Monthly Update - July 2022

      Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (37+1=38)

• Magic Vol 2 HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (186+27=213)

• Amazing Spider-Man #5
• Batman #125
• DC Mech #1
• DC vs. Vampires #7
• Daredevil #1
• Dark Crisis #2
• Detective Comics #1062
• Iron Cat #2
• Moon Knight #13
• Nightwing #94
• Poison Ivy #2
• Public Domain #2
• Punisher #4
• Radiant Black #16
• Radiant Red #5
• Robin #16
• Rogues #3
• Rogue Sun #6
• Saga #60
• Sins of Black Flamingo #2
• Spider-Punk #3
• Strange #4
• Superman Son of Kal-El #13
• The Closet #2
• The Joker #15
• The Variants #2
• Young Justice Targets #1

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. Devil's Reign
5. Eight Billion Genies
6. Rogues
7. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
8. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
9. Astro City That Was Then
10. Daredevil
11. Moon Knight
12. Saga
13. Catwoman Lonely City
14. The Closet
15. Public Domain
16. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
17. Dark Ages
18. I Hate This Place
19. Iron Cat
20. Savage Avengers
21. Death of Dr. Strange
22. Strange
23. Spider-Punk
24. The Joker
25. DC vs. Vampires
26. Devil's Reign Moon Knight
27. Punisher
28. Punisher War Journal
29. DC Mech
30. Jurassic League
31. Nice House on the Lake
32. Amazing Spider-Man
33. Dark Crisis
34. Justice League Road to Dark Crisis
35. Young Justice Targets
36. Twig
37. Robin
38. Little Monsters
39. Joe Hill's Rain
40. Rogue Sun
41. Radiant Red
42. Newburn 
43. Skybound Presents
44. Do A Power-Bomb!
45. Sins of the Black Flamingo
46. Blood Syndicate Season One
47. Duo
48. Robin & Batman
49. Detective Comics
50. Radiant Black
51. Batman
52. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
53. Crossover
54. The Variants
55. The Phalanx
56. The Lonesome Hunters
57. Stray Dogs Dog Days
58. The Ward
59. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
60. Grim
61. Captain America Symbol of Truth
62. Batman Beyond Neo-Year
63. New Masters
64. Monkey Prince
65. Star Trek The Mirror War
66. Batman Superman World's Finest
67. Amazing Spider-Man
68. Moon Knight Black White & Red
69. What If? Miles Morales
70. Wolverine Patch
71. She-Hulk
72. Devil's Reign Superior Four
73. Poison Ivy
74. Savage Avengers (Vol 2)
75. Venom
76. Stillwater
77. Alice Ever After
78. Red Sonja Red Sitha
79. Star Wars Obi-Wan
80. Thor
81. Department of Truth
82. Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country
83. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• American Horror Stories "Season 2"
• Better Call Saul "Season 6"
• Loot "Season 1"
• Maggie "Season 1"
• Ms. Marvel "Season 1"
• Only Murders in the Building "Season 2"
• Our Flag Means Death "Season 1"
• Physical "Season 2"
• Star Trek Strange New Worlds "Season 1"
• Stranger Things "Season 4"
• The Boys "Season 3"
• The Old Man "Season 1"
• The Orville New Horizons "Season 1"
• The Rehearsal "Season 1"
• Westworld "Season 4"
• What We Do in the Shadows "Season 4"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. Star Trek Strange New Worlds
2. Ms. Marvel
3. The Afterparty
4. Peacemaker
5. Atlanta
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Bear
8. Julia
9. Barry
10. What We Do In the Shadows
11. Cobra Kai
12. Moon Knight
13. Hacks
14. The Boys
15. Star Trek Discovery
16. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
17. Star Trek Picard
18. Severance
19. Grand Crew
20. Girls5Eva
21. Minx
22. The Offer
23. Death to 2021
24. HALO
25. The Orville New Horizons
26. Last Week Tonight
27. Baymax
28. Evil
29. Murderville
30. Pam & Tommy
31. Archive 81
32. Obi-Wan Kenobi
33. Book of Boba Fett
34. Reacher
35. Rutherford Falls
36. Ghosts
37. Made for Love
38. Loot
39. Stranger Things
40. Superman & Lois
41. Our Flag Means Death
42. Physical
43. Westworld
44. We Own This City
45. Killing It
46. Shoresy
47. Letterkenny
48. Umbrella Academy
49. Woke
50. Russian Doll
51. Undone
52. Cat Burglar
53. Wolf Like Me
54. Bust Down
55. From
56. WeCrashed
57. Slow Horses
58. Pieces of Her
59. Resident Alien
60. Maggie
61. Upload
62. The Expanse
63. The Outlaws
64. The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
65. American Horror Stories
66. The Old Man
67. Players
68. Tokyo Vice
69. American Auto
70. The Baby
71. How We Roll
72. Man Who Fell To Earth
73. The Dropout
74. Bel-Air
75. Single Drunk Female
76. Legend of Vox Machina
77. Suspicion
78. Life & Beth
79. Pivoting
80. Joe vs. Carole
81. Outer Range
82. Roar
83. The Endgame
84. Naomi
85. Stay Close
86. How I Met Your Father
87. Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month: 

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Thor Love & Thunder
• Knives Out
• The Gray Man
• Nope
• The Sea Beast
• Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. The Sea Beast
3. Nope
4. Turning Red
5. Thor Love and Thunder
6. Top Gun Maverick
7. The Adam Project
8. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
9. The Gray Man
10. Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
11. Ride the Eagle
12. Kimi
13. The Batman
14. Tragedy of Macbeth
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (231+36=266)

• Brooklyn Pie Company
• Buff's Pub (Boston)
• Chilacates (Boston)
• Chuy's
• Corner Cafe (Boston) (x2)
• Dumpling Daughter (Boston)
• Firehouse Subs
• Jewboy Burgers (x2)
• La Margarita (San Antonio)
• Legal Seafood
• Liberty Barbecue (x2)
• Little Pecan Bistro (Boston)
• Mandolas
• Max & Leo's Artisan Pizza (Boston)
• McDonald's
• Mi Tierra (San Antonio)
• Michi Ramen
• P. Terry's
• Panda Express
• Paris Creperie (Boston)
• Raising Cane's
• Smoking Beauty
• Smoky Mo's
• Snooze AM
• Sonic
• Steamer's (Boston)
• Sushi Nini (x2)
• Valentina's Tex-Mex
• Wendy's
• Whataburger
• Wingstop
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Monthly Update - June 2022

     Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (33+4=37)

• Usagi Yojimbo Origins Vol 3: Dragon Bellows Conspiracy 
• Superman Son of Kal-El Vol 1 HC
• Nightwing Fear State HC
• Curse Words Omnibus HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (150+36=186)

• Amazing Spider-Man #3
• Blood Syndicate Season One #2
• Dark Crisis #1
• Dark Knights of Steel #7
• Dc Vs Vampires Killers #1
• Do A Power Bomb #1
• Eight Billion Genies #2
• I Hate This Place #1-2
• Iron Cat #1
• Jurassic League #2
• Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1
• Little Monsters #4
• Moon Knight #12
• Neverender #1
• Newburn #7
• Nice House on the Lake #9
• Nightwing #93
• Poison Ivy #1
• Public Domain #1
• Punisher War Journal Blitz #1
• Radiant Red #4
• Redman #1
• Robin #15
• Rogue Sun #5
• Sins of Black Flamingo #1
• Skybound Presents Afterschool #1
• Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century #4
• Strange #3
• Superman Son of Kal-El #12
• The Closet #1
• The Lonesome Hunters #1
• The Phalanx #1
• The Variants #1
• The Ward #1
• Twig #2

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. Devil's Reign
5. Eight Billion Genies
6. Rogues
7. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
8. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
9. Astro City That Was Then
10. Moon Knight
11. Saga
12. Catwoman Lonely City
13. The Closet
14. Public Domain
15. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
16. Dark Ages
17. I Hate This Place
18. Iron Cat
19. Savage Avengers
20. Death of Dr. Strange
21. Strange
22. Spider-Punk
23. The Joker
24. DC vs. Vampires
25. Devil's Reign Moon Knight
26. Punisher
27. Punisher War Journal
28. Jurassic League
29. Nice House on the Lake
30. Amazing Spider-Man
31. Dark Crisis
32. Justice League Road to Dark Crisis
33. Twig
34. Robin
35. Little Monsters
36. Joe Hill's Rain
37. Rogue Sun
38. Radiant Red
39. Newburn 
40. Skybound Presents
41. Do A Power-Bomb!
42. Sins of the Black Flamingo
43. Blood Syndicate Season One
44. Duo
45. Robin & Batman
46. Radiant Black
47. Batman
48. Batman Beyond Neo-Year
49. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
50. Crossover
51. The Variants
52. The Phalanx
53. The Lonesome Hunters
54. Stray Dogs Dog Days
55. The Ward
56. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
57. Grim
58. Captain America Symbol of Truth
59. New Masters
60. Monkey Prince
61. Star Trek The Mirror War
62. Batman Superman World's Finest
63. Amazing Spider-Man
64. Moon Knight Black White & Red
65. What If? Miles Morales
66. Wolverine Patch
67. She-Hulk
68. Devil's Reign Superior Four
69. Poison Ivy
70. Savage Avengers (Vol 2)
71. Venom
72. Stillwater
73. Alice Ever After
74. Red Sonja Red Sitha
75. Star Wars Obi-Wan
76. Thor
77. Department of Truth
78. Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country
79. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• Barry "Season 3"
• Baymax "Season 1"
• Better Call Saul "Season 6"
• Evil "Season 3"
• Girls5Eva "Season 2"
• Hacks "Season 2"
• Last Week Tonight "Season 9"
• Loot "Season 1"
• Made for Love "Season 2"
• Ms. Marvel "Season 1"
• Obi-Wan Kenobi "Season 2"
• Physical "Season 2"
• Players "Season 1"
• Rutherford Falls "Season 2"
• Shoresy "Season 1"
• Star Trek Strange New Worlds "Season 1"
• Stranger Things "Season 4"
• The Bear "Season 1"
• The Boys "Season 3"
• The Offer "Season 1"
• The Old Man "Season 1"
• The Orville New Horizons "Season 1"
• Umbrella Academy "Season 3"
• We Own This City "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. Star Trek Strange New Worlds
2. Ms. Marvel
3. The Afterparty
4. Peacemaker
5. Atlanta
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Bear
8. Julia
9. Barry
10. Cobra Kai
11. Moon Knight
12. Hacks
13. The Boys
14. Star Trek Discovery
15. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
16. Star Trek Picard
17. Severance
18. Grand Crew
19. Girls5Eva
20. Minx
21. The Offer
22. Death to 2021
23. HALO
24. The Orville New Horizons
25. Last Week Tonight
26. Baymax
27. Evil
28. Murderville
29. Pam & Tommy
30. Archive 81
31. Obi-Wan Kenobi
32. Book of Boba Fett
33. Reacher
34. Rutherford Falls
35. Ghosts
36. Made for Love
37. Loot
38. Stranger Things
39. Superman & Lois
40. Physical
41. We Own This City
42. Killing It
43. Shoresy
44. Letterkenny
45. Umbrella Academy
46. Woke
47. Russian Doll
48. Undone
49. Cat Burglar
50. Wolf Like Me
51. Bust Down
52. From
53. WeCrashed
54. Slow Horses
55. Pieces of Her
56. Resident Alien
57. Upload
58. The Expanse
59. The Outlaws
60. The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
61. The Old Man
62. Players
63. Tokyo Vice
64. American Auto
65. The Baby
66. How We Roll
67. Man Who Fell To Earth
68. The Dropout
69. Bel-Air
70. Single Drunk Female
71. Legend of Vox Machina
72. Suspicion
73. Life & Beth
74. Our Flag Means Death
75. Pivoting
76. Joe vs. Carole
77. Outer Range
78. Roar
79. The Endgame
80. Naomi
81. Stay Close
82. How I Met Your Father
83. Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month: 

• Jiu-Jitsu
• Outcast
• Stolen

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Turning Red
3. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
4. Top Gun Maverick
5. The Adam Project
6. Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
7. Ride the Eagle
8. Kimi
9. The Batman
10. Tragedy of Macbeth
11. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (179+32=231)

