I agree. Bringing the Originals into the present-day Marvel Universe, which to them is basically the Darkest Timeline, was a great idea, but it really is time to let it go.

Yeah, those two main lineups are very… traditional, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not a great sign.

I noticed that it's far better when you scroll down, so you can't see the roomful of people awkwardly nodding along as it plays.

One of my favorite fun facts about my home state, sadly enough, is that we'll always have Roadhouse!

Yeah, I'm still trying to be cautiously optimistic and hope for the best case scenario, which is that all of his hateful nonsense was for show, and now he tries to be a marginally competent president. But it's hard to imagine a worse omen than appointing people like Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions.

I would love a movie about the bouncer in an all-bouncer bar!

I have a half-assed theory, mostly based on the fact it's set in western Missouri, that the script for Roadhouse began as a story about Skidmore, before countless revisions (and, I presume, a mountain of cocaine) evolved it into what we all know and love.

A goddamn masterpiece is what it is!

Hoo boy. A friend once warned me to stick to the earlier YA stuff if/when I try him again, but he didn't say why.

If you like "pervy bits" that would seem thrilling to a middle schooler, long philosophical conversations that aren't half as deep as they think they are, and minimal plot, then Stranger in a Strange Land is for you!

I've only read Starship Troopers (which I liked) and Stranger in a Strange Land (which I hated), but "Dirty Old Man territory" nicely describes a big part of the latter. I think I officially started to hate it when Harshaw's Angels turned up.

Beautiful, and beautifully written. Thank you, Sean, for sharing.

In no particular order:

Do what you need to do, PG. You will be missed: your taste in comics is excellent and it's been a lot of fun talking with you on here. I hope things start looking up, and you know where to find us.

Thanks for going first, nmiller! I haven't read this one, but it sounds really interesting. Actually reminds me a bit of Sandman, from the way you describe it, with the themes of change-or-die and "creatures of story".

One of the few Strange books I've read was the first Marvel Masterworks volume, collecting a bunch of the original run from the early 60s. It's one of my favorite Stan Lee-era Marvel books for two reasons:

That would have been too perfect. Though if there's any comic book role that Vincent Price should have played, I think it's actually Sinestro.

Yeah, in my head that is EXACTLY how Strange talks. That voice fits perfectly with Stan Lee dialogue, so it works out really well.

Catching up on a couple of trades this week:

Don't you dare tease us with Stilt Man and not deliver, AV Club!