I’m looking at the graphic novels in my to-read stack. The genre of most graphic novels can be found on the back cover, near the UPC code and/or publisher’s logo. For example, from my stack Grendel vs The Shadow is labeled “Comics & Graphic Novels/Crime & Mystery.” Sex Criminals: Volume Two is labeled “Science Fiction.” …
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How you spend your money tells who’s first in your life and whom you really worship. Too often God is nowhere to be found. I get asked why God doesn’t answer prayer. Know this. He answers those that are faithful and give to his church. – Pastor Dugar, Summit Church, Phoenix, AZ The Tithe. As …
I do not pretend to judge. My visits have nothing to do with vengeance. What I do, I do because I must! I act in self defense. – Nexus It was The Batman that drew me into the world of comic books as a kid. It was a comic book like Nexus that kept me …
In 1987, DC Comics revamped the old Charlton Comics character, The Question. Veteran writer Dennis O’Neil undertook the project and created one of the most interesting comic book characters I ever read. The Question was not bestowed with super powers. He was Victor Sage – news anchor and journalist on Hub City’s KBEL Television station …
According to a recent article out of the UK, low-tech living is making a comeback. Books, records, typewriters, flip-phones and Polaroids are technologies that just won’t go away. I consider myself lucky to be in my early fifties at this time. I had the benefit of living in the era when these technologies were used …
Due to our recent move, I didn’t get the opportunity to list my April, 2014 reading. This month, it’s a culmination of both April and May’s reading (which is less than I read in a usual month, but hey, sometimes life gets in the way). Novels: The Sun and Other Stars by Brigid Pasulka. I …
Wow. What a weekend. The best way to describe it is in bite-size pieces. Motor City Comic Con (Novi, MI): This year was the 25th Anniversary of the Motor City Comic Con – an event held over a three-day weekend in May – which features comic and media celebrities from the past and present. Over …
During the month of March, 2014, this is what I read: Novels: The Angry Buddhist by Seth Greenland (politics, sex, and murder, and a man trying to rein in his anger through Buddhist meditation) The Truth by Michael Palin (A serious novel by the Monty Python comedian). Short Stories: Indulgence by Susan Perabo (One Story) …
Yesterday, I blogged the list of writings I read during the month of January, 2014. To get caught up, here are the various writings I read during the month of February, 2014. NOVELS The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block (great fun, as always. Five Stars on Goodreads) The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher …
Nick Hornby’s memoir Fever Pitch is about Hornby’s love of soccer and of being a committed fan of the Arsenal Gunners specifically. I’m an Arsenal fan, though I was not destined to grow up in North London and have it become a part of my genetic make-up. Hornby’s introspection of being a soccer fan of the …
Do Haeng Michael Kitchen 