I got this book from the library because I’d liked writer Matthew Sturges’ work on Jack of Fables and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!. I’d seen a few issues of the new Blue Beetle reboot (now cancelled; sorry, Rogers) and hadn’t…
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Comic Book Report: Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 3: World’s Most Wanted, Book 2
This is one hell of a good book. Now, I’m not actually a big Iron Man fan, so perhaps I was more predisposed than some “true believers” to enjoy this story arc, which focuses on some strong female supporting characters…
Book Report: WWW:Wake
I have issues with Robert J. Sawyer. He’s a good writer, and he tells a good story, but sometimes his prose becomes a patchwork of pop-culture references bordering on fanfic-wink-wink: if you don’t get what he’s talking about from the…
Book Report: Drive
This made for an interesting companion book to Free, which I also read recently. Where Free looks at how businesses can make money off zero- or low-cost offerings, Drive investigates the other side of the coin: asking what motivates people…
Book Report: FREE
Anyone who spends any amount of time on the Internet already knows about many of the topics Wired editor Chris Anderson discusses in this book, and probably knows more about some of them. At less than 300 pages (including a…
Book Report: Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers
I’m not calling this a “comic book report” because, even though it is a collection of comic book scripts, it is not itself a comic book. Did I just blow your mind? Anyway. It’s very instructive to see how differently…
Comic Book Report: Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 2: World’s Most Wanted, Book 1
I’m reserving final judgment until I see the next volume, which I believe concludes this particular story arc, but so far, it’s not bad. SPOILER: Turning Pepper Potts into a superhero? Genius. More like this, please. The one annoyance is…
Book Report: The War of Art
I’ll be honest: if I hadn’t been listening to this as an audio book, and if it hadn’t been a day when I was working as an extra, I wouldn’t have finished this book. Not even close. There is some…
Comic Book Report: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore
This collection of Superman comics from the early 1970s epitomizes many of the things that were wrong with the Silver Age (and continues to be wrong with Smallville on TV–but that’s another post). I mean, come on. I’m used to…