• Aleida's
• Angel's Icehouse
• Arepitas
• Culver's
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• Easy Tiger
• Fat City Stacks
• Gloria's
• Gus's Fried Chicken
• Jewboy Burgers (x2)
• Jewboy Subs
• Julie's Noodles
• ModPizza (x2)
• Mouton's
• P. Terry's
• Panera Bread
• PB Cafe
• Raising Cane's (x2)
• Ramen Tatsu-Ya
• Sonic
• Tarka
• Texas Roadhouse
• Tso's Chinese Delivery
• Valentina's Tex-Mex (x2)
• Velvet Taco
• Waffle Love
• Whataburger
• Wiseguys

Monthly Update - May 2022

    Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (33)

• Parker Martini Edition Last Call HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (121+29=150)

• Amazing Spider-Man #2
• Batman Superman World's Finest #3
• Blood Syndicate Season One #1
• Captain America Symbol of Truth #1
• Crossover #13
• DC vs. Vampires: Hunters
• Devil's Reign Omega
• Duo #1
• Eight Billion Genies #1
• Grim #1
• Jurassic League #1
• Little Monsters #3
• Moon Knight #11
• Moon Knight Black White & Red #1
• Newburn #7
• Nightwing #92
• Punisher #3
• Radiant Black #14
• Radiant Red #3
• Red Sonja Red Sitha #1
• Rogue Sun #4
• Saga #59
• Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1
• Savage Avengers #1
• Spider-Punk #2
• Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century #3
• Star Wars Obi-Wan #1
• Superman Son of Kal-El #11
• Twig #1

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. Devil's Reign
5. Eight Billion Genies
6. Rogues
7. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
8. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
9. Astro City That Was Then
10. Moon Knight
11. Saga
12. Catwoman Lonely City
13. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
14. Dark Ages
15. Captain America Symbol of Truth
16. Savage Avengers
17. Death of Dr. Strange
18. Strange
19. Spider-Punk
20. The Joker
21. DC vs. Vampires
22. Devil's Reign Moon Knight
23. Punisher
24. Jurassic League
25. Nice House on the Lake
26. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
27. Grim
28. Amazing Spider-Man
29. Blood Syndicate Season One
30. Twig
31. Robin
32. Batman Superman World's Finest
33. Joe Hill's Rain
34. Rogue Sun
35. Radiant Red
36. Newburn 
37. Duo
38. Robin & Batman
39. Radiant Black
40. Batman
41. Batman Beyond Neo-Year
42. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
43. Little Monsters
44. Moon Knight Black White & Red
45. Star Trek The Mirror War
46. Crossover
47. New Masters
48. Monkey Prince
49. Amazing Spider-Man
50. What If? Miles Morales
51. Wolverine Patch
52. She-Hulk
53. Devil's Reign Superior Four
54. Savage Avengers (Vol 2)
55. Venom
56. Stillwater
57. Alice Ever After
58. Stray Dogs Dog Days
59. Red Sonja Red Sitha
60. Star Wars Obi-Wan
61. Thor
62. Department of Truth
63. Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country
64. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• Atlanta "Season 3"
• The Baby "Season 1"
• Barry "Season 3"
• Better Call Saul "Season 6"
• The Bust Down "Season 1"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• Girls5Eva "Season 2"
• HALO "Season 1"
• Julia "Season 1"
• Killing It "Season 1"
• Last Week Tonight "Season 9"
• Made for Love "Season 2"
• The Man Who Fell to Earth "Season 1"
• Moon Knight "Season 1"
• Outer Range "Season 1"
• Slow Horses "Season 1"
• Star Trek Picard "Season 2"
• Star Trek Strange New Worlds "Season 1"
• Superman & Lois "Season 2"
• Undone "Season 2"
• WeCrashed "Season 1"
• We Own This City "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. Star Trek Strange New Worlds
2. The Afterparty
3. Peacemaker
4. Atlanta
5. Better Call Saul
6. Star Trek Discovery
7. Cobra Kai
8. Moon Knight
9. Julia
10. Barry
11. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
12. Star Trek Picard
13. Severance
14. Minx
15. We Own This City
16. Death to 2021
17. HALO
18. Last Week Tonight
19. Bust Down
20. Murderville
21. Pam & Tommy
22. Grand Crew
23. Archive 81
24. Book of Boba Fett
25. Reacher
26. Ghosts
27. Superman & Lois
28. Killing It
29. Woke
30. Made for Love
31. Russian Doll
32. Letterkenny
33. Undone
34. Cat Burglar
35. Wolf Like Me
36. From
37. WeCrashed
38. Slow Horses
39. Pieces of Her
40. Resident Alien
41. Upload
42. The Expanse
43. The Outlaws
44. The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
45. Tokyo Vice
46. American Auto
47. The Baby
48. How We Roll
49. Man Who Fell To Earth
50. The Dropout
51. Bel-Air
52. Single Drunk Female
53. Legend of Vox Machina
54. Suspicion
55. Life & Beth
56. Our Flag Means Death
57. Pivoting
58. Joe vs. Carole
59. Outer Range
60. Roar
61. The Endgame
62. Naomi
63. Stay Close
64. How I Met Your Father
65. Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month: 

• Top Gun
• Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
• Primal
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Isle of Dogs
• Top Gun Maverick

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Turning Red
3. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
4. Top Gun Maverick
5. The Adam Project
6. Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
7. Ride the Eagle
8. Kimi
9. The Batman
10. Tragedy of Macbeth
11. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (141+38=179)

• Abby's Crab Shack
• Aleida's
• Arepitas
• Blackstar Co-Op
• Brewtorium
• Cajun Crabs & Shrimp
• Chuys
• Culvers
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• Emerald Tavern
• Hopdoddy's (x3)
• Jack Allen's Kitchen (x2)
• Jewboy Burgers (x2)
• Juarez Mexican Bakery (x2)
• K-Pub
• KFC
• Oh K Dog
• P. Terry's
• Pinthouse Pizza (x2)
• Popeye's
• Raising Cane's
• Republic Kitchen
• Salt Traders
• Salty Sow
• Short Stop
• Smoky Mo's
• Tio Dan's
• Tumble 22
• Waffle Love
• Wingstop
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House (x2)

Monthly Update - April 2022

   Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (28+5=33)

• Batman The Detective HC
• Reckless The Ghost in You HC
• Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol 2 HC
• Bone Orchard Vol 1 The Passageway HC
• The Kitchen TP

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (91+30=121)

