a variety of musings
With great power comes great responsibility — and celebration. In honor of the legendary webhead turning 60 this year, Marvel Comics released the ultimate Spider-Man anthology titled “Amazing Fantasy #100”, as a nod to Spider-Man’s first comic book appearance back in 1962’s “Amazing Fantasy #15.”
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Within a year of becoming Brooklyn’s Spider-Man, Miles Morales has queued a list of his five most frequently answered questions such as: is he old enough to be fighting crime? Does he have a fear of falling? Is he related to *that* other Spider-Man from Queens? But the most important curated question is the last one on his list: “What does a superhero do when they’re not saving the world?”
“Miles Morales: Shock Waves” written by Justin Reynolds (“Early Departures”) and illustrated by Pablo Leon aims to answer that question.
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With great vaccination comes great outside-ability. OK, that’s not how the phrase goes, but nevertheless, as more people get vaccinated it seems the likelihood of activities has increased. And what better way to celebrate than having some pre-planned activities for you and your kiddos whether it be for indoor or outdoor fun.
Continue reading “Take a ‘Leap of Faith’ with this ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ activity book this summer”
Spring is sprouting and the De Vil is just around the corner.
Just in time for the upcoming film “Cruella,” Disney Books is releasing two brand-new books geared towards parents and their own litter of kiddos (hopefully not 101 of them!)
“101 Dalmatians: Spot the Difference” is described by the publishing company as “Where’s Waldo meets Press Here inside this adorable One Hundred and One Dalmatians picture book that will have kids tilting, turning, and shaking the book to spot the Patch, the mischievous puppy who has stolen the first page of the book!”
Continue reading “Get ready to bark up the right tree just in time for Spring with the latest Dalmatian Disney Books”
Atsuko Yusen’s “Deko-Boko Sugar Days,” gives a refreshing (not quite revolutionary) take on typical Yaoi narratives.
The story starts out with the usual misunderstanding. In his youth, our main character Yuujirou Matsukaze, mistakenly misgenders a helpless “feminine” boy that is stuck in a nearby gutter on the way home. Feeling the strong need to protect this “girl” Matsukaze develops his first ever crush—at least until he finds out that the child’s name is Rui Hanamine, and therefore is a boy.
Continue reading “TOKYOPOP’s “Deko-Boko Sugar Days” Review: a sweet BL romance”
Marvel really turned up with heat this past summer when they announced that Thor—THE ODINSON—was going to take a new direction—an entirely new direction.
No, it wasn’t going to be death.
No, it wasn’t going to be him reconciling with his evil brother Loki who is to take over the world (finally!).
It was the biggest bombshell Marvel comics has ever made to date.
The Thor Odinson was now going to be a female.
Continue reading “Thor: Goddess of Thunder “If He Be Unworthy” Issue 1 review”
Before you draw out your fangs and try to bite me for suggesting a vampire book, hear me out. I love Edward Cullen as much as the next Twi-hard, but it’s time to move on. The Twilight saga books are over, and Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block is just the right book to move onto.
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