April 28, 2011
dcu: July can not come soon enough! Here is the official description for SUPERGODS: From one of the most acclaimed and oracular writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankind’s great modern myth: the superhero. For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes whose ongoing, decades-spanning story arcs reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them, we tell the story of ourselves. In this exhilarating book, Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero-why they matter, why they will always be with us, and what they tell us about who we are. Grant Morrison writing a novel that delves into the giant and subtle metaphors alive and thriving within contemporary comic books? I’m buying 80 of these, just to read a remarkable man’s opinion of modern story telling practices in a medium I love, 80 times. I’m so fucking excited.

dcu:

July can not come soon enough!

Here is the official description for SUPERGODS:

From one of the most acclaimed and oracular writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankind’s great modern myth: the superhero.

For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes whose ongoing, decades-spanning story arcs reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them, we tell the story of ourselves. In this exhilarating book, Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero-why they matter, why they will always be with us, and what they tell us about who we are.

Grant Morrison writing a novel that delves into the giant and subtle metaphors alive and thriving within contemporary comic books? I’m buying 80 of these, just to read a remarkable man’s opinion of modern story telling practices in a medium I love, 80 times. I’m so fucking excited.

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September 14, 2010
Why has no one ever told me of the Barsoom novels? Early 20th century pulp fiction about Marssssss? Why, that sounds so deliciously Ray Bradbury, and not unlike The Martian Chronicles.  Want to read.

Why has no one ever told me of the Barsoom novels? Early 20th century pulp fiction about Marssssss? Why, that sounds so deliciously Ray Bradbury, and not unlike The Martian Chronicles. 

Want to read.

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March 30, 2010
Day 14 — A non-fictional book An interesting book that reflects on the phenomenon that was Pokémon in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. It seems every popular TV Show, Movie, Game, etc. have their own book explaining the underlying and deep meaning that specific entertainment offers about life. But this book was unique in that it did that, but through the lens of a child. And that’s not done very often.

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

An interesting book that reflects on the phenomenon that was Pokémon in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. It seems every popular TV Show, Movie, Game, etc. have their own book explaining the underlying and deep meaning that specific entertainment offers about life. But this book was unique in that it did that, but through the lens of a child. And that’s not done very often.

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March 29, 2010
Day 13 — A fictional book Because Shel Silverstein is the shit and this is what I read over and over in the seventh grade while I was supposed to be making a book for Language Arts (remember when they called it that?)

Day 13 — A fictional book

Because Shel Silverstein is the shit and this is what I read over and over in the seventh grade while I was supposed to be making a book for Language Arts (remember when they called it that?)

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March 21, 2010
Day 04 — Your favorite book

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. It was the book I read a few times over in high school, and one I’ve been meaning to reread recently, but I can’t ever seem to find time.

Or, alternativly, anything else by Ray Bradbury. (‘cept Fahrenheit 451. That does nothing for me.)

Also of note: The Great Gatsby, Oil!, and Cat’s Cradle.

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