Watchlist is an irregularly scheduled series of posts featuring short reviews and observations on streaming TV series I’m watching. I’ve watched a lot since the last appearance of “Watchlist” here on innocent-bystander.com, but lately my streaming choices seem to be confined to the British side of shows. Here’s what I’ve watched—and pretty much liked—in the... Continue Reading →
Back in my first DC Finest post (click here to read it), I mentioned I was planning on concentrating on the Superman books the new reprint series would be publishing. Well, I caved. In November at a 50%-off sale at a nearby store, I bought the first DC Finest Batman volume, which features the Year... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! returns from its long winter nap with an in-depth look at the third season of videos coming in 2025 on YouTube. Gary Sassaman, former director of programming and publications for Comic-Con International San Diego, previews ten new episodes set to premiere in the coming year, including a special focus on... Continue Reading →
It’s my last book report of 2024, as we turn the page (see what I did there?) on the year and I went through a whole mess of books to clean off my coffee table (is it really a coffee table if you don’t drink coffee?) and make my 75 books read goal on GoodReads.... Continue Reading →
2024 was a shitty year. The End. Thanks for stopping by. Seriously, 2024 was not one of my favorite years in recent memory. It started off badly in January when I lost my car to flooding due to one of those “storms of the century” that seem to happen every couple of years these days.... Continue Reading →
Here's my 2024 card. I'm afraid the days of printed cards are over for me, so please enjoy this electronic/internet/online/social media edition. Instagram: @gg92118 • @TalesFromMySpinnerRack YouTube@TalesFromMySpinnerRack
Snapshot is an irregularly-scheduled series featuring reminiscences of places and experiences in my life. To read all my Snapshot posts, please click here. This is actually a slight reworking (with some added images) of Snapshot 06, originally called “All About the Toys.” I wanted to do a Christmas post, but I think this one sums... Continue Reading →
Friends, we have reached the promised land. With my latest Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on YouTube (click here to view it), we've reached over 1,000 subscribers . Thanks to everyone who helped me get to this (admittedly minor) milestone, but it was something I never even considered when I started my channel a... Continue Reading →
OOPS! I realized in posting my October books, which featured Atlas Comics Library No. 3, I had never written a review for Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus, which I read months ago. Can you ever forgive me? Here is the review for that missing book! Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus Vol. 2 by... Continue Reading →
You can go All In, you can even go Absolute, but the one thing from DC Comics that excites me most these days is their new line of DC Finest trade paperbacks. I have in my hot little hands the very first volume, appropriately devoted to Superman, and aptly subtitled “The First Superhero.” I’m thrilled... Continue Reading →
Fall is here, but I’m still sitting out on my balcony in sunny San Diego reading books. Lots of graphic novels and collections this month, including an admission that I’m kinda “Thor” from reading so many Thor collections, but, oh that Jack Kirby art … not even Vince Colletta can ruin it, although he tries... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 14 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video takes us back 61 years to 1963 and Marvel’s very first war comic: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Fury and his team in the second year of the “Marvel Age of... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the clickbait headline … it’s nothing life-threatening or urgent. Just a personal favor, please. For the past year, I’ve been creating videos on my YouTube channel @ TalesFromMySpinnerRack. They’re based on my nostalgia for the old comic books I grew up loving in the 1960s and ‘70s. To-date, I’ve done 13 videos (#14... Continue Reading →
Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 13 is now available for your viewing pleasure! This all-new video takes us back almost 60 years to three brand new #1 comic books that appeared on my small town newsstand in the summers of 1965 and 1966. In 1965, THUNDER Agents #1 blew me away with its stellar... Continue Reading →
Fall is always new book season for me. I’m looking forward to the new Michael Connelly Ballard & Bosch novel, The Waiting (due October 15th), among others, and numerous graphic novels and collections, including the launch of DC’s new line of reprints, DC Finest. While I’m a bit sad I’m not taking a longer book-hunting... Continue Reading →
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