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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Prince of Cats by Ron Wimberly – A Book Review
Set in Brooklyn, Prince of Cats lauds itself as The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s B-Side. Though it uses Shakespeare’s classic work as the…
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Starman: A Comic Book for People Who Don’t Like Comic Books
Though the series concluded several years ago, Starman will forever burn bright as one of the industry’s great accomplishments. Set firmly within the DC…
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Werewolves Of the Heartland by Bill Willingham – A Book Review
A stand-alone graphic novel from the Fables universe, Werewolves Of the Heartland features Bigby Wolf as he wanders across America looking for a new…
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Discovering Dr. Who – Part I
So I have to be honest, I’m a huge Pinterest nerd. I love it. It’s perfect for my instant gratification needs. And, because I’m…
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell – A Book Review
I’m not going to lie to you, this book took a tremendous amount of effort and, while reading it, I hated almost the entire…
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My Daughter the Artist
I don’t want to brag, but my four-year old daughter made this picture of Batman at preschool today, and it is awesome.
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New Neil Gaiman Novel In June
I just learned that Neil Gaiman has a new novel due out on June 18th, and this excites me. Gaiman won me over for…

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