Marvel Mini-Books, 1966
Befitting my endless fascination with outré and small narrative delivery systems, I finally added a set of these wonderful little gumball prizes to The Collection: produced in 1966, the Mini-Books won...
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... W0RLDTR33 (Tynion IV / Blanco)… BATMAN (Zdarsky / Jimenez)… BIRDS OF PREY (Thompson / Romero)… DAREDEVIL (Ahmed / Kuder)… CAPTAIN AMERICA (JMS / Saiz)… RARE FLAVOURS (V / Andrade)… WONDER WOMAN...
View ArticleTHE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (André Øvredal, 2023)
Went into this one more skeptical than it deserved - no doubt because of how much I loved the second episode of the Moffat / Gattis DRACULA that covered the same chapter of the novel - and came out...
View Articlethe floral still lifes of Christiane Kubrick (in EYES WIDE SHUT)
I really need to revisit EYES; it’s been far too long. Christiane’s paintings serve as more than decoration. Their floral subject matter reinforces the movie’s themes of lust and decay. Another work...
View ArticleOn the other side of these very thin Paintshop walls...
…banging and clanging and impact drilling and cutting continues: Garage door, day two ensues: looks like we're nearing the end, fingers crossed – on both mine and the builder's mental capacities: he...
View ArticleTSBMR/0004 :: GREEN LANTERN, No. 26 (Johns / McKone, 2008)
Each week, I make a blind pull from Siri's (randomized) choice of one of the 32 alphabetically-organized shortboxes that constitute my comics collection, (re-)read it, talk about it, and, on (or about)...
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My inability to put into words just how much I loathe this iPhone 14 Pro is as vexing as Wi-Fi connectivity seems to be to it. I want to hurl it through a window – a very high window. Fuck this thing.
View Article"your ultimate firepower companion"
According to Throwflame, an Ohio-based company that manufactures flamethrowers, its latest invention features a 30ft firing range, light detection and range mapping, as well as laser sighting, aboard...
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