• Alice Ever After #1
• Amazing Spider-Man #1
• Batman Beyond Neo-Year #1
• Batman Superman World's Finest #2
• Break/Out #1
• Catwoman Lonely City #3
• Dark Knights of Steel #6
• Devil's Reign #6
• Joe Hill's Rain #4
• Joker #14
• Justice League #75
• Little Monsters #2
• Moon Knight #10
• Naughty List #1
• New Masters #3
• Newburn #6
• Nice House on the Lake #8
• Nightwing #91
• Punisher #2
• Radiant Red #2
• Robin #8
• Rogue Sun #3
• Rogues #2
• Saga #58
• She-Hulk #3
• Spider-Punk #1
• Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century #2
• Strange #2
• Superman Son of Kal-El #10
• What If Miles Morales Became Wolverine? #2

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. Devil's Reign
5. Rogues
6. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
7. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
8. Astro City That Was Then
9. Moon Knight
10. Saga
11. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
12. Devil's Reign Moon Knight
13. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
14. She-Hulk
15. Dark Ages
16. Savage Avengers
17. Strange
18. Death of Dr. Strange
19. Amazing Spider-Man
20. The Joker
21. DC vs. Vampires
22. New Masters
23. Nice House on the Lake
24. Robin
25. Punisher
26. Batman Superman World's Finest
27. Newburn 
28. Robin & Batman
29. Batman
30. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
31. Joe Hill's Rain
32. Little Monsters
33. Star Trek The Mirror War
34. Crossover
35. Monkey Prince
36. What If? Miles Morales
37. Wolverine Patch
38. Devil's Reign Superior Four
39. Venom
40. Stillwater
41. Stray Dogs Dog Days
42. Thor
43. Department of Truth
44. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• Atlanta "Season 3"
• The Baby "Season 1"
• Barry "Season 3"
• Better Call Saul "Season 6"
• The Bust Down "Season 1"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• HALO "Season 1"
• How We Roll "Season 1"
• Julia "Season 1"
• Last Week Tonight "Season 9"
• Minx "Season 1"
• Moon Knight "Season 1"
• The Outlaws "Season 1"
• Roar "Season 1"
• Russian Doll "Season 2"
• Severance "Season 1"
• Slow Horses "Season 1"
• Star Trek Picard "Season 2"
• Tokyo Vice "Season 1"
• WeCrashed "Season 1"
• We Own This City "Season 1"
• Woke "Season 2"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. The Afterparty
2. Peacemaker
3. Atlanta
4. Better Call Saul
5. Cobra Kai
6. Moon Knight
7. Julia
8. Barry
9. Star Trek Discovery
10. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
11. Star Trek Picard
12. Severance
13. Minx
14. We Own This City
15. Death to 2021
16. Halo
17. Last Week Tonight
18. Bust Down
19. Murderville
20. Pam & Tommy
21. Grand Crew
22. Archive 81
23. Book of Boba Fett
24. Reacher
25. Ghosts
26. Superman & Lois
27. Woke
28. Russian Doll
29. From
30. WeCrashed
31. Slow Horses
32. Pieces of Her
33. Letterkenny
34. Cat Burglar
35. Wolf Like Me
36. Resident Alien
37. Upload
38. The Baby
39. The Expanse
40. The Outlaws
41. Tokyo Vice
42. American Auto
43. How We Roll
44. The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
45. The Dropout
46. Bel Air
47. Single Drunk Female
48. The Legend of Vox Machina
49. Suspicion
50. Life & Beth
51. Our Flag Means Death
52. Pivoting
53. Joe vs. Carole
54. Roar
55. The Endgame
56. Naomi
57. Stay Close
58. How I Met Your Father
59. Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month: 

• The Mummy
• Empire Records
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Pig
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Arsenal
• Tick... Tick... Boom!
• Between Worlds

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Turning Red
3. The Adam Project
4. Ride the Eagle
5. Kimi
6. The Batman
7. Tragedy of Macbeth
8. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (30+111=141)

• Aleida's
• Brewtorium
• Chi'Lantro
• Colleen's Kitchen
• Cork & Barrel
• Culver's
• Fire Bowl
• Jack Allen's Kitchen (x2)
• Jewboy Burgers (x2)
• Jewboy Subs (x2)
• Juarez Mexican Bakery
• Little Ola's Biscuits
• Olive Garden
• P. Terry's (x2)
• Raising Cane's
• Smoky Mo's (x2)
• Texas Roadhouse
• Vera Cruz (x2)
• Tumble 22
• Whataburger (x2)
• Wingstop
• Wiseguys (x2)
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Monthly Update - March 2022

  Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (17+11=28)

• Alien Dead Orbit TP
• Astro City Metrobook TP
• Avatar North and South Library Edition
• Avatar Imbalance Library Edition
• Chu Vol 2 TP
• Hack Slash Vol 1-2 HC
  
• Halo & Sprocket Complete Color Edition TP
• Many Deaths of Laila Starr TP
• Radiant Black Vol 2 TP
• Stillwater Vol 2 TP

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (53+38=91)

• Amazing Spider-Man #91-93
• Amazing Spider-man #92.bey
• Astro City That Was Then #1
• Batman #121
• Batman Superman Worlds Finest #1
• Crossover #12
• Daredevil Woman Without Fear #3
• Dark Ages #6
• Dark Knights of Steel #5
• Dc Vs Vampires #6
• Devil's Reign #5
• Devil's Reign Moon Knight #1
• Gi Joe Saturday Morning Adventures #2
• Joe Hill Rain #3
• Joker #13
• Little Monsters #1
• Moon Knight #9
• New Masters #2
• Newburn #4-5
• Nice House on the Lake #7
• Nightwing #90
• Punisher #1
• Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher #1
• Radiant Red #1
• Robin #12
• Rogue Sun #1-2
• Rogues #1
• Saga #57
• She-Hulk #2
• Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century #1
• Strange #1
• Superman Son of Kal-El #9
• What If? Miles Morales #1
• Wolverine Patch #1

