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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: opinions against the tide. Not quite a hot take (but those are … Continue reading The Book Nook
After two months sucked into the world of the book of the month club, I decided to cleanse my palate with The Green Lantern Volume 1 Intergalactic Lawman by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp. I was hesitant to pick this … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Green Lantern Vol. 1 – Intergalactic Lawman
The Strip Club spins a yarn. Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 12/3/2019)
The Riders of the Sidhe Champions of the Sidhe Master of the Sidhe by Kenneth C. Flint Irish mythology is sort of a mess. Before the Christianity reached the island, literacy did not exist, so none of the pre-Christian legends … Continue reading Paperback Punk
It’s Cyber Monday at the Strip Club! Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 12/2/2019)
Snow covered Sunday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sun 12/1/2019)
Leftovers Saturday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 11/30/2019)
When Black Friday comes…. Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Fri 11/29/2019)
It’s Turkey Day at the Strip Club. Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Thur 11/28/2019)
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 27-NOV-2019
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s discussion – Celebrating the Holidays Superheroes have celebrated the holidays together with loved ones and teammates. Tells us your favorite holiday themed issue in the comments section below. Feel free to … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Celebrating the Holidays
Thanksgiving is just a day away Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Wed 11/27/2019)
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: feasts. In honor of American Thanksgiving tomorrow, which books have the best … Continue reading The Book Nook
As a child of the 1980s, one of the cornerstones of my youth was Masters of the Universe. I was thrilled when I found a copy of He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1 at my local comic shop … Continue reading Comic Book Review – He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1
Thanksgiving Week continues…. Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 11/26/2019)
Cyborg by Martin Caidin “Colonel Steve Austin, a man barely alive. We can rebuild him. Better, faster, stronger. We have the technology.” So declared the opening lines to every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, a sci-fi superhero TV … Continue reading Paperback Punk
It’s Thanksgiving Week at the Strip Club! Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 11/25/2019)
Beetle can run, but he can’t hide Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sun 11/24/2019)
This one’s been a long time coming. The Question started as a Blue Beetle backup character from Charlton Comics “Action Heroes” line created by Steve Ditko and famously adapted by Moore & Gibbons into the Watchmen characters. Question himself was … Continue reading Comic Review – The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage #1
Yard Sale Saturday at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 11/23/2019)
Physical Culture was founded in 1899 by a crazy man named Bernarr Macfadden. Seriously, read his wiki page, it’s incredible. There’s failed cults, buried treasure, people named “Byrnece”, horrible racism, the works. The magazine ran until 1955, when Macfadden died, … Continue reading Let’s Read Physical Culture, October 1940!
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