Dread

Oh dear...I covered this on DM a while back. The best part of it is Richard Corben's art on the vhs cover.

I'll see if I can grab that for a a lower price than cover. Ideally, much lower. Haha! I actually think I have most of that run still somewhere in my longboxes. Or maybe I sold it. I can't remember.

May as well start my May post: Hairball #1: this was fun. I didn't expect this angle. The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country: The Glass House #1: THIS is the follow-up to that first series. That makes more sense as it picks right up where that one left off. The Corinthian is back and there's a new victim of the monster. Right away, this feels like Vertigo and has absolutely pulled me in. Koshchei In Hell #4: beautiful ending. Where Monsters Lie #3: about fifteen minutes has passed in these first three issues. It's crazy. Breath of Shadows #3: ok, they better shit or get off the pot next issue. Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #3: this plot moves at a snail's pace. Captain America: Cold War Alpha: oh...that Cap series wasn't ending, just crossing over with the SamCap one. I gave that up, so we'll see how much sense half this crossover makes. Carnage #12: ok, this keeps creeping on. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dogs of War #1: ok, I'm down for more solid DS9 era comics. This was fun. Fantastic Four #6: did not enjoy the art here, and quite frankly, they've wasted a lot of time in these first six issues. I think I'll probably drop it. Guardians of the Galaxy #1: not the best first issue. It gets one more. Moon Knight #22: packed a lot of story into 20-odd pages. Great single issue story. Predator #2: still great Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #3: i just love the art. I don't really care about the story here. Children of the Black Sun #4: good issue Eight billion Genies #8: I was prepared to be let down, so this wasn't too bad. Monarch #3: talk about snail's pace. I'm out. Traveling to Mars #5: still great Nemesis Reloaded #4: this was the best issue of the bunch Maniac of New York: Don't Call it a Comeback #2: still excellent Red Zone #2: a hell of a lot of fun. Phantom Road #2: i thought issue one was intriguing, but this issue fucking ruled. Good shit. The Seasons Have Teeth #1: ok...the embodiment of seasons are kaiju. I'm down. Radiant Black #23: cool. The Ambassadors #2: this was a great issue. The Giant Kokju #1: a raunchy comedy kaiju comic. I might give it one more. I found it kind of meh. Star Trek: Defiant #2: man...I could read Worf and Spock arguing forever. example Spock says "is it not logical that if this Kahless is a perfect clone of the real Kahless, then perhaps the original Kahless is also not as noble as once thought." Worf replies: "Before we pull at the threads of my entire civilization, perhaps we should..." Brilliant stuff. So fun. Star Trek #6: without Worf, this series continues to rule. Man, good fucking Trek comics. Exorcists Never Die #1: I think I'll pass on this one. Batman/Superman World's Finest #14: this was excellent. Lots of fun moments here. Black Adam #10: ok, setting up the two issue finale. Good stuff. Superman #2, 3: oh damn, this series is actually pretty great. I'm enjoying the art, but it's more of a Marvel vibe. So is the comic, in a way. It feels like Iron Man at times now that Superman is the head of Supercorp. Intrigued. I basically love whatever Josh Williamson writes at DC. More please. Captain America: Unforgiven #1: great ending to this weird little series. Basically a Youngblood style team of vampires in the MCU. Hellcat #2: excellent. New Mutants: Lethal Legion #2: that does it! I'm in! Count Nefaria, art that looks like sloppy Erik Larsen, and heroes going undercover as villains. Right up my alley. The one thing from the Krakoa era I enjoy. Red Goblin #3: this was really good. Warlock Rebirth #1: hmmm...Rons Marz and Lim tell this Infinity Watch story. Honestly, not very good. I'll give it one more. Rogue Sun #12: great issue. The Cult of that Wilkin Boy #1: apparently Bingo Wilkin is an Archie character. This is his dumb horror oneshot. Pass. Black Tape #3: great issue. Harrower #3: well, fuck...there goes one of my WIPs. Haha! It's prose, but it's ridiculously similar to this. All Eight Eyes #1: I really enjoyed this. Dead Seas #5: great X-O Manowar Unconquered #2: this is meh...with Liam Sharp's art, it looks like it has the same art (and story) of those Radical Press comics from about 15 years ago. Green Arrow #1: ok, I'm intrigued. Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2: this is really good. Cool take. Clobberin' Time #2: this is still awesome. More Steve Skroce miniseries, Marvel! Daredevil #10: this series is so fucking good. Doctor Strange #2: was concerned about it being a Nightmare story, but it barely is at all. Still loving it. Hulk #14: this could have been an amazing series at 8 issues. Maybe even 10. But 14 was too much. Looking forward ot the next volume. This one was a bit of a dud. Invincible Iron Man #5: great. Thor #33: pretty good. Deep Cuts #1: interesting story set in New Orleans in 1917 about a black kid who plays jazz clarinet at a brothel. It's super intriguing with art that is reminiscent of Sin City at times. Indigo Children #2: I feel like it went pretty generic here. I might do one more. Local Man #3: this series is great Lovesick #7: the sick, fucked up ending. Fantastic series. Not for those with weak constitutions. Plush #6: incredible ending. The Ambassadors #3: Travis Charest drew this, and it's gorgeous. It's so rare to see his work these days, that I literally don't care at all about anything else other than how pretty this book was. w0rldtr33 #1: crazy-ass first issue. I'm down for more. Lovecraft Unknown Kadath #8: great ending. The Mighty Barbarians #1: I'm a little confused, but I guess this is no different than Avengers 1,000,000BC or whatever. An international group of barbarians (Celtic, Inuit, African, and also Robert E Howard's Kull). I'll check out more. Bulls of Beacon Hill #4: excellent. This series wastes ZERO time. Trojan #4: good ending. this series could have used a couple more issues, even. The Neighbors #2: supremely creepy. I am down for more. Blue Book #3: still a beautiful book. Black Cat Social Club: a graphic novel that was a little too goofy for my tastes. Star Trek #7: holy shit. This series is fucking wild. The bridge crew consists of EVERY main Trek crew from EVERY show except those that take place in the far past (SNW) or far future (Discovery), even Lower Decks. This series is so fucking fun and wild, that it's insane to think that ST: Defiant is even wilder. This has to be the best era of Trek comics. To outline how insane Defiant is, they have a crew member from SNW, technically. Vanish #1-7: this takes an idea that my friend and I were going to pitch to a publisher before it tanked and adds superheroes. They do it pretty damned well. Which is to be expected from Donny Cates. Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #7: a pretty great miniseries. I only picked it up because Silvestri is amazing and I'd never seen his Batman before. All said and done, I thought his Joker was a little spindly, but I didn't expect the story to make me tear up a little. Peacemaker Tries Hard #1: this is fucking funny. The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #8: this series is crazy. Avengers War Across Time #5: this ended with a bit of a dry fart. Carnage Reigns Alpha: kicking off the new symbiote event. Of which last year had a whole summer of them. Cult of Carnage: Misery #1: Marvel's quest to make EVERY supporting Spider-Man character into a symbiote hits its apex next month as I debut my brand new series: Cult of Carnage: Mayday #1. Parker won't want any of THESE wheatcakes! Groot #1: pass. Joe Fixit #5: I really enjoyed this miniseries overall. I thought it was fun as fuck. This issue too. But also in this issue, Whiplash uses his lash to pick up Joe Fixit (reminder: he's the fucking grey hulk) and lifts him off the ground upside down with it. I don't see how that's possible. Maybe Constrictor could do it, but Whiplash? C'mon! Moon Knight #23: team-up with kid Venom. Some obscure villains. Fun. Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis #1: nahhh Blood Tree #4 still excellent. I Hate This Place #8: ok, well this is fucking nuts. Radiant Black #24: ok, gets crazier and crazier. I dig it. Hairball #2: this is wildly good. Survival #1: ok, militia preppers vs Russian vampires? Is that what this is? I'm down. Where Monsters Lie #4: holy shit. Crazy. Is this the end of the first volume? Breath of Shadows #4: hmmm...I don't think I'll finish this. It just never really nails it. Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dogs of War #2: awesome. Lamentation #1: interesting very classic horror idea. I'll see where it goes. Monomyth #1: pass. SHAZAM! #1: Dawn of DC begins. This is the Waid run. It starts off pretty good. Green Lantern #1: great first issue. I enjoyed both this and the backup. Looking forward to more. A Very British Affair: a good sized TPB collection of British Romance comics from the 50s-70s. The stories aren't fantastic mostly because they are almost all 3 pages long. The art, however, fuck me. It's really good. And other than Estaban Maroto and Jose Gonzalez, they are unknown names and mostly women. Amazing stylistic mod-styled art. Some of the characters look like fashion model drawings. Fantastic. Issues: 750 Trades: 13 Omnibus: 2 Graphic Novel: 11

Since I've been enjoying so much modern GR, I've recently thought about rereading this too. All that stuff with Blackout and Deathwish and then Madcap and Suicide and Texiera art...man, and that's all before the Midnight Sons stuff.

