don't sleep on the original JL run of Giffen/DeMattis - really infectious fun.

i don't know if you're scouring back issue bins or using TPBs for your history of DC reading but i'd encourage you to check out some of the milestone work when you get into the 90's era - i didn't read everything printed under the imprint, but the stuff i read i liked a lot. [and if Blood Syndicate leads you to pick…

-snort- that's what THEY want you to think, sheeple. you think your corporate paymasters at The Price Is Right are going to let that kind of information out?

our dog is both a mutt and a shelter rescue - one time a little kid ran over to us and then stopped a couple feet away. "can i pet your dog, please?" [which was refreshing - most kids just dive right in.] he asked about the breed and where we got him and was really surprised when we told him the dog came from the…

mos def is really good in an indie from the late 1990s/early 2000s called "Where' Marlowe?" - he and jonathan livingston are documentary film geeks who decide to make a movie about a real hollywood private eye and enlist miguel ferrer as the detective, then wind up having to help him solve a bunch of cases when he's…

this comes across as something an asshole on the internet would say, but can you give me an idea of what you consider a "good X-men story"? i haven't read brubaker's run, so i'm not challenging you - i'm just curious to know what other people think qualifies as "good."

damn - i use interlibrary loan all the time but it sounds like you have a really good public library. i haven't read everything on your list but it sounds like a great list. have you checked out the second Top10 collection? it can be pretty grim, but i actually like it better - also, if you can dig up his Smax…

get a plastic hip flask, fill it with booze and dump it into the overpriced soda [or drink it unfiltered if you're not using your liver for anything important.]

i agree with whoever told you PNC Park is great - you get a killer view of the river (often with a cool breeze) and life in the 'burgh, with plenty of great seats. that said, the history and ambiance at Wrigley give the Cubs a slight edge and this is despite having to pee in a fuckin' trough like an animal.

only 700 times as cynical? -pfft- naive idealist…

i haven't kept up with his stuff post-Invisibles, but wouldn't the typewriting monkey's name be… Grant Morrison? [judging by the cover of his Animal Man 25, of course.]

my exposure isn't comprehensive and hasn't kept up with the last decade or more of work, but here's at least a partial response:

they're way less trip-hop than this selection but i've always thought revolver's Cold Water Flat was pretty damn good shoegaze.

just last night, he was saying things on NPR. for some reason i always thought his speaking voice would be squeaky but it's much deeper and richly toned than i'd imagined.

you got down-voted for that?! josh modell can't possibly be that petty… unless he stole the "bitch-ass" middle name from noel murray!

is she using it as a tooth pick?

attention, av club fellows: a.a. dowd has committed the unpardonable sin of failing to mention the fact Enver Gjokaj appears in this film. we must determine a suitable punishment - it is UNPARDONABLE, after all.

i know it's fun to shit on affleck but i have to say i was impressed as hell by his work behind the camera on Gone Baby,Gone - i really love those books and didn't expect the film to be anywhere near as good as it was.

error! sonic has tater tots and those are better than french fries because they're… crisper.

liked for the [bearded] Offerman suggestion alone. good cal - no.