Sam Wilson ain’t Capt’n ‘murica, folks, and neither is Steve Rogers. I grew up collecting comics. I’ll probably stop collecting comics when I die, maybe sooner. Or later. I haven’t decided yet. As I approach my half-century mark in years alive I figure I have some time to think about my hobbies. Mainstream publishers, Marvel…
The Glass Rainbow, by James Lee Burke. Pocket Star Books. Simon & Schuster. ©2009. Paperback, $10. Another great book by Burke, an amazing, captivating page-turner I hated to put down. His books wear me out; I stay up too late reading his prose. The image (left) is of a barracoon. This particular barracoon can be found…
The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore. Alfred A. Knopf Publisher. 2014. Hardcover. $24. I’m not sure many people realize Wonder Woman is nearly as old as Batman and Superman. My impression is she has gotten lost in time, lost in small screen and silver screen cinema, and most importantly, has essentially been…
Growing up, I was not a young man who participated in drunken, hedonistic high school parties. Very little experience with beer or any liquor, for that matter. My nights were spent reading, writing, and drawing. Some nights, I spent building models, tanks, aircraft carriers, or aircraft. Weekends, I might play Atari 2600 or my Atari 800.…
King and Maxwell, by David Baldacci. Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Book Group. 2013. p523. $10 I’m probably guilty of generalizing too often, though in this case my generalization may actually be safe. I may be one of a mere handful of people who had never read a David Baldacci book. He even visited one of…
Comic books and the related publishing industry have been a serious form of cultural expression since before the days of Clark Kent and Superman. Superman, created by Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster in 1933, was sold to the publisher who would later evolve into DC Comics. Superman became an iconic part of America culture in…
The Information, by James Gleick. Pantheon Books. Hardback. 2011. The Information is one of those books which demands a pre-review in advance of the full review. I’m not sure I completely like the book. I cannot put my finger on why I’m bothered by the book. Could be because I didn’t write it. The Information…
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks. Simon Garfield. Gotham Books. Paperback. $17. Mr. Garfield’s book might also have the subtitle of, “Why you should care about the geography of Liberty City.” For those of you who are not familiar with Liberty City, allow me to fill you in. While…
Drood. Dan Simmons. 2009. Hatchette Book Group. Hardback. $9 I’ve been wanting to read a Dan Simmons tome – and I do mean tome – for years. Originally, I had anticipated reading his Hyperion Cantos series first. This collection of four novels has become a science fiction classic around which science fiction enthusiasts have developed…
I have no recollection of the first time I fired any weapon. I’m sure I was young, in the single digits. Other than flipping bird to any person who looked at me, the most trouble I got into when I was very young involved my BB gun. The backyard of my childhood home was ringed…
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