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“The first half, maybe even two thirds, were lots of fun. Sorta fell apart at the end for me though. It was a big build

“The first half, before the stuff happens, is weird and oddly hard to read. It’s disjointed somehow. Like you’re thrown into the story as it’s

“The first few issues were great. It’s totally different from the movie, tonally. The mask kind of turns people into an ultraviolent cartoon character in

“The first 4 pages might be my all-time favorite Wolverine pages. Well, barring, “Now it’s MY turn!” We get this cold open, and then a

“The Fantastic Four are like the DC universe characters that just by chance are in the Marvel U. By that I mean: I never know

“The end of the series? Already? The hell? The shit? The fuck? Well, it all wraps up nicely. Reality is warped just enough. I wasn’t

“The dumbest-ass thing you could do is read a review of this instead of reading it. It takes like 5 minutes. Figure it out for

“The drawings are nice. Especially the people, which are as interesting as the monsters. I guess I didn’t pay attention, because I didn’t realize that

“The dialogue is still great. That I likes. The art is still a little loosey-goosey. If Kamala is always changing shape, I need a good

“The cover is the best part. Which isn’t an insult because it’s a great cover. Honestly? Eh. The problem is this story is trying to

“The Catholic (Christian? Protestant? Whatever) story didn’t do it for me, but this all still has that Junji Ito flare. The one about the lifeforce

“The Camp Crystal Lake novels came out at the weirdest possible time. This first one, Mother’s Day, came out in 1994, one year after Jason

“The bright colors and fun concept belie the dark tone of the book. There are seriously some characters you feel pretty bad for. Like the

“The Born to Run issues are great, and Wally West is the best Flash as far as I’m concerned. Fight me. Physically fight me! The

“The book is pretty, but even though the story doesn’t seem too complicated, damned if I know what was happening at the end. It’s kind

“The book in which we trade traveling the infinite universe for a return to earth and some Twilight Zone The Movie sex. Bonus points for

“The biggest story with this is that it’s Kentaro Miura’s final volume before his sudden passing. Which is a huge bummer. There was still so

“The biggest change for me in turning 30 is that I’ve become a huge weeping pussy bitch. I’m sorry. I don’t mean to use those

“The big tragedy of this book is that in the preface, and a bit in an afterword, it’s revealed that George Romero was kind of

“The big issue with these issues is that they don’t “go there.” I normally don’t do this, but in this case, I’m advising you skip

“The best writer in the world told me that you can tell an interesting story about a boring person or a boring story about an

“The best thing that would come about from the collapse of the internet is no more hacking stories. Seriously, we have all these superpowered people,

“The best thing about this memoir is that, unlike some comedian memoirs, it’s not just an alternate, weaker, less-engaging version of their stand-up. I hate

“The best part of this is the part that says creativity isn’t something you either have or you don’t. Everyone’s got it, and “creative” people

“The backstory behind this book is very charming, the idea that there was supposed to be a sort of haunted museum attraction at Disney along

“The art itself is pretty cool, but 1. The pictures go across the fold, and that sucks. There’s all this space tucked in for book

“The art is unbelievable. The writing is also unbelievable, but not in the same, positive way. The dialog feels like weird Andy Kaufman stream-of-consciousness that

“The art is great, the primary story arc is okay, but the whole thing feels like an outline rather than a complete story. There’s also

“The art is gorgeous in spots, and I think the ideas here are very solid. But I don’t think I would really understand what’s going

“The art is good, especially the mock vintage pieces, but here and there the colors and lines get a little busy for me. The story

“The art in this book is incredible. Like a grosser Mike Allred. The story is…not as stellar. May also be comparable to someone named Mike,

“That’s the end? Shit. It kinda went a little Mind MGMT at the end there, but then I guess our heroes sort of ride off

“That kind of sucked. Marvel, it’s time to slow down with the big crossover events. They can be fun. They can be REALLY fun. But

