Harrow County Vol.4: Family Tree

Preacher #1-66 (Complete Run)

The Big Book Of Scandal

Reading another awesome FACTOID Book for the umpteenth Time!

The Big Book Of Hoaxes

Another one of my very favorite of all the "Big Books" from Factoid Press.

Force Awakens Sparks Renewed Interest in Childhood Treasure

Back in the early Star Wars Craze Years (1978 or so) me and my brothers had a handful of those Kenner Action Figures (Han Solo, Darth Vader, R2D2, Chewbacca and a Stormtrooper) but my friend from across the street had something even BETTER; besides having the figures of Han and Chewie, C3PO, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, he had the LAND SPEEDER, one of the very first Star Wars vehicles I'd even seen! Years later my brother would get himself the X-WING for Christmas, but at the time, this Landspeeder was the COOLEST thing on the block! 
  He'd bring it over to our house and we'd all get together and play Star Wars... One memory that sticks out is once when my friend was running through the bedroom with the landspeeder in his hand, he slipped on the shag rug and fell on his back, the landspeeder and its occupants flying through the air! 
   My sister happened to be in the room at the time, and for years afterwards, any time someone brought up Star Wars, she'd say, "Hey remember that time Jas was running through the room with his Star Wars toy and slipped on the rug?"LOL
 In any case, we were kids playing with the Star Wars toys and never thought to take care of them, and eventually most of them ended up where all childhood toys go: broken and tossed or given away to younger cousins. For years this was fine, but when we got to college age, my friend began lamenting the loss of his treasured Star Wars collectibles, and so it was no surprise that he eventually re-purchased ALL of the Action Figures we has as kids on ebay... and just this past week, he came over the my house to show me his LATEST re-acquisition: That good ol' reliable Land Speeder!
Aw man, gotta say, holding it in my hands, the memories all came back! The feel of it, and especially that weird reddish-brown colored molded plastic...the color of it really took me back!
 I managed to save a few action figures from our childhood, and have even bought a few of the figures form the newer series (Princess Amidala, Ewan McGregor Obi Wan and Qui-gon...and even the latest of Rey!) and man, seeing this Landspeeder agian makes me want to get ahold of the X-WING we had growing up! Ah, Nostalgia...!

Sandman: Endless Nights

Released long after Sandman had finished its original run, this Graphic Novel was a warm welcome, and seeing our favorite characters (in their own individual stories) again was such a joy to read!!!

They're Not Like Us #13

Yehaaaaawwww! They're not like us is BACK with their awesome THIRD arc where the players in our story start making moves and joining and severing alliances left and right! Nice to see the return of Dawn (Blurgirl) and Maisie, two characters I really love!
Aww, this is such a treat...you know, for awhile there i was worried that maybe the comic had gone on indefinite hiatus (as many of them do...it's the problem of creator owned strips...if the writer/artist loses interest, they sometimes drop it.) that I even ran to reddit to ask about it:

That was six months ago, and I was REALLY losing hope...and THEN to see NEW issues posted up in the "upcoming releases' section of Image Comics just blew my mind and I've been beside myself waiting for it!

Watchmen 1-12 (Complete Run)

The one, the only WATCHMEN, one of the greatest freaking Comic series OF ALL TIME, at least in MY opinion! I was part of the initial bunch who read these issues as they were coming out, and I have such wonderful memories of me and my friends having discussions of what everything meant, and trying to guess what was going to come next!

OMAC #1-4 (Complete Run)

One of John Byrne's lesser-known efforts these days, but still very interesting mini-series to dig up and re-read every now and again! I've heard that fans of the original series (as well as creator Jack kirby himself) have expressed displeasure with this reboot, but having not read any of the comic's original stories, I find this one a rather good read.