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Before any of this, know that an article much better, shorter, and funnier than this has already been written and brought to my attention, and

The Last Detective Alive by John Swartzwelder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just fuckin’ read it. I am totally making a bold claim: Swartzwelder

Today’s lecture is about poetry, prose, a failure, and the best piece of writing advice I ever got. All rolled into one lil’ thing. Aren’t

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 6 by Gerry Conway My rating: 3 of 5 stars Update: Finished! My project of reading all of ASM stalled out

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book has definitely gotten a bad rap recently. The generation that grew

Good Morning, Superman! by Michael Dahl My rating: 3 of 5 stars Superman saves Metropolis. A kid gets out of bed. Seems like equal work.

Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 1: Believe It by Christopher Hastings My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m of two minds on this one. On the

Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: Reboot by Brian Michael Bendis My rating: 4 of 5 stars A pretty good Iron Man book. I think most

The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade by Frank Miller My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s short, but the story is decent. And John

Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don’t Care by Bryan Lee O’Malley My rating: 2 of 5 stars If you’re looking for a comic to makes

Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears, Volume 1: Baby Talk by Dennis Hopeless My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m anti-meh. So can I say…smeh? The art was

Faith, Volume 1: Hollywood & Vine by Jody Houser My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finally! I finally got to read this one, and I’ve

Here Comes Destructosaurus! by Aaron Reynolds My rating: 5 of 5 stars This story veered dangerously close to a couple kid book tropes that I

Earth’s Biggest Fan: by John Swartzwelder My rating: 5 of 5 stars These books are so fucking funny. There’s no reason to not read them.

When asked how long it takes to prep a speech, Woodrow Wilson said, That depends on the length of the speech…If it is a ten-minute

Uh, so I found out the trouble with the dude who made the music that intro’ed and outro’ed the last show is very right now.

Every year Maximum Fun does their MaxFun Drive. I’m not sure about the spacing on that. Maxfun Drive? MaxFun Drive? MaxFunDrive? Also, they never answered

Every time I log into the Goodreads app, I have to see an inspirational quote. It’s like working in an office and seeing one of

1995: A Brady Bunch movie. Huh. I guess I would care about that if I cared about the Brady Bunch. [crickets] 1997: When Leslie Nielsen

Every year we have a very lazy debate about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Why? How can a magazine that touts the accomplishments of ALL athletes

Protesting, yes. Signs, no. While protesting and marching are a way to show our solidarity and commitment to a cause, signs have become a way

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,