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I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated by having not read something as I have been thisweek. I started working at the shop about two years ago now and my first order of business wasto catch up on all the indie titles I haven’t read yet. Soon after Mike had said that Gideon Fallswas pretty good and that I should pick it up when I had the time because it was only in its firstcouple issues. It has been almost exactly two years and I have finally read Gideon Falls, and I amfurious I did not read …

May the Fourth Be With You! Star Wars is something that everyone has a relationship with. Like literally millions of people, I grew up watching Star Wars with my dad and falling in love with the franchise. I’ve recently grown tired of the ‘Skywalker Saga’, and The Mandalorian was a great way to escape that corner of the story, but that show won’t be back for at least a few months. Audiences loved The Mandalorian because it was a grittier lens to view the cooler aspects of the Star W …

slapstick /ˈslapˌstik/ noun. comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events. Warren Ellis has always been one of my favorite writers. I’ve loved his work on The Authority, Ruins, and Transmetropolitan. I believe that Ellis and I think in a similar way not because of our creative process, but because of how many things he writes that I enjoy. I feel like when he writes we’re on the same frequency, and I’m on board for whatever he does. Or …

I have always been a fan of reading. Reading mysteries and thrillers are typically my go tos along with some sappy Nicholas Sparks... (Sorry not Sorry!). I hadn't really gotten into the comic books yet so I asked Mike to help me find a story. He quickly went to work and picked out the Wytches trade paper back by written by Scott Snyder and art by Jock published by Image Comics. Yes, he gave me a HORROR. Now, horror is not necessarily my first choice in a read. Confession: I could not e …