Good to know, I'll have to check those out.

"what Arthurian legend would be like if it were boring" almost knocked me out of my chair

I'd say Roger Lancelyn Greene - https://www.amazon.com/Arth…

If there's ever been a case for printing the legend over gritty realism, it's King Arthur. King Arthur should be magic and shining armor and impossible ideals that all come crashing down in a tragic, spectacular end. It's not supposed to be gritty, or especially realistic, and it's sure as shit not supposed to have…

Maybe exposure to the Bozo Show at an early age inoculated me?

Even worse, there's probably like one song and/or singer that represents Success-with-a-capital-S to him, and that he listens to obsessively because it's what he thinks rich and important people are supposed to like.

I'll admit to being the anomaly. I thought clowns were kind of funny when I was a kid, and even now I think they're weird and dumb but thoroughly non-threatening. My sister-in-law would literally run out of the room in terror if she saw those photos, which is completely incomprehensible (but hilarious) to me.

I get a distinctly Graceland vibe off parts of it, especially the kitchen and the leopard in the living room.

Note there is no mention of what happened to the previous family. The clowns aren't sad, they're just waiting for new "friends".

I couldn't explain why, but for me, the Ronald McDonald in the bedroom makes the whole thing exponentially worse.

All of them are tied for the absolute worst.

Please don't give them ideas like that.

An "aspiring children's book author" who freestyle raps and "chitchats while going to the bathroom"? What's not to like?

This is why I only celebrate Cinco de Cuatro.

Catwoman: Selina's Big Score - Read it ages ago, then found for cheap at a used bookstore near me last weekend. It's still a masterpiece. The story and art are still ridiculously good, though Darwyn Cooke's hard-boiled dialogue feels pretty forced sometimes, and can get a lot cheesier than I remembered.

Literally and otherwise.

WOO HOO! That means I can stop pretending to work and go home early, right?

l to r: Gorgon, Karnak, Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, and Maximus

Arya: Smarter than a 5th Grader
Ironborn Chef

And while we're at it, everyone loves the Inhumans, who have always been way cooler than the X-Men.