“Team Allred nails it again on the art front, and I thought this one had a storyline that a lot of other comics try to

“Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield Okay, before we get too

“Swamp Thing in comics is a little like Batman in movies: Do we need ANOTHER origin? I think there’s meant to be something new or

“SUUUUUUPER fucked up. If you don’t like to read something that’s really super fucked up, I would definitely pass on this one. If you’re someone

“Superman saves Metropolis. A kid gets out of bed. Seems like equal work. If I was Superman, I’d be insulted by this book. And then

“Super weird, super gross stories, which was exactly what I was hoping for. Junji Ito’s stories and collections tend to blend a little, but at

“Super sad and honest. Great example of a book that shows how a graphic novel can tackle a big, emotional subject. “

“Super great. First essay is one of the best, especially if you’re interested in podcasting, interviewing, and what the truth is. Guest-starring Ira Glass, so

“Super cute, exactly what you’re looking for if you read 4 or 5 pages and like what you see. I would like to name a

“Super cute, and the romcom is still alive in books, even if it’s sorta dead on the screen. It’s always been a dream of mine

“Such a great read! Spelunky, if you haven’t played it, is a roguelike platformer. Which means it’s kinda like crossing The Legend of Zelda with

“Stonelifting is about stone lifting. Another book that’s pretty honest in its title, you’ll get what you expect here. In 2019, oh, when I was

“Still WAY better than it has any business being, when I tell people it’s one of the better DC books I’ve read this year, I

“Still quite fun, though I’ve never been a big Black Adam guy. He’s DC’s Doctor Doom, and he’s just not a huge asshole like Doctor

“Still liking this book, but I could do with only ONE comedy sidekick, TBH. I would make for an excellent comedy sidekick, if anyone is

“Still great, but what’s with this crossover nonsense? We’ve got Chew and then Revival, two different series, and for some reason they did a crossover

“Still good, but my least favorite of Delisle’s travel comics. A lot of it probably has to do with the fact that I find North

“Starts super awesome, a very funny woman looking back at her teenage diaries, stuff like professing undying love for JJ as a teenager, and the

“Spider-Man in a different context. He’s sort of grown into his own, but when he becomes a member of the Future Foundation (formerly the Fantastic

“Space, man. And spacemen. And spacewomen. Astronauts, I guess. Are they still astronauts if they’re going out to space to kill stuff? Seems like the

“Sort of dark, and at the same time, it’s like a great sitcom premise from the 80’s that never got made: an alien crashes on

“Sorry, Jennifer. I’ve found myself somewhat a fan of memoirs written by female comedians and comedy writers. Don’t ask me why, it’s just seemed to

“Sooooo I thought this was sort of a summary of some of the juicier bits from the podcast. It is not that. It’s much more

“Soooo many complicated emotions about this book. Or thoughts, perhaps. For starters, this is not the BFB title to read if you’re not at least

“Somewhere in here there’s a BIG time jump between volumes, which…I thought I’d just forgotten what the fuck was going on. It happens a couple

“Sometimes I think it’d be awesome to invent a pill that let you forget specific pieces of media, so you could watch Jurassic Park for

“Sometimes I think I should learn Braille just in case. Like, it’d be much easier to learn while I had my sight, right? But then

“Something touched on in this that I totally agree with: Working a crappy job when I was 15 did convince me that I wanted to

“Someone, somewhere put this on a list of comics to check out this year. Excuse me, some A-HOLE from some S-Hole put this on my

“Someone just asked me “How did you learn to read poetry?” It’s a great question. It really is. Because I didn’t know the answer, but

“Someone does, in fact, catch a frog on the first page, so 10/10 for setting up an expectation and meeting it. I read this in

“Somehow this never made it onto my “read” list from my “to-read” list. So I’ll have to do my best to remember what happens. Sherman,

“Some really good lady and kid characters in this book. Also, MIKE ALLRED! Holy shit. I would read anything this guy draws. You always get

