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Excited that you are in the home stretch of the expanse. Those last three books are just so good. Also still super impressed by how nice those home made books are.

15:03 this appears to be a reprint as they modified the last panel of Sunderland’s feet to make it look like he was kicking and struggling as he was being suffocated by having Swamp Thing pressing his face into his vegetable mass. The original issue just had his feet dangling. I also find it rather apt that the artist had Sunderland constantly smoking so we see his breath would exhale out of his nostrils and mouth , The profile of Sunderland at 3:44 with his eyes narrowed and smoke coming out of his orifices is a stark contrast and bit of foreshadowing later on when we get a close up of him with his nose and mouth covered shut and his eyes bulging out as he struggled to breathe.

I am playing catch-up on my BT viewing so only just got around to watching this... Dude, this is awesome! Stellar work, my friend. Loved seeing the whole process of how you went about making it. Those end papers look fantastic, as does the dust jacket. The best thing about this video though is seeing your own excitement for what you've made! I love that feeling, it's why I make art. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to with future projects! 😀👍

Great Haul! I still need to pick up Darcy Coates. I want to read everything by Robert McCammon but Wolf's Hour definitely sounds very intriguing, sort of a horror/ action/WW2 hybrid. There is a movie Persepolis, have you seen it? I was very disappointed with Dolly by Susan Hill but have heard that The Woman In Black is excellent. I enjoyed the movie The Talented Mr Ripley. I look forward to presenting my Ed McBain collection one day.

Got this book because of the glowing reviews but feel baffled. I just don’t find it compelling or interesting. I’m 1/3 of the way through and have had to force myself to read every page. I find it really average and boring, so I started searching for different reviews to see if there is something I am missing. Thank you for helping me to articulate why this novel doesn’t work for me. I think I am going to stop reading it now, without fear that I am missing out.

I agree with your views here! Sometimes the movie is better than the book. And I’ll die on that hill 😂😂😂!

I am already a big Kirby fan, so I’m a little bit favorable to anything he has done. But I enjoyed his interpretation of the 2001 movie and gave me a bigger appreciation of the movie. But I recommend the ten issues of the comic book series from the mid 70s it shows Kirby’s imagination in the science fiction genre

Thanks for posting, Nick! Need to hunt this one down! Huge fan of Kyle Baker, Charles Burns, Brian Bolland, and the rest. I agree, accents in dialog boxes are distracting, that and when a writer tries to write slang for teenage characters.

No book can be bad as this. Glad someone agrees with me

I didn't like the book much, either!

Agreed!! Although I did enjoy the book. The movie was better.

Strange that he used more black when he had to ink it and used less black when he could use a digital fill. Could Amazon print on demand have a different charge if you use more ink?

Absolutely adore the movie, never read the book. 😀Based on your review, I'll give the book a skip. The movie is just so gorgeous, nothing can compare.

I feel the same way. I’ve read it twice and on the second read, I came out kinda hating it! The movie is such a delight it’s hard to top it for sure.

Oh man totally forgot about the stuff that happens with Lan and Matt in this book. I had this ranked at 6th out of 15

Thanks for the great review, Nick. Having just finished A Crown of Swords myself, I agree with your comments. I really didn't enjoy Mat's experience with Tylin, and especially the other women's reactions. Poor Mat. The lack of forward momentum bothered me a bit. I did find that a lot of side stories seemed unnecessary. I find it strange that so little happens throughout the book but then the climactic battles are often very quick and seem almost accidental, sudden, with little buildup -- except Dumai's Well. Though I've not yet made it to the slog, I can feel that this book is kind of sloggy. It's slog-adjacent. Anyway, enjoying your WoT reviews. Disappointed in myself that you've already caught up to me in your reread. I really got to speed it up (though the slog won't help). Now more than ever, it's time to get back to reading!

Mister Miracle started off good and got really bad later on.

Great video! I love your breakdown of this story. I always thought that Speedy's death was supposed to be ambiguous. Like, maybe it's suicide, maybe the other gang finally caught him, maybe it's Blanca's relatives/friends, maybe it was some unknown person he pissed off in the past...