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. Devil's Reign
5. Rogues
6. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
7. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
8. Astro City That Was Then
9. Moon Knight
10. Saga
11. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
12. Devil's Reign Moon Knight
13. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
14. She-Hulk
15. Dark Ages
16. Savage Avengers
17. Strange
18. Death of Dr. Strange
19. Amazing Spider-Man
20. The Joker
21. DC vs. Vampires
22. New Masters
23. Nice House on the Lake
24. Robin
25. Punisher
26. Batman Superman World's Finest
27. Newburn 
28. Robin & Batman
29. Batman
30. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
31. Joe Hill's Rain
32. Little Monsters
33. Star Trek The Mirror War
34. Crossover
35. Monkey Prince
36. What If? Miles Morales
37. Wolverine Patch
38. Devil's Reign Superior Four
39. Venom
40. Stillwater
41. Stray Dogs Dog Days
42. Thor
43. Department of Truth
44. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• The Afterparty "Season 1"
• Atlanta "Season 3"
• The Bust Down "Season 1"
• Cutthroat Kitchen "Season 2"
• The Dropout "Season 1"
• From "Season 1"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• The Grand Crew "Season 1"
• HALO "Season 1"
• Last Week Tonight "Season 9"
• Life & Beth "Season 1"
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Season 4"
• Minx "Season 1"
• Moon Knight "Season 1"
• Pam & Tommy "Season 1"
• Pieces of Her "Season 1"
• Resident Alien "Season 2"
• Severance "Season 1"
• Star Trek Discovery "Season 4"
• Star Trek Picard "Season 2"
• Superman & Lois "Season 2"
• Upload "Season 2"
• Welcome to Flatch "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. The Afterparty
2. Peacemaker
3. Atlanta
4. Star Trek Discovery
5. Bust Down
6. Star Trek Picard
7. Cobra Kai
8. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
9. Death to 2021
10. Murderville
11. Pam & Tommy
12. Grand Crew
13. From
14. Halo
15. Severance
16. Archive 81
17. Book of Boba Fett
18. Reacher
19. Moon Knight
20. Ghosts
21. Superman & Lois
22. Pieces of Her
23. Minx
24. Letterkenny
25. Cat Burglar
26. Wolf Like Me
27. Resident Alien
28. Upload
29. American Auto
30. The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
31. The Dropout
32. Bel Air
33. Single Drunk Female
34. The Legend of Vox Machina
35. Suspicion
36. Life & Beth
37. Our Flag Means Death
38. Pivoting
39. Joe vs. Carole
40. The Endgame
41. Naomi
42. Stay Close
43. How I Met Your Father
44. Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month: 

• Robin Hood (2018)
• The Batman
• Turning Red
• The Adam Project
• The Gentlemen
• Spider-Man No Way Home
• The Guest
• My Boyfriend's Back

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Turning Red
2. The Adam Project
3. Ride the Eagle
4. Kimi
5. The Batman
6. Tragedy of Macbeth

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (66+45=111)

• Aleida's
• Arby's
• Baguette House
• Bird Bird Biscuit
• Biscotti's (Reno) (x3)
• Brewtorium
• Culver's (x2)
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• DoubleDave's
• Firehouse Subs
• Garbos
• Haymaker
• iFrtatelli
• Interstellar BBQ
• Jewboy Burgers
• Jewboy Subs
• Julie's Noodles (x2)
• Little Ola's Biscuits
• Mr. Crab Boil (Reno)
• Phonatic (x2)
• P. Terry's (x2)
• Popeye's
• Raising Cane's
• Republic Kitchen
• Ruby River (Reno)
• Salt Traders
• Smoking Beauty
• Smoky Mo's
• Tarka
• Tiki Tatsu-Ya
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tso's Chinese Delivery (x2)
• Tumble 22
• Vera Cruz
• Wendy's (x2)
• Whataburger
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Monthly Update - February 2022

 Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (8+9=17)

• Milestone Compendium One
• Batman by Tynion Vol 1: Their Dark Designs TP
• Batman by Tynion Vol 2: Joker War TP
• Black Hammer Visions Vol 2 HC
• Flintstones Deluxe HC
• Usagi Yojimbo Origins Vol 1 Samurai TP
• Usagi Yojimbo Origins Vol 2 Wanderer's Road TP
• JLA/Avengers Collector's Edition
• All-New Wolverine HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (29+24=53)

• Amazing Spider-Man #88-90
• Amazing Spider-Man #88.Bey
• Batman #120
• Crossover #11
• DC vs. Vampires #5
• Daredevil Woman Without Fear #2
• Dark Ages #5
• Dark Knights of Steel #4
• Devil's Reign #4
• GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures #1
• Joe Hill's Rain #2
• Maestro World War M #1
• Monkey Prince #1
• Moon Knight #8
• New Masters #1
• Newburn #3
• Nightwing #89
• Robin #11
• Saga #56
• Star Trek The Mirror War #4
• Superman Son of Kal-El #8
• The Joker #12

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. She-Hulk
5. Devil's Reign
6. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
7. GI Joe Saturday Morning Adventures
8. Saga
9. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
10. Dark Ages
11. Amazing Spider-Man
12. Savage Avengers
13. Death of Dr. Strange
14. The Joker
15. Moon Knight
16. New Masters
17. Robin
18. DC vs. Vampires
19. Newburn 
20. Robin & Batman
21. Batman
22. Joe Hill's Rain
23. Star Trek The Mirror War
24. Monkey Prince
25. Devil's Reign Superior Four
26. Venom
27. Stillwater
28. Stray Dogs Dog Days
29. Thor
30. Department of Truth
31. Maestro World War M

TV I Watched This Month:

• The Afterparty "Season 1"
• The Americans "Seasons 5-6"
• Bel-Air "Season 1"
• Book of Boba Fett "Season 1"
• Cutthroat Kitchen "Season 2"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• Gilmore Girls "Season 1"
• The Grand Crew "Season 1"
• Legend of Vox Machina "Season 1"
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Season 4"
• Murderville "Season 1"
• New Girl "Season 3"
• Pam & Tommy "Season 1"
• Peacemaker "Season 1"
• Reacher "Season 1"
• Resident Alien "Season 2"
• Rick & Morty "Season 5"
• Seinfeld "Season 6"
• Severance "Season 1"
• Star Trek Discovery "Season 4"
• Superman & Lois "Season 2"
• Suspicion "Season 1"
• Yellowjackets "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. The Afterparty
2. Peacemaker
3. Cobra Kai
4. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
5. Murderville
6. Archive 81
7. Grand Crew
8. Pam & Tommy
9. Star Trek Discovery
10. Book of Boba Fett
11. Reacher
12. Severance
13. Superman & Lois
14. Ghosts
15. Letterkenny
16. Resident Alien
17. The Expanse
18. American Auto
19. The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
20. Legend of Vox Machina
21. Single Drunk Female
22. Pivoting
23. Suspicion
24. Bel-Air
25. Naomi
26. Stay Close
27. How I Met Your Father