“Some good ol’ fashioned god slaughter plus a dip into the past, both of which were great. My journey with these folks may be coming

“Solid, solid book, highly recommend for kids, but also for adults who just want to goon around with a book, which is a great way

“Solid, scary, gross, and it’s not afraid to put some characters in the crosshairs, even if you want to see them make it. I’ll say

“Solid, good stuff. But it’s Will Eisner. What did you expect? The Purple Heart story is probably the strongest. I liked that one quite a

“Solid, and Abe is in it. Also, there was a funny little fat demon who was always flying around. He was spooky looking, but also

“Solid stuff, Mary Roach is back, baby! After my brush with death in Spook, I wasn’t so sure about Mary Roach because that book took

“Solid shit. Pretty explicit, but not salacious. It does sag a little in the last third or so when Doughty leaves her job, has a

“Solid ending, Kirkman is really good at those. I think Robert Kirkman is a very underrated writer, which seems impossible because he’s gotten so much

“Solid concept. Hercules decides to stop being a party animal and start being more heroic. Which means quitting the boozes. His buddy Gilgamesh and some

“So, so good. Dan Slott, if there’s any justice in the world, will be in the pantheon of great comic book writers. Yes, it’s a

“So, Craig Davidson and Nick Cutter finally meet! It definitely feels like there’s a thing going on here, two personae colliding. And the results are

“So violent, so dark, so berserk.”

“So torn here. Good book. Good read. Some of the more philosophical portions left me a little lost. I couldn’t picture what we were talking

“So this one takes us back into the world where the Plague of Frogs stuff is happening, Abe is evolving or something. All that. This

“So this is like…an elseworlds Walking Dead I guess where aliens are involved and alien technology and so on. It sort of reads like the

“So this dude basically goes undercover to bust some bad bad folks in a motorcycle club. But then he ends up getting a little deeper

“So some wiseass put this on my desk the other day. I figured, “Maybe someone is trying to send me a message.” Then I figured,

“So sexist. All the heroes are boys, and the only female character is a princess who is described by her beauty. LOL, just kidding! Can

“So much crazy stupid fun it’s unbelievable. If it kills your boner to read comics where Dr. Doom is kind of a dork, then don’t

“So many things happen in Chew that I didn’t realize I wanted to happen to me. But now I do. I want to eat a

“So I write columns for LitReactor, and I recently wrote a column called Writers Don’t Need Social Media. Shortly after, another writer over there published

“So I read this ENTIRE volume. Let me first review it as an object: This thing weighs almost eight pounds. That doesn’t sound that heavy,

“So here’s the concept: What if we made characters out of yarn, and we told the story of a classic book, but kid friendly and

“Skull Knight is so fucking metal I might c*m.”

“Short stories can be a tough sell. Strangely, they feel harder to write, and they give you a good deal of variety, but most people

“Shit gets a little Cronenberg, which is cool, but it’s not the right amount. Maybe too Cronenberg, maybe not enough. Hard to say. Also, Dimension

“Scientists in this can keep someone alive after they really should be dead. It’s like, “Oh, shit, she got hit by a tank! Okay, up

“Scene: [DEMON comes to earth to possess a human] [PETE is walking down the street, minding his own business. These two things go together, walking

“Saw meets Squid Game meets Drifting Classroom. There’s very little I enjoy more than people trapped in a situation trying to get out. That’s my

“Saw Bone Tomahawk, written by this dude, loved it. Saw Brawl in Cell Block 99, loved it more. So when I found out the same

“Rod Serling experienced some fucked-up shit in the war, and his battles with censors/sponsors were pretty interesting, but overall, the most interesting thing about Rod

“Robin’s legs have never looked better. Seriously, bro has NOT skipped even one leg day. It’s funny he’s named after a bird, because he does

“Robert Kirkman must’ve worked a terrible office job. In my experience, that’s how you end up writing narratives like this and The Walking Dead where

“RIP Steve Dillon Nobody could sell some crazy shit like Dillon.”