Headlines, End of September 2024

Recent news stories in comics, media, and general life that caught my eye. from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/txGcrPu Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publicatio...

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Friends: The Complete Series in 4K

It’s been thirty years since Friends debuted, and Warner is celebrating by bringing out another version of the Friends: Complete Series box set, this time in 4K Ultra HD. (I was sent a copy for review by the studio.) Note that in my set, every one of these cases had some loose discs, so if you buy...

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Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large

Elephants: Living Large is another excellent entry in the Science Comics series. That’s not surprising, as writer Jason Viola has previously written Science Comics: Polar Bears: Survival on the Ice, while artist Falynn Koch has written and illustrated, among many other titles, Science Comics: Bats:...

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Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies

I’m not at all surprised Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff is a European import (translated by Jenna Allen). It pretty much has to be, given the subject matter: a woman as famous for whom she slept with as what she wrote, and when she wrote, her work involved sex and desire. (Plus, a lot...

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Michael Eury Retirement Sale

Michael Eury is retiring. To celebrate his long run with TwoMorrows publications, the publisher is holding a retirement sale. All in-stock print copies of his magazines and books are half off until September 25, 2024. from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/YPGH7iq Sourced by "The typist writer"....

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Shake It Up: Cocktails Inspired by the Music of Taylor Swift

I should preface this by saying I do not consider myself a Swiftie (a Taylor Swift fan). I only know the songs that have become hits. But a dear friend of mine is a fan, and so I thought I’d check this out, and then make her a gift of it. Shake It Up: Cocktails Inspired by the Music of Taylor Swift...

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Pupposites Attract Volume 1

Pupposites Attract by Hono Natsuna bills itself as “a fluffy, feel-good romance”, which it is, and that’s just the kind of light-hearted read I wanted. The “fluffy” is relevant in more ways than one, as the meet-cute happens due to a couple of dogs, ones that demonstrate the perception that “opposites...

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Wesley Snipes’ World Records

When I was doing some fill-in writing for ICv2 last month, I wrote about the upcoming release of The Exiled, a collection of a miniseries put out by Massive featuring the input and likeness of Wesley Snipes. As part of the press release, the publisher mentioned that Snipes now held two Guinness World...

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Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way

I’m a big fan of physical media. Streaming services are convenient for pulling up on any screen — tablet, computer, TV… assuming the internet’s working sufficiently — but discs don’t require a never-ending monthly payment that tends to keep going up. Ted Lasso is one of my favorite sitcoms, for its...

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Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Volumes 10 and 11

It’s been a while since Adachi has actually been a wizard. He and his boyfriend Kurosawa have settled into a relationship, and as he’s no longer a virgin… Anyway, as you can gather from the cover, Cherry Magic! volume 10 is the wedding! There are a variety of viewpoints leading up to the big event....

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My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku Volume 4

My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku volume 4 concludes the series by Nico Nicholson, leaving me wanting more. Events are told to us rapidly, explaining how Megumi got from high school to the forty something single mother she is now, and how she looks back at her fandom and her choices. By this point,...

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