Sinister Urge

Sinister   https://www.google.com/search?q=Penelopecat.meow@blogger.com         Andrew Kaplan  

So, as I’ve mentioned in earlier blogs, I’ve been having a lot of trouble staying cheerful and happy this year. It just feels like we’re in...

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged regularly, but I’m hoping to get back in the saddle again. I’ve been inspired by my wife, who regularl...

So here are my quick thoughts on the books i read the last couple of days: The Sandman and the War of Dreams by William Joyce I love...

Thanks to having Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, I managed to get a couple of graphic novels read. (No covers this time; I haven't...

Disneyland is one of my favorite places, and I've been visiting it for years. I know a lot about the park, but I haven't been obse...

  Thanks to the little Senegal parrot living in our house, I've become a big parrot fan. So this story, about Zeno, an African Grey ...

Batman, as a fictional character, has been around since 1939. As with any long-lived character in popular culture, he has changed and evol...

Looking at the comics cover-dated December 1981 , the month seems notable more for stuff I didn't buy at the time. I don't think I ...

The last few days, I've been reading The New Mutants Classic volume 1 , collecting the graphic novel and first seven issues of the X-M...

In addition to the second and third issues of Dragonslayer and Raiders of the Lost Ark , I see that November, 1981 saw the arrival of Jac...

If I bought Krypton Chronicles #1 last month, then I probably bought the second issue this month. Even if I didn't, there were at leas...

After a slow month last month, it looks like I picked up a few more books in September of 1981 . Did I buy and read Krypton Chronicles #1 ?...

Looking at the comics that came out dated August 198 1, I was clearly still just beginning to check out the comic book stores for stuff tha...

After a short delay, we return to the comics I remember purchasing in my youth, this time cover-dated July, 1981 : DC Special Series 25 , ...

The sad news of Joe Kubert's passing hit me pretty hard the other month. Not only was he a key figure in comic book history, he wa...

Okay, due to vacations, work stresses, and the wife's summer class schedule giving us more time to spend together, I haven't been b...

Here are the comics I know I definitely bought in June of 1981 : DC Comics Presents 34 featuring Superman and Captain Marvel. While my fi...

Blackhawk 251 was the first war comic I ever read, I believe. I probably picked it up after reading in Comics Scene magazine that Steve...

In May of 1981 , I turned twelve years old, and I bought Tales of the Green Lantern Corps 1 , by Mike Barr, Len Wein, and Joe Staton. I had ...