Ah, Fall … how do we love you? Let me count the ways! Pumpkin spice? NO. Sweater weather? YES with an * … *I live in San Diego, so winter is more sweater weather time, if winter ever actually arrives. Lots of new books? YES, YES, and YES, gloriously YES! Here’s what I read in... Continue Reading →
We’re back with our third big Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on our official YouTube channel (not counting our teaser video)! This time, we’re presenting a re-creation of my Comic-Con 2023 panel presentation, featuring a look at two of DC Comics’ most popular titles from the 1950s and 1960s, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen and... Continue Reading →
We’re back—or we will be—next week with a brand new Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on YouTube featuring the re-creation of my sold-out (no fee was charged), standing-room-only (there were plenty of seats) Comic-Con 2023 panel presentation, featuring the wild and wonky comic book adventures of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen and Superman’s Girl Friend... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the sophomoric title, but it's true ... I really do wish I had that rack. It's from the San Francisco bookstore, Kayo Books, which specializes in old pop culture books and magazines, including comics, and art. It must have been something given out by a distributor, back in the day (as they say),... Continue Reading →
Watchlist is an irregularly scheduled series of posts featuring reviews and observations on streaming TV series I’m watching. Recently American Express sent me an email with an offer I couldn’t refuse: Pay $9.95 on a combo subscription to Disney+ and Hulu and receive a $9.95 statement credit each month for six months. Well, my mama... Continue Reading →
Happy October—SWEATERWEATHER!—to you all! This week I’m happy to present the world premiere of the re-creation of my WonderCon 2023 panel presentation—the first-ever “Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE!” show—on YouTube. As I mentioned, this is a re-creation, not an actual recording of the WonderCon panel, because I, in my infinite wisdom, forgot to hit... Continue Reading →
A busy month of reading, for me at least, while the days get shorter (did you know we lose 41 minutes of daylight in Southern California from September 1 through 30?) and the nights get longer, cooler, and quieter. Here's what I read last month: Malibu Burning by Lee GoldbergI started reading author Lee Goldberg’s... Continue Reading →
We’re segueing into fall with a new (but don’t hold me to it) schedule for Tales From My Spinner Rack! New posts—and the occasional YouTube Channel video—will be appearing about every two weeks, as we enter pumpkin spice/big book/sweater weather—SWEATERWEATHER!!!—season. Except for a bit of time in a month or so when I will be... Continue Reading →
BREAKING NEWS!!!After the launch of my new Official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel just last week, we already have ONE subscriber! I never expected such a stunning response. I’m already preparing my speech for the YouTube equivalent of the Oscars, which is probably called the Tubbies or some such, and undoubtedly hosted by... Continue Reading →
Snapshot is an irregularly-scheduled series featuring reminiscences of places and experiences in my life. To read all my Snapshot posts, please click here. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! Let’s take a little trip back in time to early September 1967, 56 years ago. School had just... Continue Reading →
When we last visited our intrepid Spinner Rack hero (that’s me), he promised his WonderCon 2023 panel recreation for Tales From My Spinner Rack! #030. If it pleases the court, I hereby submit into evidence this graphic to prove it: Yep. That’s what he said. Your honor, I rest my case. Well, life has intervened... Continue Reading →
After the insanity of Comic-Con last month, August was a relatively quiet month with just two “real” books and three graphic novels read by yours truly. I’m slowin’ down in my old age, folks, but I'm still on track to hit my GoodReads goal of 75 ... I hope! Bogie and Bacall: The Surprising True... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1968 is the last great year of the Marvel Annuals, in my humble opinion. It was the end of a six-year run of truly great comic books which topped off the summer,... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1966 marks the low point of the “Golden Age” of Marvel Annuals as far as I’m concerned. Gone were any special features that made the first Fantastic Four and Spider-Man Annuals so... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. By the time the summer of 1964 rolled around, the “Marvel Age of Comics” was in full swing. Captain America, the last of the Timely (Marvel’s company name in the 1940s and... Continue Reading →
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