Michael, love your taste, thanks for sharing with us. I am kind of surprised, though, given your love for the supernatural, that you don't seem to give much thought to authors like Reggie Oliver or Mark Valentine over at Tartarus Press. Also, given your interest in Lovecraft, the late Mark Samuels is also worth reading.
I read Blackwater during most of October (it's a long and wonderful book) and now I'm reading ghost stories by E.F. Benson. Benson wrote some really good ones. I especially enjoyed "The Face."
As always, I enjoyed your video. In regards to your dive into Twilight Zone: I am old enough to have watched it in its original broadcast, and it is - without a doubt - my favorite TV show still. It is impossible to overstate how much it meant to the development of my imagination, as I am certain was true for many a young person. There are a few lesser episodes - no doubt - but overall the quality is superb, given the pressures Serling was working under. The show’s tone has never quite been imitated, and they’ve tried. That’s partly due to the zeitgeist it existed in, and to Serling’s liberal and literary heritage. Good luck with your (new) impossible project. There are merely a billion or so Batman stories, so you might have to go looking for Ponce De Leon’s water feature to finish the project.
I like Ron Frenz art, his Amazing Spider-Man run is great. Holy cow, the Impossible DC Challenge, of all the characters to land on .. that's a franchise in itself without the Bat family spin offs. You are a master of plate spinning, I admire your choices. My last week has been spent reading the super-heroic fun science fiction indie comic from another dimension .. ZOT! - The Complete Black & White Collection - 1987-91.
We never would have guessed that was the kitchen! It is nice to see that you can rough it. I hope the servants are keeping ...alive at the manor. I guess Roger behaved himself in Europe.
I think that's the same kind of stove and the... thing on top (that I can never remember the name of) that my parents still have. It freaks me out every time, LOL! The only thing out of place is the electric kettle. Change that to one of those old timey, silver, I guess they are called Moka Pots, and it would be my parents' house!
I concentrated on finishing Caitlin R. Kiernan - 'Houses Under the sea' so didn't get much comic reading. I got a start on 'The Complete Cyber Force' vol 1 (Image Comics). Was inspired by the attention Marc Silvestri has gotten lately for his work with X-Men so decided to revisit his initial Image book when he and others left Marvel. I also got back on Stephen King's Dark Tower journey by starting a reread of 'The Drawing of the Three'.
The EC ARCHIVES HAUNT OF FEAR, VAULT OF HORROR, and TALES FROM THE CRYPT are just absolutely fun and great reads. Does quite a few stores seem to be about infidelity? Yes, but the twists of the stores are a lot of fun towards the ends Great review. 🤘🏻
I'm reading Dragon Volant now (in a Dover collection) and yes, you do wonder why the daffy protagonist doesn't see what's going on -- or what exactly is going on? Wonderfully breezy writing style.
I'm making my way through Night Gallery. I always preferred it to The Twilight Zone and it's really holding up. I'm also watching The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries from 1977 and having a ball with it.
Typos used to be a bad problem with older Wordsworth editions. I think they're better with that sort of thing now, but the older ones could be rough. I suspect that even 34% of Varney is more Varney than most people have read.
I cut Rage some slack because it was written (I think) when King was still in high school himself. And I appreciate that you can sort of see Stephen King being born in that book. But, yeah, definitely not his best.
If I was to do a DC deep-dive (and by that, I mean the early years, not the whole thing) it would probably be Batman, so looking forward to those updates.
I just added that twilight zone set to my Christmas list! Wow that is cool. Did you watch The Outer Limits when you were little? I did, they scared me!
Definitely need to read le Fanu. I have the Oxford “Green tea and other stories” book.
Michael, love your taste, thanks for sharing with us. I am kind of surprised, though, given your love for the supernatural, that you don't seem to give much thought to authors like Reggie Oliver or Mark Valentine over at Tartarus Press. Also, given your interest in Lovecraft, the late Mark Samuels is also worth reading.