Has anyone watched this? I'm almost finished, but I have read the novel and I'm extremely confused by the physics of the entity.

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre: review forthcoming Dream Scenario: an absolutely beautiful movie that at one time has a lot to say and then maybe nothing to say? I'm still sitting with this one, clearing the path to my thoughts on the film. Which should say that it's not a typical movie night watch. Cage is brilliant. So is Julianne Nicholson (who I'm also watching in The Outsider right now). Stir of Echoes: was preparing a Top 5 for this week's podcast when I randomly thought of this one. Discovered it on Plex, so I watched it last night. It holds together really well. it's gnarly, but not as gnarly as I remember it. Maybe I've seen more intense stuff since (I have) or maybe this print was cut down a bit. Also very possible. Kevin Bacon is awesome in this and so is the kid who plays his son. Great little mystery with some fucked up stuff in it. A hard ghost story. Features: 44 Shorts: Documentaries: 4 Rewatches: 1

I've been a defender of Discovery the whole run. I thought the first two seasons were some of the best Trek ever. Then, things changed with seasons 3 and 4 (which I didn't appreciate as much), but I still thought it was doing something new and different. This season, man...introduce a whole staff of replacement crew that have more lines of dialogue than the show regulars who have been there since episode 1? Fucking weird. And it's not even characterization. It's the typical "what if we send a subspace probe and..." BS that is in every Trek episode. This time, it's dialogue delivered by new actors and zero focus on the main crew other than Michael. I still love Michael, but I fucking hate Book, and he is ALL OVER this season. Five episodes in and it's the worst season of new Trek I've seen.

I'm pretty sure the "woke agenda" people saw two women (one of them is an Asian!) and a black guy being cast and that's all they needed. Probably because of the dumb.

Narrator: but there wasn't more, and that made him sad... One more episode to go in this season's Invincible which has ruled as well. I'm slowly devouring Legion as I missed it the first time, missed it on Disney+ (I cancelled that shit) and it popped up on Crave. Dan Stevens is truly amazing. I'm assuming the Sensational Sherri episode of Dark Side of the Ring is the final episode of the season because it's the only one I cried at. That's a pretty good indicator. They did a good job, but I think maybe it's time to retire the premise. This season hasn't been so much as grim as it has been kind of repetitive. Almost every episode is about a wrestler that gets in their own way. That all said, Sherri Martel lived a very fucked up life, and it was fascinating. Heartbreaking to see Jake the Snake talking about her. Also puzzling to see pictures of Jake Roberts at 18 looking like a 36 year old. I would like to see this filmmaking team switch back to Tales from the Territories. It's a little fresher.

Once the narration kicks in at the beginning o the first episode of CONAN O'BRIEN MUST GO, I knew it was a show for me. I've watched the first four episodes so far and I hope there's more

Glad I'm not alone!

Ok...I was on to something here. I finally started to watch Mindhunter. It has its moments. The guy who plays Kemper is about as charming/chilling as an actor can be onscreen. It feels a bit info-dumpy, but that makes sense considering it's based on a book about the methodolgy of hunting serial killers. Watched episode one of Fallout. Not sure I'll watch another yet.

Will do!

So crazy. I had been planning on visiting that statue THIS COMING WEEKEND. I no longer am, but this was shocking to see. My buddy has a book launch in Bloomington and that's where the eclipse is in totality. I wanted to see this statue, the Ray Bradbury museum and a bunch of other nerdy shit too. I'm bummed.

I'm excited to see it, but I'm waiting for a guy I know to produce some quality boots. Disney+ raised prices and this is literally the only thing I had any interest in watching there this year. Dark Side of the Ring is going swimmingly with these tiny bios. The Harley Race one that just came out was great.