Movies I Watched This Month: (12+5=17)

• National Lampoon's Vacation
• Crimson Tide
• Speed
• Twister
• Kimi

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Ride the Eagle
2. Kimi
3. Tragedy of Macbeth

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (34+31=65)

• 512 Ramen
• Abby's Crab Shack
• Aleida's (x2)
• Carabao Express
• Cotton Patch Cafe
• Gloria's
• Jardin Corona (x2)
• Jewboy Burgers
• Liberty BBQ
• Little Ola's Biscuits
• Mighty Fine Burgers
• ModPizza
• Moonshine Patio & Grill
• Outback Steakhouse
• P. Terry's (x2)
• Popeye's
• Raising Canes
• Republic Kitchen
• Short Stop
• Slab BBQ
• Smoking Beauty
• Taco Palenque
• Tumble 22
• Vera Cruz
• Vic's Street Treats x Tasty AF Kitchen
• Whataburger (x2)
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Monthly Update - January 2022

Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (8)

• Spider-Man Life Story HC
• Rat Queens Vol 3 HC
• Daredevil by Charles Soule Omnibus
• Beasts of Burden Occupied Territory HC
• World of Black Hammer Library Edition Vol 2 HC
• World of Black Hammer Library Edition Vol 3 HC
• Black Hammer Visions Vol 1 HC
• Ether Library Edition HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (29)

• Amazing Spider-Man #84-87
• Batman #119
• DC vs. Vampires #4
• Daredevil Woman Without Fear #1
• Dark Ages #4
• Dark Knights of Steel #3
• Death of Dr. Strange #5
• Department of Truth #15
• Devil's Reign #3
• Devil's Reign Superior Four #1
• Joe Hill's Rain #1
• Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond #1
• Moon Knight #7
• Nightwing #88
• Robin & Batman #3
• Saga #55
• Savage Avengers #28
• She-Hulk #1
• Stillwater #12
• Stray Dogs Dog Days #1-2
• Superman Son of Kal-El #6-7
• The Joker #11
• Thor #20
• Venom #4

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Superman Son of Kal-El
3. Dark Knights of Steel
4. She-Hulk
5. Devil's Reign
6. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
7. Daredevil Woman Without Fear
8. Dark Ages
9. Amazing Spider-Man
10. Savage Avengers
11. Death of Dr. Strange
12. DC vs. Vampires
13. The Joker
14. Moon Knight
15. Saga
16. Robin & Batman
17. Batman
18. Joe Hill's Rain
19. Devil's Reign Superior Four
20. Venom
21. Stillwater
22. Stray Dogs Dog Days
23. Department of Truth
24. Thor

TV I Watched This Month:

• The Afterparty "Season 1"
• American Auto "Season 1"
• Archive 81 "Season 1"
• Book of Boba Fett "Season 1"
• Cobra Kai "Season 4"
• The Expanse "Season 6"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• The Grand Crew "Season 1"
• How I Met Your Father "Season 1"
• Hyperdrive "Season 1"
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "Season 15"
• The Legend of Vox Machina "Season 1"
• Letterkenny "Season 11"
• Naomi "Season 1"
• New Girl "Season 1-2"
• Peacemaker "Season 1"
• Pivoting "Season 1"
• Resident Alien "Season 2"
• Single Drunk Female "Season 1"
• Star Trek Discovery "Season 4"
• Stay Close "Season 1"
• Superman & Lois "Season 2"
• Wheel of Time "Season 1"
• Wolf Like Me "Season 1"
• The Woman Across the Street From The Girl in the Window "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. Cobra Kai
2. Peacemaker
3. Book of Boba Fett
4. The Afterparty
5. Archive 81
6. The Grand Crew
7. Star Trek Discovery
8. Superman & Lois
9. Ghosts
10. Letterkenny
11. Resident Alien
12. Wolf Like Me
13. The Expanse
14. American Auto
15. The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
16. Legend of Vox Machina
17. Single Drunk Female
18. Pivoting
19. Naomi
20. Stay Close
21. How I Met Your Father

Movies I Watched This Month: (12)

• Coco
• Cruella
• Days of Thunder
• Encanto
• Enemy of the State
• Frozen II
• Karate Kid III
• Real Genius
• Ride the Eagle
• Rushmore
• Tragedy of Macbeth
• Unstoppable

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Ride the Eagle
2. Tragedy of Macbeth

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (34)

• Abby's Crab Shack
• Aleida's
• Arby's
• Chi'lantro
• Chuy's
• Culver's
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• Freebird's
• Garbo's
• Gus's Fried Chicken
• Jack Allen's Kitchen
• Jewboy Burgers
• Jinya Ramen
• Julie's Noodles
• P. Terry's
• PB Cafe
• Pinthouse Pizza
• Popeye's (x2)
• Raising Cane's
• Smoking Beauty
• Smoky Mo's (x3)
• Taco Pelenque
• Tarka
• Torchy's Tacos
• Tso Chinese Delivery (x2)
• Tumble 22
• Vera Cruz
• Waffle Love
• Whataburger
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Monthly Update - December 2021

    Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 52)  (33+8=41)

• Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 HC
• Grendel Devil's Odyssey HC
• Nightwing Vol 1: Leaping Into Light HC
• Marvels Snapshots HC
• Immortal Hulk Vol 4 HC
• Fantastic Four Fate of the Four HC
• Sex Criminals Vol 3 HC
• Once and Future Vol 1 HC

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 230): (352+44=396)

• Amazing Spider-Man #80-83, #80.Bey
• Batman #118
• Batman Fear State Omega #1
• Batman The Detective #6
• Catwoman Lonely City #2
• Chu #10
• Crossover #10
• Daredevil #36
• Dark Knights of Steel #2
• Dc Vs Vampires #3
• Death of Doctor Strange Spider-Man #1
• Death of Doctor Strange White Fox #1
• Department of Truth #14
• Devil's Reign #1-2
• Giant-Size Black Cat #1
• Hawkeye Kate Bishop #2
• Joker #10
• The Joker Annual 2021 #1
• King of Spies #1
• The Last Session #1
• Mazebook #4-5
• The Me You Love in the Dark #5
• Moon Knight #6
• Newburn #2
• Nightwing #87
• Nightwing Annual 2021 #1
• One-Star Squadron #1
• Primordial #4
• Robin #9
• Robin & Batman #2
• Robin 2021 Annual #1
• Savage Avengers #27
• Star Wars Crimson Reign #1
• Stray Dogs Dog Days #1
• Superman Son of Kal-El Annual 2021 #1
• Timeless #1
• Venom #2-3

