Oh man, I think I might laugh myself to death reading Tim's. Add Shea and JAM in there and I would need medical intervention immediately.

Oh trust me, there are days I just want to take a picture of the book and say "NO." and leave it at that. That's why I almost exclusively review stuff I really, really like. It's easier for me to articulate WHY something is good if I like it, whereas I know my personal tastes on things I don't like tend to cloud my…

Dude, you're fucking smart and you clearly put a lot of thought into what you say. You should be immensely proud of what you write, it's consistently thought provoking.

I think that's really a failing of the authors, honestly. Comic audiences (all audiences, really) aren't actively looking for that kind of metaphor most of the time. You have to nudge them along and help them find the message. High Noon as an allegory for American imperialism and exceptionalism probably didn't…

Also, and I should have said this upfront but i'm pre-caffeine, I really liked that piece a lot. It was well thought out and I appreciated the nuance.

Yup, that's true, at least in my experience (on an iPad and on a Kindle).

I mean, that was how Civil War I was too and people did pretty much the same thing. The whole school shooting metaphor got lost on almost everyone. I do see people talking about this on Twitter, but no one doing big pieces on it because we're all so fucking tired of it (and personally, of Bendis).

It was more aimed at the fact that a lot of women, POC, young people, LGBTQ+ people don't have a lot of confidence in their work and often hesitate to reach out and plug their own creations. I didn't articulate that really well, but it's definitely a trend I've noticed and it's something I want to bring up that the…

I'm such a jerk about it with my friends, I will take their work and shove it at people and boast like a proud mama bear. And I'll happily do the same with other creators that reach out to me. I just need help finding everybody! I promise to be gentle and kind when people reach out. :D

Oh man. I would need a lot of time to plow through it. And probably some booze. Maybe that'll be my winter break project.

I love diving into the comments with you all (when time allows) so I'm happy to pull back the curtain a little bit!

Dude, I do not like Millar's work, pretty much at all. I seriously haven't been able to stomach one of his books in a LONG time. I picked the book up 100% for the art and fell in love with it. As MissionDistrictBot said, it's one of the best female characters I've read all year, bar none, and I take that shit super…

We also read a lot of the comments. :D And I know there's been a couple books I picked up at the recco of a commentor and ended up reviewing later, so keep throwing them at me here (or on Twitter, for those over there).

I tried so, so hard to get into it but I couldn't wrap my brain around it at all, it was a complete failing on my part. I did like what I read of it, but I just never hit the rhythm right.

Duddddde but Robbie was awesome. And from what I've heard, Smith only wanted a 12 issue run, so that may have been the plan all along?

One of the biggest challenges with webcomics is that it's incredibly difficult to review something you haven't read the entirety of. I read probably around 30-40 webcomics weekly on top of the 30-40 floppies (not to mention GNs and TPBS) I try to get through, but I can't think of a single one that I would be…

I got a bunch of upgrades (Smyth binding, die stamp on the spine, head & tail bands, etc) and it was $50 including shipping for 12 issues. Base is $22 + $13 shipping. They're super nice and I love supporting small businesses (shocking no one).

I like Houchen, they did a good job on the book and they were at C2E2 so I could drop it off instead of shipping it. I'm not in love with the cover I selected, but that's more my fault than theirs. They mostly do library bindings for periodicals, and I got that kind of woven/waxed cover just to see what it would be…

I got the (far too) short Umbral done by Houchen and am by and large pretty happy with it. I'm going to experiment with other cover styles, but it will be nice to be able to loan it out to people easily.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news if you don't already know, but Zdarsky's run ends with Jughead #9, if I remember right. The interesting experiment that Archie Comics was doing across the line seems to have run its course.