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The Spoken Word
For awhile I’ve been enjoying listening to old Transformers books-on-tape while lying down. I recently decided to look at a list of titles with publication dates, so that I could try listening to them in order (not that it really matters much…they’re stand-alone stories with little to no continuity between books). Anyway, I’m really having…
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A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown
I just finished reading A Matter of Life (2013) by Jeffrey Brown. This is a graphic novel that describes itself on the back cover as “an autobiographical meditation on fatherhood and faith.” This is a wonderfully sweet, poignant book that feels honest and personal. Even though it’s about someone else’s life, it made me think…
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A Slew of Comics
I went to a comic book store yesterday that I’ve never been to before. It was a great shop, with quite a lot of back issues. They had a dollar bin, which is something I love and don’t find a lot anymore. If you bought 25 comics, the price dropped to 80¢ an issue. The…
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comics!
I’ve picked up a number of comics recently, some at a little hole-in-the-wall shop near where my family gets together for the holidays and some from online and two from my niece for Christmas! Here’s a mishmash of covers:
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A Comic a Day: Captain America #144
I am attempting to initiate a new habit for myself…reading a comic book every day. I am sure it won’t actually be every single day, but hopefully this will result in reading a comic most days. I decided to jot out a bit of a recap and reaction to the first one I read. Here…
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Rawhide Kid and the Western
I read an issue of Rawhide Kid last night (#68, 1969), a Marvel western that began in 1955 and ran until 1979. I really enjoyed Larry Lieber’s distinctive art. It has a clean sharpness to it that works well with the bright, bold coloring style of the comic. Lieber wrote and drew the comic from…
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Tomahawk
Yesterday I read an issue of Tomahawk, a DC comic that ran from 1950 to 1972. The character first appeared a little earlier, in 1947, and has had a few appearances since the title’s cancellation. The comic is somewhat unique in that most of the timeline takes place during the American Revolution. Some of the…
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Tolstoy as travel guide
Here are a few panels from a comic I read yesterday (Unknown Soldier #242, 1980). The story is titled Red Flows the Don! and was written by Bob Haney with pencils by Dick Ayers and inks by Gerry Talaoc.
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Robotech Defenders
I received both issues in the Robotech Defenders miniseries in the mail today. I just finished reading the first one and it was fantastic! I haven’t been carried away by a comic for quite a while, and it was so much fun. The various settings briefly glimpsed were exciting, and I really enjoyed the team…
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Turok!
Things are looking pretty grim for Turok and Andar in this old Gold Key issue I picked up a while ago. I just love the Gold Key painted covers! I haven’t read it yet, but the cover intrigues me…it looks as if Turok and Andar are actually holding on to the feet of the “flyers”,…