Favorite Comics This Year:

1. Nightwing
2. Shadecraft
3. Superman Son of Kal-El
4. Spider-Man Life Story
5. The Me You Love in the Dark
6. Daredevil
7. Devil's Reign
8. Dark Ages
9. Dark Knights of Steel
10. The Joker
11. Savage Avengers
12. The Nice House on the Lake
13. Catwoman Lonely City
14. Batman The Detective
15. Black Cat
16. Robin
17. Mazebook
18. House of Slaughter
19. Batman
20. King in Black Thunderbolts
21. Transformers Back to the Future
22. Shang Chi
23. Crossover
24. Stillwater
25. Department of Truth
26. Moon Knight
27. Black Hammer Visions
28. Black Hammer Reborn
29. Chu
30. The Death of Doctor Strange
31. Milestone Returns
32. Immortal Hulk
33. Gamma Flight
34. Beta Ray Bill
35. Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow
36. Batman Urban Legends
37. Stray Dogs
38. Radiant Black
39. Primordial
40. Last Flight Out
41. Thor
42. Venom
43. Taskmaster
44. Beasts of Burden Occupied Territory
45. MODOK Head Games
46. King in Black Amazing Spider-Man
47. Justice League The Last Ride
48. The Last Session
49. Defenders
50. Marauders
51. Barbaric
52. Sinister War
53. Guardians of the Galaxy
54. Warhammer 40K Marneus Calgar
55. Batman '89
56. Ordinary Gods
57. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
58. The Good Asian
59. Blue Flame
60. King in Black Wiccan and Hulkling
61. Star Wars War of the Bounty Hunters
62. Kang the Conqueror
63. Magic
64. Eat the Rich
65. X-Men
66. X-Corp
67. Basilisk
68. Superman and the Authority
69. The United States of Captain America
70. The Unbelievable Unteens
71. Not All Robots
72. Maw
73. I Am Batman
74. Silk
75. Alien
76. Detective Comics
77. Fantastic Four Life Story
78. Time Before Time
79. The Old Guard Tales Through Time
80. Teen Titans Academy
81. Suicide Squad
82. Harley Quinn
83. Alice in Leatherland
84. Orphan and the Five Beasts
85. Out of Body
86. Eden
87. The Marvels
88. DC Infinite Frontier
89. America Chavez Made in the USA
90. Thor & Loki Double Trouble
91. Superman/Action Comics
92. The Silver Coin
93. Geiger
94. Jenny Zero
95. Project Patron
96. Eternals
97. Fear Case
98. Nocterra
99. Amazing Spider-Man
100. Star Wars
101. The Union
102. Scout's Honor
103. Avengers Mech Strike
104. Brzrkr
105. Swamp Thing
106. James Bond Agent of SPECTRE
107. King in Black Gwenom vs. Carnage
108. Haha
109. Demon Days X-Men

TV I Watched This Month:

• The Beatles: Get Back "Season 1"
• Book of Boba Fett "Season 1"
• The Expanse "Season 6"
• Ghosts "Season 1"
• The Great "Season 2"
• Hawkeye "Season 1"
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia "Season 15"
• Marvel's Hit-Monkey "Season 1"
• Masters of the Universe Revelations "Season 2"
• The Sex Lives of College Girls "Season 1"
• Star Trek Discovery "Season 4"
• Top Chef Family Style "Season 1"
• Wheel of Time "Season 1"
• Wonder Years "Season 1"
• Young Justice "Season 4"

Top TV This Year So Far:

1. Ted Lasso
2. Only Murders in the Building
3. What We Do In The Shadows
4. Hawkeye
5. Falcon & Winter Soldier
6. Loki
7. WandaVision
8. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
9. Cobra Kai
10. Mythic Quest
11. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
12. Atypical
13. A.P. Bio
14. Sex Education
15. Never Have I Ever
16. Midnight Mass
17. What If?
18. Cowboy Bebop
19. Resident Alien
20. Rutherford Falls
21. Top Chef Family Style
22. The Great
23. Love Life
24. Sex Lives of College Girls
25. Modern Love
26. Star Wars The Bad Batch
27. Star Wars Visions
28. Big Shot
29. Mighty Ducks Gamechangers
30. Superman & Lois
31. Hacks
32. Star Trek Discovery
33. Star Trek Lower Decks
34. Evil
35. Stargirl
36. The Good Fight
37. The Chair
38. Girls5Eva
39. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
40. Maya and the Three
41. Shadow & Bone
42. Masters of the Universe Revelation
43. Young Justice
44. Doom Patrol
45. Sweet Tooth
46. Marvel's MODOK
47. Letterkenny
48. The Unicorn
49. History of Swear Words
50. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
51. Mandalorian Gallery
52. The Expanse
53. Shrill
54. Made for Love
55. Ghosts
56. Wheel of Time
57. American Horror Story
58. American Horror Stories
59. Flack
60. Fresh Fried Crispy
61. The Hustler
62. Inside Job
63. Wonder Years
64. Mysterious Benedict Society
65. Archer
66. Reservation Dogs
67. Marvel's Hit-Monkey
68. Dave
69. Titans
70. The Nevers
71. The Sister
72. Kevin Can Fuck Himself
73. Best Leftovers Ever
74. The Chase
75. LEGO Masters
76. Lisey's Story
77. The Equalizer
78. Rebel
79. Acapulco
80. The 4400
81. Wellington Paranormal
82. White Lotus
83. Invincible
84. Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom
85. Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise
86. Jupiter's Legacy
87. Clarice
88. Master of None
89. Mr. Corman
90. Young Rock
91. Pacific Rim The Black
92. The Head
93. Love, Death & Robots
94. Housebroken

Movies I Watched This Month:

• Beverly Hills Cop II
• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Ghostbusters Afterlife
• Klaus
• Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
• West Side Story
• Deja Vu
• Spider-Man No Way Home
• Scrooged
• Elf
• Taking of Pelham 123
• French Dispatch
• Anna and the Apocalypse
• The Matrix Resurrections
• Encanto
• Man on Fire

