Comic Strip Review: Johnny Comet by Frank Frazetta & Earl Baldwin Before Frank Frazetta hit it big with movie posters and book cover paintings of brawny barbarians and scantily-clad women, he worked in comic books and tried to break into the lucrative newspaper comics business. After a couple of abortive efforts, Mr. Frazetta was… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Johnny Comet
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Book Review: The Overcoming Life
Book Review: The Overcoming Life by D.L. Moody Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) was one of the great evangelists of the Nineteenth Century. Although of limited education himself, he strongly supported higher learning and founded the Chicago Bible Institute… Continue reading Book Review: The Overcoming Life
Book Review: Thanks for the Feedback
Book Review: Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Also, the version I read was an Advance Readers’ Copy and some changes may be made in the final version. We’ve all been there. You go… Continue reading Book Review: Thanks for the Feedback
Comic Book Review: Boxers & Saints
Comic Book Review: Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang Disclaimer: I received this boxed set as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Little Bao is a farm boy who loves the Chinese operas performed at the spring festivals every year. But one year a foreign devil, a missionary, appears… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Boxers & Saints
Book Review: White Fang
Book Review: White Fang by Jack London Like many a lad, I read this classic adventure story when I was quite young (despite it most assuredly not being a children’s book.) I have long planned to reread it when I had the opportunity, and was fortunate enough to get it for Christmas. For those who… Continue reading Book Review: White Fang
Book Review: Splatterlands
Book Review: Splatterlands edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. According to Wikipedia, “splatterpunk” was a movement in horror writing between roughly 1985 and 1995, distinguished by its graphic and often gory descriptions of violence and attempts to… Continue reading Book Review: Splatterlands
Book Review: Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments
Book Review: Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments by Barbara Postema Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. This is a scholarly work on the subject of “Comics” which here includes comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and sundry related items. The emphasis… Continue reading Book Review: Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments
Movie Review: Kill Devil
Movie Review: Kill Devil (2004) A teenager wakes up on a deserted beach, sometime in autumn. He doesn’t remember who he is or how he got there, but the blanket he was under indicates he wasn’t on that beach by accident. He’s wearing a strange metal wristband with the name “Shougo” on it, so that’s… Continue reading Movie Review: Kill Devil
Book Review: Christians at the Border
Book Review: Christians at the Border by M. Daniel Carroll R. Disclosure: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Daniel Carroll is a professor of Old Testament at Denver, whose mother was Guatemalan, and who has divided his time between the U.S. and Guatemala since he… Continue reading Book Review: Christians at the Border
Open Thread: 2013 Roundup
Haven’t finished reading the next book in my pile yet, so let’s have a generic year’s roundup post! People from around the globe have looked at this blog. The top ten countries for 2013 are: United States (way out in front, no surprise there), Canada, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Phillipines, Germany, Spain, Brazil and India.… Continue reading Open Thread: 2013 Roundup