Monthly Archives: July 2008

Why So Serious?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator
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Cool Comics for the Week

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

Stuff I’m reading or just wish I could afford: BLACK PANTHER #39 by Jason Aaron and Jefte Palo. Okay, much as I like regular PANTHER scribe Reginald Hudlin, the thought of Jason Aaron, the creator of SCALPED, writing the issue … Continue reading →

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I Just Know This Guy Has a Book in Him

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

A 56-year-old man from the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin has been arrested after shooting his lawn mower in his garden because it would not start. “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Drunk Guys with Sawed-Off Shotguns” “Lawn-Boy, if You … Continue reading →

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A Quick One on My 45th Birthday

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

I first read T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” during one of my passes through University of Maryland, College Park. It would have been back in the late 80/early 90s, back when they were still letting people … Continue reading →

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Full-Time Dad, Day 2

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

We just finished our first bottle and were walking around on our Quest for Burp. I paused in front of a mirror and looked at her face. It seemed to say, “Okay, seriously, when’s Mom coming back?” It’s a process.

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This Week in Comics

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

Here’s the good stuff: FLASH COMPANION SC by Keith Dallas. If you’re a fan of any of the four men to wear the lightning then you’ll want this collection of interviews, articles and never before seen artwork from Two Morrows … Continue reading →

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Evil Old Murderesses Given Life Sentences

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

In other words six months with time off for cancer and heart attacks. Here’s the AP version: “Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Wesley on Tuesday sentenced 77-year-old Helen Golay and 75-year-old Olga Rutterschmidt to two consecutive life terms each. … Continue reading →

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This Week in Cool Comics

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Your Humble Narrator

Every week I review comics elsewhere. This is the stuff I really like: ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 1 HC by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Collecting the first eight issues of “The Dark Age”, the story of Astro … Continue reading →

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