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Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Merry Christmas from Comic Book Chat If you are reading this, I hope you have an amazing holiday season. It is always a pleasure to post this thread to … Continue reading Merry Christmas From Comic Book Chat
Have a merry Christmas with Garfield and company Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Wed 12/25/2019)
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Expecting that today will be relatively quiet, … Continue reading The Book Nook
‘Twas the Club edition before Christmas…. Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 12/24/2019)
Xmas week at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 12/23/2019)
Christmas Shopping with Beetle and Sarge Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 12/21/19)
In July 1992, R.L. Stine’s first three Goosebumps books (Welcome to Dead House, Stay Out of the Basement and Monster Blood) appeared. “It was the point in my career where I would say yes to anything,” Stine recalled, and he … Continue reading Bad Monster Blood: R.L. Stine, Scholastic and the Battle over Goosebumps
Teen Magazine, the most difficult of magazines to Google for relevant research about a specific teen magazine, ran from 1954 to 2009. Yes, it actually ran until 2009, even though I, a voracious consumer of teen magazines from the early … Continue reading Let’s Read Teen, September 1970!
Decorating the X-mas tree with Dagwood Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Fri 12/20/2019)
“Metropolis Mailbag” Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Jackson Guice When looking for comic books to read and review, I like to write about new releases, but I also like to go back to the comic books of my childhood. I remember … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Superman #64 (December 1991)
Here’s the place to talk about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! Not sure what’s out? Check out the handy dandy ComicList! Don’t forget to step on over to the Comic Book Chat, hosted … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 18-DEC-2019
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Marvel 2099 Let’s take a trip 80 years into the future and discuss the Marvel Universe of 2099! Who is your favorite character featured in 2099? Which character would … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Marvel 2099
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: best (or worst) read this year. Your best-of doesn’t have to … Continue reading The Book Nook
A Series of Accidents is an ongoing project about the books of Kurt Vonnegut. Cat’s Cradle was the first Kurt Vonnegut book I read. I encountered it in a university class about apocalyptic science fiction, taught by a wiry Jewish … Continue reading A Series of Accidents #4: Cat’s Cradle
Hot on the heels of the wildly popular Symbiote Spider-Man miniseries, Peter David and Greg Land reunite for the sequel miniseries Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality Picking up shortly after the initial miniseries, Spider-Man has a new partner in Kraven the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Symbiote Spider-Man – Alien Reality #1 (of 5)
Xmas is coming Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 12/17/2019)
The Star Fox by Poul Anderson One of the things I like about science fiction is that aside from all the laser beams and spaceships, the stories are all about contemporary society. When Captain Kirk meets an alien with half … Continue reading Paperback Punk
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