Happiness through misdirection
A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 1 A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 2 Ultimate We saw in New Avengers where White Tiger and Power Man ended up after Mighty Avengers, but what about the rest of the team? Well, Blue Marvel and Spectrum join the Ultimates,…
A look at the Marvel comics of Al Ewing, part 1 New to You One of the best parts of Hickman’s Avengers run is his development of Roberto “Sunspot” DeCosta from a two dimensional, rich hot head New Mutant to a three dimensional, rich leader of the Avengers. The fact that more isn’t being done…
Starting with The Mighty Avengers, Al Ewing strung together a series of great Avengers books Al Ewing should write the New Warriors. Ewing excels at touching multiple corners of the Marvel U in a single series, something that hasn’t been done well for an extended period of time since the original run of the New…
“You don’t act like you have ADHD.” Our older son has ADHD. He had numerous assessments done and they all got the same results. The fact that I have ADHD really only helped us know what the signs are. He recently started a camp with a teacher he hadn’t seen in a few years. He…
A wonderfully sad happy record from Sarah and the Sundays There used to be a genre of music called “progressive.” It was a precursor to alternative and is often referred to as “college rock.” Progressive was understated in a way that alternative was over the top. Progressive songs were spacious and minimal. It was rare…
All characters are obviously copyright Marvel Comics. I wrote this years ago because I was so in love with the Marvel Adventures line. All ages, self-contained superhero stories featuring the Fantastic Four, the Avengers (with one of the greatest line-ups of all time), and Spider-man. Marvel Adventures Spider-man “Bear Necessities” By Kyle Garret PAGE ONE…
The other day my wife wasn’t feeling well so she stayed home from work. Our son noticed this, of course, and asked me about it. I told him that mama would be home when he got home from school, but that she wasn’t feeling well. “I have to be gentle with her,” he said. “I’ll…
I ostensibly moved to Atlanta because the drummer in my last band had moved there a year early. He, however, had a job at CNN lined up, whereas I had nothing at all. Not long after I moved, one of the bands from my hometown came to Atlanta to play a show. I went to…
My punk rock journey began in part 1. On the Record I mostly ordered records from Subpop and Dischord, since I knew I liked the Afghan Whigs and I knew I liked Jawbox (although I’d first heard both bands on major labels). Seven inch records cost between two and three dollars, which wasn’t much of…
This week I’ll be leading the very first meeting of The Top Secret Writing Club, an after school enrichment program for 4th and 5th graders. I try to learn from everything, which is actually not as great as it sounds, because sometimes you end up looking for meaning where there is none. But I know…