Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Lockjaw: Avengers Assemble: Book Review

Started: August 21, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)
 



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Monday, September 01, 2025

Avengers Epic Collection Volume 23: Fear the Reaper: Book Review


Started: August 21, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.) 



As was talking while filming this video, I remembered that I had in fact read one previous volume featuring Kang the Conqueror.  In fact, after consulting my old reviews, it looks like I had read two:

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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Green Lantern: A Celebration of 75 Years: Book Review


Started: August 14, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)






On the question of whether Green Lantern's politics were right-wing or left-wing, Whisky Prajer (who grew up in the 70s) once wrote a blogpost saying Green Lantern: was rendered in the 70s by Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams: socially conscious to the point of camp. 
I chimed in in the comments: The 70s were before my time, but according to the Wikipedia article you linked to, wouldn't Green Arrow be the socially conscious one, and Green Lantern the conservative of the pair? I also recently read the DC Universe book "Inheritance", which also tended to support this interpretation.
And Whisky set me straight:  technically, you (and Wikipedia) are correct: Green Arrow served as Green Lantern's tender, way-left-of-centre conscience (something Frank Miller capitalized on in The Dark Knight Returns). As with any comic book writing, particularly in the 70s, it was made quite clear that for all their head-butting, Green Lantern duly appreciated Green Arrow's point of view.



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Friday, August 15, 2025

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan: Book Review


Started: July 31, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)






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Monday, August 04, 2025

The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 18: 1957-1959: Book Review

Started: July 25, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)



I got cut off right at the end because my camera automatically shuts down after 30 minutes.  But I had said most of what I wanted to say.



The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 17: 1956-1957: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7XNgtBO5FsfRltwOHRbSCW&si=W0SAQc4dV25ODEhB

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Saturday, August 02, 2025

My Summer Job

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Friday, August 01, 2025

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin: Book Review


Started: July 20, 2025

This is a reread.  I originally read it in high school.  But as this is my first time reviewing it on this blog, according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.



[Note: This is another video where I got cut off by the 30 minute time limit on my camera.  There's a lot more that I could have said about this book, but I ran out of time.]

Links to stuff mentioned:
* Wikipedia article for John Howard Griffin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Griffin
* Wikipedia article for Lynching of Mack Charles Parker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Mack_Charles_Parker

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

The New Teen Titans Volume Ten by Marv Wolfman: Book Review


Started: July 16, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)




My reviews of Silver Age Teen Titans books:


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Monday, July 28, 2025

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas (The 6th book in Three Musketeers series): Book Review


This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas (The 5th book in The Three Musketeers series): Book Review



This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas  (The 4th book in The Three Musketeers series): Book Review



This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Friday, July 25, 2025

The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas (3rd book in The Three Musketeers series): Book Review



This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (The 2nd book in The Three Musketeers series): Book Review



This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025




This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE: https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

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Monday, July 21, 2025

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Book Review


Started: July 13, 2025

(This is a reread.  As I mentioned in the video, I originally read it in high school, or rather had it read to me in high scholl.  But as this is my first time reviewing it on this blog, according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)






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Friday, July 18, 2025

Marduk Prophecy translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary and Discussion




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* Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4Cvg1Yw4LQyKEXIwDwo1m0&si=X6OZ7Ectw-fzHbCn

* Akkadian Literature: The Mature Period 1500-1000 BC Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x545tikwEDqcgD_qmFqtLUF&si=XlI2gaYNnh1HGPyf

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Grayson Volume 1: Agents of Spyral: Book Review


Started: July 14, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.) 




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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) by Jana J. Echevarria, MaryEllen J. Vogt, Deborah J. Short


Started: June 10, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)



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Countdown to Final Crisis Volume Two: Book Review


Started: July 7, 2025

(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)  




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Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips 1982-1986 by Jeff Smith: Book Review

(Book Review--Bone Series)


(This is my first time reading this book, so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.)





I was able to read this book thanks to the Michigan statewide state-wide interlibrary loan service called MeLCat, which may be in danger thanks to a Presidential executive order.  If you, like me, enjoy using MeLCat, contact your local representatives and let them know. 

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