My first exposure to Batman was in this amazing and much-devoured collection. Happy Batman Day!
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My first exposure to Batman was in this amazing and much-devoured collection. Happy Batman Day!
My first--what was yours?
Happy centennial, Roald Dahl! #roalddahl100
Was kinda hoping this was the Donna D'Errico story but even as a work of fiction, I'm looking forward to climbing this one.
Duane's books always have a way of jumping in front of others on the to-read shelf.
The Shadow of the Wind might not be the first book that found its way into my heart but passages like this are why the book did find permanent berth there. Just finished it -- finally -- and it's spectacular. As for the first book to burrow in? Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. What was yours?
New weekend reading. Every weekend, I mean. Forever.
After so many false starts, I'm finally about to dig in to Shadow of the Wind and then Bill Hodges shoves his way in front one last time. But you're next, Mr. Zafon, really.
This is one captivating and creepy-as-fuck read. Loved it.
Happy birthday to talented actor and occasional New York Times #1 best seller Joe Hill!
Fun promo by artist Charles Paul Wilson III to herald today's arrival of Joe Hill's new'un, The Fireman.
The newspaper is full of bizarre and unsightly images nowadays. But also another great advance review of the book, too.
Had a chance to chat up both Jaws/The Jerk screenwriter Carl Gottleib and Seven Per Cent Solution author (and Time After Time/Star Trek 2 and 3 writer) Nicholas Meyer this weekend, which was a twin thrill. Carl finally explained the difference between shit and Shinola, too.
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My sister might've owned the copy but I'm pretty sure I read this book far more often than she did. Happy centennial, Beverly Cleary! (image swiped from Etsy. My/her copy is long gone but lodged in my head.)
Brought back a dozen very anticipated books from a recent UK trip. First read is this'un.
Met some great people and picked up some very interesting books at the Dutch Comic Con. And Corinne Duyvis and her new book check both those boxes.
The cover alone does it for me, let alone all the Bat-words inside by avowed geek/NPR podcaster Glen Weldon. Out officially on March 22.
How am I just learning about this now?? Written by Alan Dean Foster, art by Joe Staton. Un-ironic awesomeness by the trenchcoated Round Mound of Rebound.
Some damn kid--or possibly a certified mail carrier--lit a Fire on my porch last night. Can't wait to dig deeper into it. The book's officially coming in May.
Umberto Eco may have had more famous books but none spoke to me more personally than this.
Happy 140th birthday to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published on this day 1876. Happy that we could put out a new edition of the book a few years back chock full'a new illos by The Goon creator Eric Powell.
Landed a copy of this book co-edited by, as it says, "up-and-coming young journalist" Neil Gaiman and "aspiring fiction author" Kim Newman. Thanks to Joe Hill for the recommendation.
What I know about manga could fit into one Lone Wolf and Cub word balloon but I dove deep into this 20-volume set of Bakuman. Seven books in and I love it. Fun exploration of the creative process involving two aspiring young manga creators.
One of those books that I've owned since childhood but still revisit annually.
It wouldn't be social media w/o some self-promotion, right? I've got two comics in shops today--the Dirk Gently TPB (art by Tony Akins & Ilias Kyriazis) and the final issue of Onyx w/artist Gabriel Rodriguez. Recommended vinyl pairings here, too.
I know Deadline already reported this but it always feels a bit more official when Variety spreads the word, so congrats (again; officially) to Joe: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/fox-joe-hill-the-fireman-movie-1201675559/
Probably the best title Harlan has settled on in his six decades of cleverly named books. And yes, that includes Bugf*ck.