I read Blackwater during most of October (it's a long and wonderful book) and now I'm reading ghost stories by E.F. Benson. Benson wrote some really good ones. I especially enjoyed "The Face."
As always, I enjoyed your video. In regards to your dive into Twilight Zone: I am old enough to have watched it in its original broadcast, and it is - without a doubt - my favorite TV show still. It is impossible to overstate how much it meant to the development of my imagination, as I am certain was true for many a young person. There are a few lesser episodes - no doubt - but overall the quality is superb, given the pressures Serling was working under. The show’s tone has never quite been imitated, and they’ve tried. That’s partly due to the zeitgeist it existed in, and to Serling’s liberal and literary heritage.
Good luck with your (new) impossible project. There are merely a billion or so Batman stories, so you might have to go looking for Ponce De Leon’s water feature to finish the project.
I like Ron Frenz art, his Amazing Spider-Man run is great. Holy cow, the Impossible DC Challenge, of all the characters to land on .. that's a franchise in itself without the Bat family spin offs. You are a master of plate spinning, I admire your choices.
My last week has been spent reading the super-heroic fun science fiction indie comic from another dimension .. ZOT! - The Complete Black & White Collection - 1987-91.
We never would have guessed that was the kitchen! It is nice to see that you can rough it. I hope the servants are keeping ...alive at the manor. I guess Roger behaved himself in Europe.
I think that's the same kind of stove and the... thing on top (that I can never remember the name of) that my parents still have. It freaks me out every time, LOL! The only thing out of place is the electric kettle. Change that to one of those old timey, silver, I guess they are called Moka Pots, and it would be my parents' house!
Great comic book stuff. I love Night Gallery. There were a lot of Twilight Zone books too, adapted from the scripts.
I concentrated on finishing Caitlin R. Kiernan - 'Houses Under the sea' so didn't get much comic reading.
I got a start on 'The Complete Cyber Force' vol 1 (Image Comics). Was inspired by the attention Marc Silvestri has gotten lately for his work with X-Men so decided to revisit his initial Image book when he and others left Marvel.
I also got back on Stephen King's Dark Tower journey by starting a reread of 'The Drawing of the Three'.
Yeeaah, the return of Varney! 🧛♂️
The EC ARCHIVES HAUNT OF FEAR, VAULT OF HORROR, and TALES FROM THE CRYPT are just absolutely fun and great reads.
Does quite a few stores seem to be about infidelity? Yes, but the twists of the stores are a lot of fun towards the ends
Great review. 🤘🏻
I'm reading Dragon Volant now (in a Dover collection) and yes, you do wonder why the daffy protagonist doesn't see what's going on -- or what exactly is going on? Wonderfully breezy writing style.
I'm making my way through Night Gallery. I always preferred it to The Twilight Zone and it's really holding up. I'm also watching The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries from 1977 and having a ball with it.
Typos used to be a bad problem with older Wordsworth editions. I think they're better with that sort of thing now, but the older ones could be rough.
I suspect that even 34% of Varney is more Varney than most people have read.
Seriously? Reading ALL the Batmans?! You’ll need Roger’s longevity for that😂
I cut Rage some slack because it was written (I think) when King was still in high school himself. And I appreciate that you can sort of see Stephen King being born in that book. But, yeah, definitely not his best.
I love people consider Carmilla a lesbian story when it's clear to me it was basically just fetish porn on Fanu's part. Always got a giggle out of me
Call me Ishmael. Excellent video Michael. Roger seema to be elsewhere? I am listening carefully. Thank you for this Excellent Video
If I was to do a DC deep-dive (and by that, I mean the early years, not the whole thing) it would probably be Batman, so looking forward to those updates.
I just added that twilight zone set to my Christmas list! Wow that is cool.
Did you watch The Outer Limits when you were little? I did, they scared me!
Typos take me out of the story. I have to make note of them, as if some day I will correct them or notify the publisher. I really can't stand them.
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