Month: April 2023

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You Can’t Go Home Again (Cheaply)

As you read this, I’m likely hurtling through the air. Actually, maybe not; time zones are hard. I think I might actually have landed in the UK by the time you’re reading this…? Well, I definitely will if you’re reading it an hour or so after it’s published. Go with me here — this is far from an exact science.

(I say that, but the passage of time and time zones are, strictly speaking, a pretty exact science. So it goes.)

My point being: I’m in the UK for the next week and a half for work — well, the first half of the trip is all for work, and it’s also the entire reason there’s a trip to the UK at all. I’m covering Star Wars Celebration, a four-day event in London that’ll be filled to the brim with all things Star Wars; I did the same show in Chicago four years ago for THR, and it feels especially weird to be back doing it again for Popverse in an entirely different country. The more things change, I guess…?

The second half of the trip is seeing family — and introducing Chloe to my family in person for the first time, as well as introducing Chloe to Scotland for the first time, too. It’s my first time back there in over a decade, and it’s far too fast for my liking; we basically leave two days after arriving, and so won’t get to see… well, anyone outside of my family, most likely. (Sorry, anyone reading this who hoped to see us.)

I’m excited to go to the UK again, and pre-emptively exhausted by the travel and the work and the constant movement while we’re there. It feels suitable to feel conflicted about going home again. Ask me how I feel about the whole thing when I’m back, though.

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Slow Life

March was an odd month, reading-wise. As I noted earlier, I didn’t really read any comics for the entire length of my Seattle trip at the start of the month, essentially removing a week from the month’s worth of reading time. Then, in the last week of the month, I found myself binging The Morning Show in bed on my iPad instead of reading, for reasons that aren’t entirely understandable even to myself. In other words, I could have read more. Instead, I read this:

  1. Teen Titans: Robin OGN
  2. Surfer 2 (Wagner/MacNeil Megazine strip, 6 eps)
  3. Justice Society of America (2022) #3
  4. Superman (2023) #2
  5. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #13
  6. The Flash #795
  7. Milestone 30th Anniversary Special #1
  8. The Spirit #50 (jam issue)
  9. Wonder Woman (2016) #s 787-790
  10. Batman (2016) #s 131-133
  11. Beneath the Dead Oak Tree
  12. Stray
  13. Food Baby
  14. Minötaar
  15. The Books of Clash preview
  16. Suicide Squad (1987) #s 63-66
  17. Earth-Prime #s 1-6
  18. Batman: Urban Legends #s 11-16
  19. The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #s 1-6
  20. Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1
  21. Avengers Assemble: Alpha #1
  22. Thanos: Death Notes #1
  23. Peter Parker and Miles Morales: Spider-Men – Double Trouble #1
  24. Justice Society of America (2007) #s 5-8
  25. The Flash (1987) #s 80-84
  26. Justice Society of America (2007) #s 9-13
  27. Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City #s 1-4
  28. Fantastic Four (2022) #2
  29. Dark Web: Dusk #1
  30. Justice Society of America (2007) #s 14-22
  31. Justice Society of America: Kingdom Come Special: Superman #1
  32. Justice Society of America: Kingdom Come Special: Magog #1
  33. Justice Society of America: Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom #1
  34. Justice Society of America Annual (2008) #1
  35. Daredevil (2022) #s 1-6
  36. Hellblazer #s 175-184
  37. Star Trek: Crew #s 1-2
  38. The Complete Dice-Man
  39. Judge Dredd: Blaze of Glory (Al Ewing collection)
  40. Department K: Interdimensional Investigators
  41. Spider-Man (2022) #3
  42. What If…? #200
  43. Immortal X-Men #9
  44. X-Men Red #9
  45. Action Comics #1053
  46. Transformers (1984) #s 1-13
  47. Transformers (1984) #s 14-25
  48. Nightwing #102
  49. Stargirl: The Lost Children #5
  50. Transformers (1984) #s 26-31
  51. Transformers (1984) #s 32-37
  52. Transformers: Head Masters #s 1-4
  53. Transformers (1984) #s 38-50
  54. Transformers (1984) #s 51-58
  55. Transformers (1984) #s 59-72
  56. The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #15
  57. Dark Web: X-Men #1
  58. The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #1
  59. Monica Rambeau: Photon #1
  60. Transformers (1984) #s 73-77
  61. Transformers (1984) #s 78-80
  62. Punchline: The Gotham Game #6
  63. Batman (2016) #134
  64. Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #2
  65. The Flash #796
  66. The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7
  67. Batman: One Bad Day – Ra’s Al Ghul #1
  68. Octopus Pie: The Other Side
  69. Octopus Pie Eternal
  70. Waller vs. Wildstorm #1
  71. JLA #65
  72. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 29-30
  73. Green Lantern (1990) #s 36-37
  74. X-Men Annual (2022) #1
  75. Gotham City: Year One #s 5-6
  76. Harley Quinn (2021) #28
  77. Superman (2023) #3
  78. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #14
  79. Nightwing (2016) #103
  80. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 31-32
  81. DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #s 7-8
  82. Alpha Flight (1982) #s 35-37
  83. Green Arrow (2023) #1
  84. Green Arrow (2001) #s 1-10
  85. Star Trek (2022) #s 1-4
  86. Dungeons & Dragons (2010) #1
  87. Gold Goblin #2
  88. Mary-Jane & Black Cat (2022) #1
  89. Alien (2022) #4
  90. Predator (2022) #5
  91. Star Trek (2022) #5
  92. Danger Street #5
  93. JLA #s 66-70
  94. X-Men (2021) #17