DC has announced their publlshing plan for the rest of the year for their DC Finest books, and there are quite a few volumes I’m interested in … but we’ll get to that in a bit. First off, let’s take a look at the latest one I’ve read, Superman Family: The Giant Turtle Man, which... Continue Reading →
“WONDER TOT SAVE YOU! The Impossible Tale of the Wonder Woman Family” is episode 18 of Tales From My Spinner Rack! with a look back at that wonder of a woman, Wonder Woman, and her 1960s run of comics featuring her “Family:” Wonder Queen, Wonder Girl, and the Amazing Amazon toddler known as Wonder Tot!... Continue Reading →
Watch the Season 14 premiere of SDConCast, the official podcast of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, kicking off this season with its annual tradition featured special guest, moderator extraordinaire and writer, Mark Evanier (newsfromme.com). But there’s a twist! Also joining iwas returning guest Gary Sassaman (that's me!), former director of multiple departments at Comic-Con... Continue Reading →
Bit of a slow reading month for me … I think I’m in a bit of a slump, but May brings a new Susan Ryeland mystery by Anthony Horowitz (Marble Hall Murders), a new LASD detective character by Michael Connelly (Nightshade), and a new Holly Gibney tale by Stephen King (Never Flinch), not to mention... Continue Reading →
Watchlist is an irregularly scheduled series of posts featuring reviews and observations on streaming TV series I’m watching. I’ve watched a lot of shows since my last Watchlist post (click here to read it), and to be honest … some of them didn't quite do it for me. So strap in, this is going to... Continue Reading →
IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! In 1961, the company that would become known as Marvel Comics had a reduced outcome of just eight or so comics per month, due to an onerous distribution deal with their main competitor, National Periodical Publications, better known as DC Comics. Publisher Martin Goodman and editor Stan Lee published a steady diet... Continue Reading →
A bit of a light reading month, dominated by a big biography on Lorne Michaels, a graphic novel on Hitchcock, and the return of one of my favorite UK mystery writers and his signature chatacter, plus other stuff to do and deal with … like WonderCon! The Wild Swimmers by William Shaw • 5 Stars... Continue Reading →
Lots and lots of graphic novels and otherwise comics-related books in February, which has always seemed like the darkest, dreariest of each and every year to me, even here in sunny San Diego. But I also managed to fit in two mystery/thriller novels somehow. The Mail Man by Andrew Welsh-Huggins • 3.5 Stars on GoodreadsBoy,... Continue Reading →
Like a lot of other James Bond fans, I was shocked last week to wake up to the news that the Broccoli family was stepping back from their involvement with the James Bond film franchise and letting Amazon and MGM Studios take the wheel of the Aston Martin DB5. On one hand, I admire anyone... Continue Reading →
While I’m concentrating on the Superman and Batman books that are being published in the new DC Finest format, I wasn’t planning on buying this volume featuring Supergirl. I don’t have many fond memories of reading the feature as a kid; in fact, if I had to categorize the stories even back then when I... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! returns with Episode 16, a special Valentine’s Day video featuring a look back at Marvel’s Romance titles from the late 1960s, titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” At the end of the Silver Age, Marvel had a brand new distributor who didn’t care how many books it put... Continue Reading →
Today marks the fourth anniversary of my retirement. Cue the golden sunset (pictured above). Back in 2021, just after I retired from an almost 21-year career at San Diego Comic-Con, I wrote this post, which I’ve just re-read. The thing that stands out most for me (besides the fact I worked pretty much for 44... Continue Reading →
New year, new books! I made my 2024 Goodreads goal of 75 books (even surpassed it a bit with 78 books read), but being the shy, retiring type that I am, I decided to just up my 2025 goal by a reasonable 5 books, to 80. Let’s begin the year at the starting point for... Continue Reading →
Here's a sneak peek at the new Tales From My Spinner Rack! special Valentine’s Day episode featuring a look back at Marvel’s Romance titles from the late 1960s, titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” At the end of the Silver Age, Marvel had a brand new distributor who didn’t care how many books... Continue Reading →
This week is the “anniversary” of the loss of my car. San Diego was hit with a “storm of the century”—something that seems to happen every few years instead of every 100—on January 22, 2024. Two days later, I discovered my car had been flooded in the semi-underground garage which I parked in at my... Continue Reading →
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