Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Boy vs. Shark

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You know what is still awesome? Libraries! I recently borrowed and read the e-comic version of  Boy vs. Shark  through Libby , because the p...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Abbott 1973

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Sometimes when I read a book, I am struck by how much some things change and how much other things stay about the same, especially regarding...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Light It, Shoot It

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  I love a good noir story, especially one that features excellent artwork like Light It, Shoot It . It follows the travails of Billy Bonney...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

Friday Book One: The First Day of Christmas

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The holidays can be a tough time of year for many people. This is especially true for Friday Fitzhugh, a young woman who comes home to her s...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

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My Friend Dahmer is one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, a dark exploration of high school friendships and the many issues that unde...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics

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Captain America . The X-Men . Hulk . Iron Man . The Avengers . The New Gods . Black Panther . These are only a few of the hundreds of c...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Come Again

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In my last post I noted the death of Tom Spurgeon , a huge figure in contemporary comics. Today I start a series of remembrances about my f...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Marble Season

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Marble Season is a coming of age story in the vein of works like Our Gang , Peanuts , or the Cosby Kids , where children's personali...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Monkey Food

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Monkey Food is a treasure trove of 1970s memories. Fads such as CB radio , reading self-help books like You're OK, I'm OK , feathere...