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Battle of the Linguist Mages – Scotto Moore I have been thirty percent through this book since before I started the Google blog that preceded this website, because I made the fatal mistake: “taking” “a” “break” during a small lull in the action, and before I could say power French I realized it’s *mumble* years…
Batman by Chip Zdarsky, Vol. 2: The Bat-Man Of Gotham Chipper’s first volume was, as expected, spectacular: Batman is once again undone by his only true enemy: himself and was (spoiler) either exploded into his constituent, bat-shaped molecules or, as appears to be the case, flung through the aether into Parts Unknown. In this volume,…
I begin as I mean to go on: half-watching Fargo and cradled in the embrace of a gentle jazz gummy, the trumpet ringing in the night like a loon ordering a pizza on speakerphone. Here’s what I’ve been reading: Bird King, Vol. 1 (CROM And Daniel Freedman) We’ve all been there: you’re minding your own business, smashing statues…
I RETURN LIKE A HOT BLACK WIND, THE CRACKING OF A FRESH DIET COKE YOUR ONLY WARNING. Listen: I started my new job this month, and I like it but it’s A Lot and at the end of the workday your Bageler desires only to be wrapped in the trumpety embrace of a gentle jazz…
First, A BRIEF FERAL CAT UPDATE (FCU): they’re fine! Bleu and Pannacotta and Brûlée and the Sheriff and Starzin & Yipes (the Stripes Twins) are all great, but it got much colder very quickly here and is projected to continue doing so, and I was worried about them because mostly they are but SWEET SUMMER…
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir I am a huge fan of the graphic memoir for a number of reasons; maybe it’s the way that the author is often the artist (or at least works closely with them) and can better let us see what they tell us, maybe it’s just that I’m…
(Obligatory reminder to subscribe to my once-monthly newsletter here, which rounds up everything I wrote in the preceding month, grants access to a curated members-only Spotify playlist, and includes a piece of exclusive bonus collectible content I will NEVER repost anywhere else, ever!) (R = Reread, B = Read To Wife At Bedtime) Fire Force, Vol. 5 Atsushi…
(Obligatory reminder to subscribe to my once-monthly newsletter here, which rounds up everything I wrote in the preceding month, grants access to a curated members-only Spotify playlist, and includes a piece of exclusive bonus collectible content I will NEVER repost anywhere else, ever!). Okay gang I uh…went a little overboard on this one. I don’t…
I don’t wanna straighten upI don’t wanna fly rightI just wanna drive around a whileAnd bust a couple things up with the bad kids
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