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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: free skate. Happy holidays, everyone! One caveat: because we’re here to use … Continue reading The Book Nook
Image: Bruce Pennington None strikes the note of cosmic horror as well as Clark Ashton Smith. In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer. -H.P. Lovecraft Bio Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 … Continue reading A Primer On Clark Ashton Smith
I threw this clumsy tribute to M.R. James together at work today. It’s not much of a Christmas present, but it’s home made. The Lawyer’s Ghost Story My college friend Pete, whose personal and professional successes had acted as … Continue reading A Ghost Story For Christmas
O, or The Oprah Magazine for the purposes of not getting it mixed up with some German bondage smut, was launched in 2000 as a companion magazine to the Oprah show. If you know the talk show, you know what … Continue reading Let’s Read O Magazine, December 2000!
Welcome to another edition of The Escritoire! This is a space for Avocado members to submit in-progress writing for feedback. We’re here to read your stories, slide decks, smut, weird essays, love letters, or anything else you want to improve. … Continue reading Escritoire #24
Hellboy Krampusnacht One Shot (December 2017) Written by Mike Mignola Drawn by Adam Hughes Austria 1975 Hellboy is seen in the woods of a village when he is stopped by an apparition of a woman in white pleading with him … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Hellboy – Krampusnacht (Dec 2017)
Be sure to pop in on our thread for The Pits to rank your favorite comics of the year! Here’s the place to talk about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! Don’t forget to … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 19-DEC-2018
Good morning and welcome to the Comic Book Chat. Today’s discussion – Captain America December 20th, 1940 saw the release of Steve Rogers aka Captain America thanks to Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. “What better way to introduce a hero … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Appreciation for Captain America
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: What are the best books you read this year? Not necessarily books … Continue reading The Book Nook
The countdown to Detective Comics #1000 and the Caped Crusader’s Eightieth Anniversary begins Wednesday 12/12/18 with the release of Detective Comics #994 by the dynamic duo of Peter J Tomasi and Doug Mahnke. Part 1 Mythology Raze This issue begins … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #994
I’m putting them out in smaller batches for you to enjoy more frequently. For a certainly value of enjoy, anyway. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. Continue reading Gougagna’s There’s Been Over 100 of Them Now
Psychology Today was founded in 1967 by a young doctor named Nicholas Charney, seeking to make psychology more accessible to people without Ph. D’s who were curious about how their minds worked. Topics range from neuroscience to psychology to sexuality, … Continue reading Let’s Read Psychology Today, December 1970!
Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, is back in a brand-new miniseries courtesy of writer Kyle Higgins and artist Rod Reis. “My name is Bucky Barnes, some people call me the Winter Soldier. I’ve done a lot of bad things. And … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Winter Soldier #1
Be sure to pop in on our thread for The Pits to rank your favorite comics of the year! Here’s the place to talk about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! Don’t forget to … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 12-DEC-2018
Alright folks, here’s the way she works: you make yourself a list of what you think are the best comics of the year, and we here at the Avocado will go through them to determine the official list! I think … Continue reading The Pits: 2018 Kirby Award for Best Comic Nominations
Good morning and welcome to the latest Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Inter-Company Crossovers -> Thanks to Team Zissou for his recommendation! Which inter-company crossover is your favorite? Will DC and Marvel ever patch up their disagreement and have … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Inter-Company Crossovers
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: This is more me musing than a real discussion topic, but sound … Continue reading The Book Nook
Recap – “After being struck by a truck and fighting for his life on the operating table, Matt Murdock returned to Hell’s Kitchen determined to prove that Wilson Fisk, formerly the Kingpin of Crime and now the city’s mayor, rigged … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Daredevil #612
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best In Books 2018
Not that long ago we went through a different issue of California, so to recap: California began life in 1976 as New West, a lifestyle and general interest magazine aimed at the glamorous young people who were moving to California, Nevada, Utah, and … Continue reading Let’s Read California, December 1986!
Welcome to another edition of The Escritoire! This is a space for Avocado members to submit in-progress writing for feedback. We’re here to read your stories, slide decks, smut, weird essays, love letters, or anything else you want to improve. … Continue reading Escritoire #23
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