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The Most Fantastic Genre

By On October 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

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PopCultureShock posted this great little clip about the new Blue Beetle — Mexican-American Jaime Reyes — and Junot Diaz’ Oscar Wao, wherein Diaz notes:

“The most fantastic genre can’t keep up, or refuses to keep up, with how much our country has changed. And so people can dream about aliens, and they [...]

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What If…FOX hosted the debate?

By On October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics, Pop Culture

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It’s like a mash-up of so many of my favorite things!

PS: I’ll be back on a regular posting schedule, here and on Spindle, very soon.  Seriously.

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I’m Not Dead

By On April 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics, Pop Culture

…but I certainly feel like I’ve been buried alive lately!

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Speaking, tangentially, of being careful what you wish for*, I’d totally understand if Obama was really close to just saying “screw y’all” and handing the nomination to Clinton. Hunter S. Thompson’s sentiment – paraprashing someone else, I believe — “In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and [...]

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On Comics, Pokémon and Storm Hawks

By On January 16, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Marketing, Pop Culture

Other than the occasional review at Amazon – or even less frequently, at PopCultureShock – it’s been a while since I’ve written about comics. After 2.5 years of being ankle-deep in the industry, writing reviews, interviews, commentary and the occasional news piece, I really don’t miss it at all. While I’m still reading comics, my weekly [...]

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Sometimes, absence makes the heart go wander…

By On October 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Pop Culture

[x-posted from PopCultureShock]

What happens when the “maybe we just need a little space” trial separation makes you realize you’re actually happier apart and have no interest in getting back together?

Well, if you’re me and writing about and reviewing comics on a semi-regular basis is what you needed a break from, you stall one [...]

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