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Gamelife: A Memoir by Michael W. Clune My rating: 4 of 5 stars So torn here. Good book. Good read. Some of the more philosophical

East of West, Vol. 4: Who Wants War? by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Here’s what’s weird about this volume. It includes

Conntra: Wads of Power: an erotic adventure by Peter Derk My rating: 3 of 5 stars Proud to announce my a new Kindle book: Conntra:

East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars There’s this Kurt Vonnegut rule of storytelling:

East of West, Vol. 2: We Are All One by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars …Aaaaand this confirms that the decision to

East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to give this another shot, and in

East of West #1 by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to give this another shot, and in order to know

Moon Knight, Vol. 1: From the Dead by Warren Ellis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is totally awesome. Remember when it wasn’t boring

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hilarious. It’s goofy as all hell, but I

Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars 12/10/2015 Update: Chapters 16 and 17 This book is a clown car. Just when you

Torso by Brian Michael Bendis My rating: 2 of 5 stars The more you learn about your heroes, the worse it is. I know this

Bloodshot Reborn, Vol 1: Colorado by Jeff Lemire My rating: 2 of 5 stars My mistake was reading this Bloodshot volume FIRST, before I read

The Valiant by Matt Kindt My rating: 3 of 5 stars Valiant Comics are back. That’s a thing. If you’d have asked me a few

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a great book. And an important one. This book

Deep Dark Fears by Fran Krause My rating: 3 of 5 stars These are great. The kind of irrational fears most of us have and

Caliban by Garth Ennis My rating: 3 of 5 stars I maaaaaay have had a good deal of Nyquil in my system before I read

The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad by Adam Gnade My rating: 3 of 5 stars The thing I liked most about this

The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a hugely popular book right now. And I

Batman ’66, Vol. 1 by Jeff Parker My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ah, 60’s Batman. Whoever decided that there was a Batman void here

A Very Minor Prophet: A Novel by James Bernard Frost My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve long been a fan of Portland, and made

Little Robot by Ben Hatke My rating: 2 of 5 stars I don’t know what it is with me and robots. If I ever needed

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nimona. Really, really good. Funny. And it’s got what I’ve been asking for, a female-led

The Delinquents by James Asmus My rating: 3 of 5 stars Good laughs, good fun. The best part is probably the Big Fight, which instead

Last Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner My rating: 3 of 5 stars Solid, good stuff. But it’s Will Eisner. What did you expect? The

New Avengers, Vol. 3: Other Worlds by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Why are there like 5 titles running under the New

New Avengers, Vol. 2: Infinity by Jonathan Hickman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Jonathan Hickman. On the one hand, I like how far his

Grayson, Vol 1: Agents of Spyral by Tom King My rating: 3 of 5 stars Decent, although there wasn’t a whole lot going on. Dick

Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir by Stan Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t mind saying it brought a tear to my

Conquered by Clippy: An Erotic Short Story by Leonard Delaney My rating: 2 of 5 stars You know what I don’t like about these books?

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book has been following

Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars 11/20/2015 Update: You know what’s amazing about this book? Tyra is so prescient about doing

Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars Update: A couple more chapters? Why not? Let’s get the plot out of the way

Modelland by Tyra Banks My rating: 1 of 5 stars Alright. I’m back to reading this muhfucker. That’s right. After a long hiatus, it’s on

The Cute Manifesto by James Kochalka My rating: 3 of 5 stars “…What is art not? Well, as I’ve described it, Art is not about

Trashed by Derf Backderf My rating: 3 of 5 stars Once the scene was set, I got into it. The anecdotes were good, and it

This is one of those political-social things that I try not to do too often. I read this article in The Atlantic regarding the outrage

Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones by Scott Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book does a great thing that a lot

Chew, Vol. 8: Family Recipes by John Layman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmm. Okay, let’s just get into the problem I have here.

Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur by Brian Clevinger My rating: 3 of 5 stars Guys. Science is really so cool.

The Goon, Volume 11: The Deformed of Body and the Devious of Mind by Eric Powell My rating: 4 of 5 stars A freakshow is

The Goon, Volume 10: Death’s Greedy Comeuppance by Eric Powell My rating: 4 of 5 stars There’s not a bad volume of this comic. There

Thor, Vol. 1: Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thor with long blonde hair and beautiful features? Count me

Howard the Duck Vol. 0: What the Duck? by Chip Zdarsky My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great. Funny, and great. Here are three of

Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ain’t nothing wrong with this! Kate Beaton tells

Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this book because a teacher I work with had

Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio’s New Masters of Story with Ira Glass by Jessica Abel My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman My rating: 0 of 5 stars I’m going to spare everyone the rough draft of this

The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ah, yes. The reasons behind exercise.

It’s been 100 of years since I did a serious-ish post, but here we go. I wanna talk babies. Or rather, not babies. I don’t

Fish in the Dark: A Play by Larry David My rating: 4 of 5 stars Guys, I think I figured out why I don’t like

Um…yes? I mean, I’m in favor of gun bananas, and also cookies with a big bite out of them turned into guns. Also, I think

The Sequel by R.L. Stine My rating: 2 of 5 stars Feh. But on the other hand, hell yes. Let me explain. This book didn’t

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson My rating: 2 of 5 stars The dialogue is still great. That I likes. The

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow My rating: 3 of 5 stars First, Chinese people are not evil. This is something important I learned from

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel My rating: 1 of 5 stars Here’s why I give this book only a single star and

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wish everyone would read this before the upcoming election.

Skeleton Army: a novel of an army of darkness of skeletons by Peter Derk My rating: 0 of 5 stars Okay, I read this book

Agent Cold Beer On Assignment by Charles Hinton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Wow. Here we have a story about Agent Cold Beer. Not