Mutts Go Green
Mutts Go Green is a special kids' collection of the popular comic strip MUTTS, featuring themes of ecology, environmental friendliness, and animal education.
Category: books
Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook
Creativity comes from many places, isolation has given talented people a place of reflection. Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook is the product of coronavirus quarantine. Mignola's daily sketches are collected in one giant volume.
Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Doc Brown’s Owners’ Workshop Manual
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd might be the stars of Back to the Future but we all know who the true star is. The DeLorean Time Machine is the main star of the trilogy. It fascinated all those geeks in the 80s, some went on to purchase an actual DeLorean car. If not for the movie series, the DeLorean car would be just a footnote in automotive history failure.
Batman and Robin and Howard
Jeffrey Brown is at again. He is tackling DC's biggest franchise. Batman! Brown is known for the popular Jedi Academy books, the Darth Vader and Son series, and his self created Lucy and Andy Neanderthal and new Space-Time! books. The citizens of Gotham are not safe with Brown's unique subtle sense of humor.
Ditko Shrugged: The Uncompromising Life of the Artist Behind Spider-Man
Steve Ditko emulated his creations, he was a man of mystery and that suited him fine. He co-created both Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee. He had a beef with Stan Lee, he always believed he was also the originator of the famous Marvel Method way of storytelling. Stan Lee always said that he was the sole creator of the method.
Exploring Gotham City
Gotham unlike Metropolis and other superhero cities has a character of its own. It is not a mere backdrop but an essential component of each character in the Batman universe. Gotham is tied to the origin of each character, it is a raison d'etre for all the characters. Heroes are born to protect Gotham and villains born to extract the riches from Gotham.
Austin Kleon encouraged me to steal and I am better for it
Austin Kleon might be the only person a mother would like that would encourage you to steal. He has made a career of being that little devil on your left shoulder egging you to steal like an artist. Nothing wrong with stealing like an artist, all of us do it each day. The trick is not to make it too obvious.
B-Side Books: Essays on Forgotten Favorites as edited by John Plotz
Here is a healthy diet of books that you should have digested by now if you are an adult. B-Side Books: Essays on Forgotten Favorites as edited by John Plotz. The collection of essays consists of books that are less popular but as significant as other major works.
Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece
When it comes to consuming literature, I tend to go either e-book or paper. This time I went the audiobook route for Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece. Why? Because the story unfolds by the people involved in the story of Megadeth's mega album, Rust in Peace.
Lewis Trondheim’s The Fly
You don't have to be a fly on the wall to get the latest of Lewis Trondheim's The Fly. Rejoice, his comic strip, The Fly is coming to the US as collected by Papercutz. The series did enjoy an animated adaption called Fly Tales in 1999 by TVA Films in Canada with 65 episodes.
CATastrophe! : A Story of Patterns
A crew of hungry kittens and their captain head to the lake to catch some dinner, but the fish have surprises in store for them. Physics is at work too. What happens when confused kitties paddle every which way? Or when they all lean in the same direction? A pattern is needed to avoid a catastrophe!
The Penguin Cafe at the Edge of the World by Nurit Zarchi and Anat Warshavsky
In the icy reaches of the South Pole live three penguin brothers: Amos, Max, and Hans. They love cooking so much that one day they band together to start a cozy café. There, they will serve a delicious, cinnamony concoction of their own creation — Peng-Winter Stew!