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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: I have a love/hate relationship with various book awards. I can always … Continue reading The Book Nook
Rules: Must be a novel. No short story collections (unless there’s a frame story like I, Robot). Must be a single novel. You can nominate any Dune book, but you can’t nominate the Dune series as a whole. Must be sci-fi. … Continue reading Greatest Sci-Fi Novel: Nominations!
Savants #1 Publisher – Source Point Press Created and Written by Gary Reed Illustrated by Seth Damoose For those that miss the TV series Heroes and Misfits, Savants is right up your alley. Savants is a story about super powered … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Savants #1
Hello, as promised, here’s the first part of the game. A few caveats: I kept it short, and without the main characters yet, because I didn’t want to monopolize all the story. Also I apologize because, being somewhat devoid of … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 1
Return of Wolverine #1 Written by Charles Soule- Drawn by Steve McNiven- Inked by Jay Leisten “Wolverine. A Great Hero. Selfless, Strong, Brave. An X-Man. An Avenger. A steadfast friend. An implacable enemy. He was Dead. Now……He’s Not.” Chapter One … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Return of Wolverine #1
Last week, while joking about airport novels and first edition Iliads,Romanes Eunt Domus proposed that we should launch a game of Exquisite Corpse here on the Avocado. I thought it was a great idea, and, well, here we are. Exquisite … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto
In last week’s teaser for this week’s thread, I said that The American was a short lived magazine. Boy, was I wrong. This sucker ran for 50 years. 1906-1956! And it was founded by Ida frickin’ Tarbell! (and some other people … Continue reading Let’s Read The American, June 1940!
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Harry Potter
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 step on over to the Comic Book Chat, hosted by the Spectacular MrSplendiferous! Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 19-SEP-2018
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Comic Book Chat! Today’s discussion: Favorite Final Page reveal You are sitting there reading along with your favorite superhero/superheroine and then it happens…..BOOM! The end of the comic…that final page reveal….to be … Continue reading Comic Book Chat- Favorite Final Page Reveal
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: Which books are better in the language in which they were written? … Continue reading The Book Nook
Written by Sina Grace Drawn by Nathan Stockman Previously in Iceman… Bobby Drake, also known as Iceman, has a lot going on. From teaching young mutants at the Xavier Institute, to getting into the world of dating after years in … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Iceman #1
Cinefantastique ran from 1967 to 2007 in various incarnations, from humble beginnings as a mimeographed fanzine to a legitimate quarterly publication in 1970, then online in 2006, and as of 2007 it lives on as a cherished memory in the hearts … Continue reading Let’s Read Cinefantastique, April 1993!
Welcome to week 17 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 The Escritoire Week 17
EXT. DESERT – UNKNOWN PLANET – DAY The sun begins to set on a desert vaguely similar to the kind we’d find on Earth. Wind blows sand off of the massive dunes—and that’s the only sound for miles. Until … Continue reading The Defenders – The Worlds That Hunger, Chapter IV: Fantastic Voyage?
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 step on over to the Comic Book Chat and MarvelCado Comics! Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 12-SEP-2018
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Comic Book Chat. Today’s discussion – Downsides to Comic Book Reading/Collecting As much as I love buying and reading comics, sometimes there are downsides to them. For example, an endless comic book … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Downsides of Comic Books
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: Which books tickle your funny bone? Straight-up humor books, comedy memoirs, snarky … Continue reading The Book Nook
Vanity Fair started in its earliest incarnation as Dress in 1913, one of Mr. Conde Nast himself’s first magazines. It had its ups and downs, eventually being absorbed into Vogue in the 30s and then revived as its own publication again … Continue reading Let’s Read Vanity Fair, September 1988!
Welcome to week 16 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 The Escritoire Week 16
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 step on over to the Comic Book Chat, hosted by the Spectacular MrSplendiferous! Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 05-SEP-2018
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