Happy Birthday: Gertrude Stein, authorBorn Feb. 3, 1874 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKOo28Cvqi4 50 States, 100 Weeks: Lunchbox Museum, Columbus, GA Photo credit: pinterest.com Music: Lost in Germany by King’s X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoyuCg-Exjs Poetry: Southern Gothic by Rickey LaurentiisAbout the dead having available to themall breeds of knowledge,some pure, others wicked, especially what isRead more Holiday: Black History Month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb04xj7LS34 …
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Care Package for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
Happy Birthday: Langston Hughes, poetBorn Feb. 1, 1902 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNCsMCl8Ug 50 States, 100 Weeks: Georgia Guidestones, Elberton, GA Photo credit: slate.com Music: Weightless Again by The Handsome Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdjbk_G6pw Poetry: Billie Holiday by E. Ethelbert Miller sometimes the deafhear better than the blindRead more Holiday: Black History Month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDA5NLnGYY Comic Book Artist Spotlight: Denys CowanHardware #1, DC/Milestone …
THANKSREADING 2019: Time Out
Here’s the deal. I thought I had this all figured out. A nice, tidy list of authors I’m grateful for. One piece a day for a week, and it’s done. But my brain won’t stop, and the list keeps getting bigger. So today I’m sharing a list of four authors (besides the other six I’m …
THANKSREADING 2019: Bustin’ Up the Boys Club
It’s day four of Thanksreading. The halfway point. How have I gotten this far without talking about comic books? I’m off my game. Let’s get to it. The comic book industry has been a male-dominated field from the very beginning. So much so that by the time I started collecting them in the early 1990s, …
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Long Box of Memories: Swamp Thing Annual #1
Swamp Thing Annual #1Script: Bruce JonesScreenplay: Wes CravenArt: Mark Texiera & Tony DeZunigaLetterer: Gaspar SaladinoColorist: Tatjana WoodEditor: Len Wein The plan was to crank out a new installment of Long Box of Memories at least once a week, but it’s been a month since the first one. Sickness, work, blah blah blah. Whatever. It’s in …
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