2013: Pop Culture in Review
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Month: December 2013
Enjoy the last day of 2013 and best wishes for the New Year
Scholastic is kind enough to include me on its mailing list — given the dearth of reviewed books this year I’m not sure how long that will last. Their holiday card features a beautiful Kazu Kibuishi drawing of Christmas with Harry Potter. Best wishes to everyone for the new year — I find it hard to believe we’re moving from 2013 to 2014 (these still … Continue reading Enjoy the last day of 2013 and best wishes for the New Year
Bookmark: STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary
I backed STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary which was funded on Kickstarter in late 2011. Mostly because Dave Kellett, creator of Sheldon, is part of the team making it. A couple of years later and they are just about ready to launch it into the world. The updates on the project have been great, I’ve gotten to see many of the steps they’ve taken on the … Continue reading Bookmark: STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary
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A Quantum of Snow
Washington DC is known for its political gridlock. It also suffers from snow-induced gridlock and it doesn’t take much of the fluffy white stuff to shut things down. Today is one of those days, when a lightly drifting stream of snow has shut down offices, schools and induced a slightly panicked style of driving among the local denizens. I just finished reading John Scalzi’s latest … Continue reading A Quantum of Snow
Now that’s how you Sonic
I’m glad I stuck with Hijinks Ensue. The less schticky, more character driven strips of recent vintage are really good and just an approach that resonates much more with me. This one is a great example of layering in some clever pop culture references in a way that still builds the relationship between the characters. Continue reading Now that’s how you Sonic
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