I am seldom moved to blog about the deaths of celebrities, musicians, or authors. I usually find such blog posts by others, about people they have never met, to be silly or pretentious. I hope I can avoid that in this instance, because when I learned this afternoon about the death of author Tony Hillerman, [...]
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Tony Hillerman
October 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Absolute Reward
June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of my all-time favorite Superman stories is Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. I’ve had a trade paperback collection of the story for years, but I’ve always wanted a copy of Absolute Kingdom Come, the deluxe hardbound edition. I could never justify buying it for myself. I also never mentioned it to [...]
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The characters I read for
April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I mentioned the other day that, as a child, I didn’t like the Hardy Boys. Frank and Joe Hardy reminded me of the popular kids who did their best to make my life miserable. The Three Investigators, on the other hand, were an overweight former child actor, an athlete with a cowardly streak, and a [...]
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