introduction, one is labeled First, another is

“When you first pick this one up, it’s sort of hard to look at. There is SO MUCH ART on every page. It’s a little

“When we visited my grandma, she had one VHS we watched all the time: Stand By Me. It was like a ritual. Every time we

“When we left you last time, your hero (me) was pondering whether the slow burn first volume of this book would be justified by the

“When stories were “Submitted for approval by the Midnight Society,” did they ever not get approval? I don’t remember any episodes like that, but it’d

“When I was a kid, my mom looked at a Hellboy comic I had, and she was like, “Oh, so is this some kind of

“When I think about the Silver Surfer, I think it’s gotta be one of the most profoundly stupid ideas that works somehow. Like Teenage Mutant

“When I come home, I greet my cat by saying “Herro.” Because when she wails in the night, as cats seem to do, that’s what

“When Desdemona gets assigned to work the hottest New York magazine ever right out of journalism school, she didn’t count on one thing: Othello. Othello

“When are we going to have to say, “Okay, if Magneto was a child during the Holocaust, he’s going to be pretty goddamn old?” This

“When “Fantasia” is unleashed, it’s the total opposite of when Fantasia was released in theaters by Disney and Pete was bored out of his mind.

“What’s to say? The author is great, and he’s written a lot of great stuff. This one just didn’t do much for me. It was

“What’s to say? If you’re waiting for David Sedaris to fuck up and just not be entertaining, prepare to be disappointed. If you’ve never read

“What’s the deal with Bruce Wayne and girlfriends? I mean, I get it. Who isn’t into hot babes? But my question is, Why do people

“What’s sort of amazing to me about Dragon Ball is that the wishes people intend to make are SO small scale. Wishes for a perfect

“What’s so special about Seinfeld? What about that show makes it so different? “No hugging, no learning.” This was the rule, the mantra of Seinfeld

“What’s really great about Dreadstar is that there’s progression in the series. Things change, characters change, the world changes, people die and don’t come back.

“What’s left to say about it? Great. It’s great, you guys. The last 50 pages or so were probably my favorite. There are a few

“What’s here is okay, but shit, there’s not a whole lot of it. It feels like if they’d compressed a little bit of this, made

“What’s funny about this book is that when I picked it up from the library, it had a little blue sticker with a magnifying glass

“What’s confusing about this book is that it’s not awesome, but it’s STILL one of the better Supergirl stories, so that makes it relatively awesome

“What’s weird about this book is that I can’t really imagine anyone reading it without being much interested in fighting. What’s REALLY weird about THAT

“What’s sort of weird is the end of the book does that recent comics thing of having a serious essay in there, but this book

“What? I read a book that isn’t a comic book? Has the world gone mad? Well, sometimes I like to get away from my regular,

“What the hell is with people in semi-apocalyptic scenarios putting prisoners into a gladitorial arena? This has to be the favorite activity of warlord jerks

“What the hell is going on with horror set in the 80’s? Stranger Things, IT, Super8 (technically 1979, and maybe sci-fi, but whatever, sue me.

“What really makes Steve Rogers Captain America? Some might say that it’s not the crazy steroid stuff coursing through his veins, but his spirit. I

“What makes this a good sci-fi is that people are trying to do something ethically questionable, but nobody is evil. It’s too easy when there’s

“What is Catwoman’s deal? Seriously. She goes back and forth, living the fast life with stolen diamonds or whatever, but then always feels regretful when

“What I liked is that Doctor Strange, Stevie, uses axes and swords and shit and isn’t just waving his hands around all the time. Also,

“What I don’t love about this is that EVERYONE is a quipster. Even old man with evil-sounding German name is making wisecracks (by himself, alone,

“What I don’t get so much is what the fuck are people are thinking when they call Midnighter “fruity” and the like. Why? Why would

“What I appreciate about this book is that it’s a personal travelogue, it’s got info in it, but it’s more centered around Steve and his

“What happens when a really stupid detective goes back in time and ends up on the Titanic? He makes a $100,000 bet that the ship

“What can I say? If you’re gonna read this, read as much of it as possible in as short a time span as possible. Or

“What can I say? I thought the Darth Vader and Son book was a little better, and this was kind of more of the same

“What an interesting book. I think what would prevent most people from reading this is probably some version of a sentiment that can be summed

“What a weird and difficult task. Imagine you’re a comic book artist, and someone is all, “Make a comic ABOUT a well-known artist.” How the

“What a tough read. It’s an interesting bit of history, seeing how Japanese forces were living and fighting. And this is a great example of

“What a total piece of shit.Popeye’s, if you’re listening, I’ll do a for-hire romance novel based on…well, Popeye? Is that where your chicken restaurants get

“What a loaded question. If there’s one thing to take away from this book, it’s that you should never ask this one. Was she pretty?