Philip's Book & Movie Lists

I just can't seem to work up any enthusiasm for updating anymore. I think Good Reads is filling the need that this blog satisfied. I'm not saying that I'm completely abandoning the blog. After...

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Feeling pretty drained from my first week at my new job, so I'm postponing again. It may be a while before my mental muscles build up enough to post again.

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I've read plenty of books in the past couple of weeks, but it's too damn hot today to spend it in front of the computer listing them all. Maybe next weekend.

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It's been over two months since I listed movies, so it is well past time that I caught up on them. The Avengers Lots of fun. Never thought I'd see a superhero team movie, much less a successful ...

http://philipslists.blogspot.com/2012/07/movies-at-last.html

Jon Sable, Freelance Omnibus, vol. 2 by Mike Grell Adventure comics from the 80s. Great art, occasionally awkward characterization. Lost Dogs by Jeff Lemire. Lemire's first graphic novel...

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The Punisher by Greg Rucka, vol. 1 by Greg Rucka & Marco Checchetto. (Checked out of the library.) Roadways by Jeff Lang & Ted Slampyak. Print on demand collection of a fun comic series t...

http://philipslists.blogspot.com/2012/07/updating-again.html

I got laid off work at the end of June, and things have been a little stressful around here lately. I'm afraid I'm not feeling up to posting again quite yet. Maybe once I get more settled into th...

http://philipslists.blogspot.com/2012/07/sorry-for-delay.html

Here is a list of the superpowers that the Martian Manhunter exhibits in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter, vol. 1 , which contains over 70 stories (most of which are 6 pages long). Most of th...

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DC Comics Presents: Superman Adventures by Mark Millar & Aluir Amancio. As much as I feel Millar's work since Wanted is pandering to an audience for whom he feels contempt, I still really enjoy ...

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Sorry I didn't post on Sunday. I spent the day being frustrated with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, an 8 year old video game that I really enjoyed up until the end, when I realized that ...

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Keeping things short since I've got a lot of books to get through. The Boys, vol. 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker by Garth Ennis & Darrick Robertson. (Checked out of the library.) Flex ...

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A three-day weekend normally means a Monday update (which I guess this technically is), but we have a house guest right now, and I don't have the time for a full update. I will catch up when I ha...

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No post today.

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Not that I haven't finished any books this week, but I've been putting off movies for over a month. Green Lantern Not very good. I really do not understand the decision to open with narration o...

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Got two weeks' worth of books and even more movies to get through, so I'm keeping things short. Essential Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man, vol. 1 by Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema, et al. Ent...

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I just didn't get around to it today. And now it's time to watch Mad Men.

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It is gorgeous out there. Warm, too. I wish Teena weren't sick and I weren't fighting off whatever she has had for the past week. Anyway, here are some books. Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010...

http://philipslists.blogspot.com/2012/04/beautiful-day.html

Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 by Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez. Another fantastic volume. Jaime's "Love Bunglers" is particularly amazing. Spider-Man, Chapter One by John Byrne. Re-tellin...

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Princess Knight, pt. 2 by Osamu Tezuka. I really enjoyed this, although I admit that the gender politics are rather problematic. But they're not too bad considering that this was created in ...

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No jokes, just some books. Essential Captain America, vol. 6 by various. The first third of this book is by Jack Kirby and is great. The rest of it isn't at the same level, but is still pretty ...

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Teena recommended this to me when she read it, but I kept putting it off. Then I realized the movie was coming soon, so I started it. My reading was inte...

http://philipslists.blogspot.com/2012/03/not-many-books.html

Not completely recovered, but feeling better than I did last week. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton. Great collection of strips from the website of the same name . Lots of history, and occasion...

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I had my appendix removed Thursday night and do not feel like updating today,

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Red Skull: Incarnate by Greg Pak & Mirko Colak. Early years of the boy who would become Captain America's greatest foe. Done with quite a bit of research & largely historically accurate (as far...

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Movie talk at the end of the post. Books first. Catwoman: The Replacements by Will Pfeifer & David Lopez. I had heard good things about Pfeifer's run on Catwoman so I decided it was time to che...

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