52/52: No Longer Human, by Junji Ito
March 25, 2020 8:09 am Comments Off on 52/52: No Longer Human, by Junji ItoBasically Warren Zevon’s “Mr. Bad Example,†but with horror elements. I like the Zevon better; at least it has a... View Article
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52/52: The Willows and Other Nightmares, by Algernon Blackwood and Paul Pope
March 21, 2020 11:15 am Comments Off on 52/52: The Willows and Other Nightmares, by Algernon Blackwood and Paul PopeBlackwood might be too subtle for me. This was my first exposure to his work. While I appreciated the ideas... View Article
52/52: Agency, by William Gibson
February 21, 2020 6:59 pm Comments Off on 52/52: Agency, by William GibsonThe sequel to Gibson’s chilling, outlook-changing “The Peripheral.†I keep thinking it’s “The Agency,†but it’s “agency,†like the power... View Article
52/52: Merle Haggard’s Okie From Muskogee, by Rachel Lee Rubin
February 19, 2020 6:55 pm Comments Off on 52/52: Merle Haggard’s Okie From Muskogee, by Rachel Lee RubinConvinced that Haggard was a hopelessly conservative lout due to this album’s title track? This terrific look at country music... View Article
52/52: Hellboy the Complete Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Mike Mignola et al.
January 19, 2020 10:18 am Comments Off on 52/52: Hellboy the Complete Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Mike Mignola et al.The last volume in the recent Hellboy Omnibus reissues, collecting odds-n-ends shorts by Mignola and others. Maybe lacking the highs... View Article
52/52: Monster, She Wrote, by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
January 17, 2020 10:27 am Comments Off on 52/52: Monster, She Wrote, by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. AndersonA useful overview of women in genre since the 1600s. A necessary corrective to the idea that women haven’t been... View Article
52/52: Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin
January 14, 2020 12:40 pm Comments Off on 52/52: Knots and Crosses, by Ian RankinOne of Rankin’s novels about his Inspector Rebus. Perhaps an earlier book in the series. Hardly a police procedural; more... View Article
52/52: The Sweet Forever, by George Pelecanos
January 12, 2020 12:37 pm Comments Off on 52/52: The Sweet Forever, by George PelecanosTo try to help jumpstart my reading and writing in 2020, I’m going to resurrect a blog series that I... View Article
New Split Lip Comic Debuts June 3
May 15, 2019 2:08 pm Comments Off on New Split Lip Comic Debuts June 3I’m very excited to announce that the next Split Lip comic will begin serialization on the site on Monday, June... View Article
Media Diet 2019: Movies
May 14, 2019 5:07 pm Comments Off on Media Diet 2019: MoviesAs noted in the companion post about books, I’ll be keeping track of every movie I watch this year, with... View Article