Thanks for posting. The Death of Speedy is one of the best stories in the series. Agreed, focusing more on characters instead of the sci-fi elements made the series more engrossing. Always enjoyed the artwork, reminded me of an adult version of Archie comics.

Really love his art. Can tell he has a lot of fun doing SC. Having said and appreciating that, imo it's an example of how 99% of artists should collab w/writers- otherwise they're mainly amusing themselves, the only exception of soloists being rare cases like Frank Miller. Eh, I just wish he would collab with Miller again more like... Great stuff but yeah

Great taste in underrated comics, and coverage of somehow Fletch and WoT... subbed!

It was an amazing book it’s definitely worth going back for another read.

I grew up reading R.L. Stine except I didn't realize it until I was an adult. I used to get his Jovial Bob Stine humour books through Scholastic and it wasn't until I grew up that I realized he was also the Goosebumps guy.

It looks great! What a great idea. You will start off a trend of doing this, for sure.

This series was on my pull list. I enjoyed the swerve. I like being surprised by the comics I read. Too many are boring and predictable.

Wow, RL Stine, what a blast from the past! My sister and I loved his Fear Street series and used to read those books one after another when we were in our teens. I can remember my younger brothers really loving Goodebumps as well. Wasn’t there a TV show called goosebumps based on the books too? I never knew he wrote these horror comics, how awesome. The illustrations, colors and layout look amazing. Cool to see the artistic differences between the different illustrators. Really enjoyed this review! :-)

I was also obsessed with "From Below"!!! 🌊

I've only read My Heart is a Chainsaw, but your review aligns pretty closely with my thoughts about that first book. On paper, I should have easily loved reading it, and I admired Jones's ambition, but many of the shocking reveals felt unearned and I was never convinced of Jade as a character. I didn't dislike her, but she never felt genuine to me. And since the entire book is told from her perspective I had a hard time being swept away by the story.

They're not for Soy-Boys.

Excellent job with the video. I just started collecting Constantine comics and am hoping g to get my hands on a swamp thing #37 someday.

Great review. Read the whole series, loved it, but HATED the father. Just wanted him to get it in the end.

Great review. Read the whole series, loved it, but HATED the father. Just wanted him to get it in the end.

I think what I liked the least was the conclusion to Dee’s plot. That just did not satisfy me, especially because she was at least somewhat right about what happened to Lulu.

10:24 You fail to recognize Blondie??? She and Dagwood are in picture three as victims of the Joker toxin, right there. Comic strip started in 1930, she and Dagwood married in 1933 and is STILL running.

Congrats on 1k!! 🎉

I had to re-read the last half of the book, like 3 times and I still don’t get it… it’s like a rushed fever dream…there’s no real point, I liked the inner monologues but the chaos and is it supernatural? Is it another human killer? I got lost and checked out, couldn’t connect to THIS book! I loved the first two

garbage

I wasn’t aware of this comic (and I love this creative duo). Thanks for talking about it! Also great binding and that picture window is perfect!

Last year i played the re mastered Crash and Spyro games and they were amazing. I actually event spent the time to 100% all three of the spyro games. One of my favorite games from when I was a kid. Looking forward to our chat we will make it happen at some point lol. Now that you've hit 1k that appearance fee is nothing

And that's why i love it!

Awesome! Great to hear all the responses. You really were a natural on our live chat. 😀It was great to learn more about your passions and interests. You have great taste in music. I need to read House Of Leaves, just concerned about the time investment.

Well done. Nice to get to know you better.

Wonderful video! 🙂

Still a good month even with the slump! I am still super jealous of the book binding. I think its super cool. Book 7 of the expanse is when the series moved in the another gear for me.

Excellent

I read this book when I was in high school. I loved it. Don't know how I would feel about it now. Back in that day McCammon was one of my favorite authors.

Sounds interesting. I can listen to it with my Everand subscription so I added it to my list.