Disclaimer: I haven't yet read the issue of Walt Simonson's Ragnarok that came out this week, but I feel safe in assuming it will be the best of what I bought, because… Walt Simonson.

Thanks for the rundown!

Yep—plus I found her annoying, so I figured she covered that part of the description of this exciting new genre. I dunno, maybe she gets better—haven't read much of Pratchett's later stuff.

What good werewolf films are there besides An American Werewolf in London? I haven't seen Ginger Snaps or any of the Howling series, though I've heard good things about the former and some of the latter. I give props to Dog Soldiers, but otherwise…?

Pretty sure it was already minor plotline in Thud! by Terry Pratchett.

Going to sail around the world in their boat, the "Howl-4-Ever"…

I liked Al.

But according to Megyn Kelly, Detective Chimp is white. He just is.

Oh yeah, I really liked that one for the choice of not using any
dialogue, just pictures for the characters' word balloons and Katie Cook's story notes as narration/commentary. Plus Cook does adorable better than anybody (except maybe Colleen Coover), and I'm always happy to see more Jan.

Uncle Scrooge update: Finally finished reading Carl Barks' "Seven Cities of Gold" volume, and finally started in on Don Rosa's "Son of the Sun" volume. Damned if I'm not all in for these duck adventures—you're welcome, whomever's kids I'm putting through college over at Fantagraphics.

Yeah, those felt like they came out of the blue. I went to a signing for him at a convention, years ago, before I knew about this MRA bullshit. Seemed a perfectly pleasant guy, joking with the fans, granting a random hug request from the dude in front of me in line, and he complimented my nerdy t-shirt.

I'm not from the South, but I love little regional dialect variations like that—distinct names for ghosts and such. Picked up that phrase from listening to a podcast by two guys from the Carolinas.

Buck up, there's always the deep ocean. For beneath the surface… lies the future!

My favorite development on this front is this story about physicists discovering that ancient Egyptians wet the sand they were moving heavy stones over to reduce friction, and that at the right dampness it can be really efficient. There's a preserved painting depicting builders doing exactly that, which had previously…

"The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head," wrote Terry Pratchett. I now wish like hell he'd had a footnote there about some of those lies specifically coming from three guys in Georgia who desecrated a monkey's corpse.

I like to use "No reward is worth this" or "And I thought X smelled bad on the outside" whenever faced with unpleasant (and fragrant) tasks.

I use "I like this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it!" on pretty much a daily basis.

Hopefully not if it's waxing.

"'Eldritch.' You know, I never heard that word before moving to Arkham."
"I don't know why; it's a perfectly squamous word."

Gummo Bergman must be rolling in his grave.