ReviewBooks
The Best Of Simon & Kirby’s Mainline Comics (book review).
By 1954, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby had already established a proven track record in creating successful comics. They decided to join…
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AndyWhitaker
I live in deepest darkest Essex where I enjoy photography, real ales, walking my dog, cooking and a really good book. I own an e-book reader which goes with me everywhere but still enjoy the traditional paper based varieties.
My oriental studies have earned me a black belt in Suduko and I'm considered a master in deadly Bonsai (there are very few survivors).
December 2023
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Seven Summer 2023 (magazine review).
As always, a review of a ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ magazine has to start with the cover. Issue #87 Summer 2023 has a Kirby…
October 2023
ReviewBooks
Destroyer Duck (Graphite Edition) by Jack Kirby & Steve Gerber (graphic novel review)
This book, ‘Destroyer Duck (Graphite Edition)’ by Jack Kirby & Steve Gerber, is the size of a graphic novel and for the…
June 2023
ReviewFantasy
Imaginary Friends by Chad Musick (YA fantasy book review).
I do sometimes get a book to review that’s aimed at what they call the YA (young adult) market and this is one…
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Two Winter 2022 (magazine review).
The ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ is a magazine published quarterly that celebrates the life and work of Jack Kirby. He’s mostly known for sketching…
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Four Summer 2022 (magazine review).
I was cleaning out my office and stumbled across a copy of the ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ magazine. It’s issue # 84 from…
March 2023
ReviewScifi
The Definition of Luck or the Post-Modern Prometheus by Steven Paul Leiva (book review).
Every which way you look at it ‘The Definition Of Luck Or The Post-Modern Prometheus’ is not a good title for this book.…
January 2023
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Five Winter 2023 (magazine review).
Of all the Jack Kirby magazines I have had the privilege to see, number 85 (Winter 2023) has to be the most…