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

1. Spider-Man No Way Home
2. The Harder They Fall
3. Free Guy
4. In the Heights
5. Mitchells vs The Machines
6. Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
7. Werewolves Within
8. Cruella
9. French Dispatch
10. Raya and the Last Dragon
11. Space Sweepers
12. Judas and the Black Messiah
13. Dune
14. F9 The Fast Saga
15. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings
16. Black Widow
17. West Side Story
18. Encanto
19. Coming 2 America
20. Come From Away
21. America The Motion Picture
22. Red Notice
23. Last Night in Soho
24. The Eternals
25. Queenpins
26. The Little Things
27. No One Gets Out Alive
28. No Time To Die
29. The Suicide Squad
30. No Sudden Move
31. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
32. One Night in Miami
33. Godzilla vs. Kong
34. Outside the Wire
35. Hysterical
36. Map of Tiny Perfect Things
37. Ghostbusters Afterlife
38. Many Saints of Newark
39. Boss Level
40. Malignant
41. Tomorrow War
42. The Matrix Resurrections
43. Those Who Wish Me Dead
44. Cherry
45. Bliss
46. Locked Down

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 260): (27+298=325)

• Anthem
• Arby's
• Carabao Express
• Chuy's
• Cotton Patch Cafe
• Culver's
• Deckhand Oyster Bar
• Firehouse Subs
• Hopdoddy
• Jack Allen's Kitchen
• Jewboy Burgers (x3)
• Juarez Mexican Bakery
• Julie's Noodles
• Mouton's
• P. Terry's (x2)
• P.B. Cafe
• Popeye's
• Raising Cane's (x2)
• Smokey Mo's
• Tumble 22
• Whataburger
• Wiseguys
• Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Best of 2021 - Graphic Novels

I bought 31 graphic novels this year and I've read 20 of them so far, so I'm doing the same as I did last year keeping up. I still have 16 left unread from 2019-2020. All in all, I read about 42 graphic novels this year, most of them bigger hardcovers. I'm going to try to read more in the next year, but I read less this year, so I don't know how realistic that is.

If you wanted to get a sense of what I think was the best of 2021, and you're only buying graphic novels, here are my recommendations, broken down by creative team a bit:

1. Tom Taylor: DCeased (Available in two trades and two hardcovers), Nightwing Leaping Into Light Vol 1 HC, Suicide Squad Bad Blood HC, Seven Secrets (2 trades)
2. Ed Brubaker (Reckless by Brubaker & Phillips (two volumes out this year, plus the one that came out last year, crime fiction at its finest)
3. Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky (One more volume came out this year, for 6 trades, and two hardcovers, with more on the way)
4. James Tynion (Batman (3 trades or hardcovers, with the last two coming in hardcover and maybe trade next year), The Joker (1 hardcover), Something Is Killing the Children (3 trades or 1 hardcover)
5. Savage Avengers (A couple more trades, with the final one coming in 2022)
6. Immortal Hulk (Almost done, with 10 trades out and 4 hardcovers, final volumes of both should come out in 2022)
7. Shadecraft (1 trade, but if you haven't read their other work, Skyward, I recommend that too, either in one hardcover or three trades)
8. Junji Ito (This year's were Lovesickness, Sensor, and Deserter)
9. Stray Dogs (1 trade from Image)

My Favorite Graphic Novels of 2021:
(Published in 2021)

1. Nightwing Vol 1: Leaping Into Light HC
2. Reckless: Destroy All Monsters HC
3. Reckless: Friend of the Devil HC
4. DCeased Hope at World's End HC
5. DCeased Unkillables HC
6. DCeased Dead Planet HC
7. Friday Vol 1 TP
8. Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol 1 HC
9. Immortal Hulk Vol 3-4 HC
10. Skyward HC
11. Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 HC
12. Gideon Falls Vol 1 HC
13. Lovesickeness HC
14. Grendel Devil's Odyssey HC
15. Fantastic Four Fate of the Four HC
16. Magic Vol 1 HC
17. Swing Vol 4 GN
18. The Good Asian Vol 1 TP
19. The Silver Coin Vol 1 TP

Graphic Novels I Read This Year:

All My Little Demons HC

Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus HC

Analog Vol 2-4 TP

DCeased Dead Planet HC

DCeased Hope at World's End HC

DCeased Unkillables HC

Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol 1 HC

Family Tree Vol 1-2 TP

Fantastic Four Fate of the Four HC

Friday Vol 1 TP

Gideon Falls Vol 1 HC

Grendel Devil's Odyssey HC

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 The Final Gauntlet

Immortal Hulk Vol 3-4 HC

Klaus Life & Times of Santa Claus HC

Lovesickeness HC

Magic Vol 1 HC

Marvels Snapshots HC

Middlewest Book 1 TP

Nightwing Vol 1: Leaping Into Light HC

Once and Future Vol 1 HC

Rat Queens Vol 8 TP

Reckless: Destroy All Monsters HC

Reckless: Friend of the Devil

Royalboiler Art of Brandon Graham TP

SFSX Vol 1 TP

Seven Secrets Vol 1-2 TP

Sex Criminals Vol 3 HC

Skyward HC

Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 HC

Suicide Squad Bad Blood HC

Swing Vol 4 GN

The Good Asian Vol 1 TP

The Silver Coin Vol 1 TP

We Only Find Them When They're Dead Vol 1 TP

Wonder Woman Earth One Vol 1-3 HC

World of Black Hammer Library Vol 1 HC

Write It In Blood TP

Best of 2021 Movies

Last year, thanks to the pandemic, I saw 80 movies that were new to me, and 31 of them were new releases. This year, I watched 126 movies, 58 of which were rewatches, 23 of which were new to me, and 46 of which were new releasees.

Top 15 New Movies This Year:

1. Spider-Man No Way Home
2. The Harder They Fall
3. Free Guy
4. In the Heights
5. Mitchells vs The Machines
6. Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
7. Werewolves Within
8. Cruella
9. French Dispatch
10. Raya and the Last Dragon
11. Space Sweepers
12. Judas and the Black Messiah
13. Dune
14. F9 The Fast Saga
15. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings

New Movies I Saw This Year: 

1. Spider-Man No Way Home
2. The Harder They Fall
3. Free Guy
4. In the Heights
5. Mitchells vs The Machines
6. Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas
7. Werewolves Within
8. Cruella
9. French Dispatch
10. Raya and the Last Dragon
11. Space Sweepers
12. Judas and the Black Messiah
13. Dune
14. F9 The Fast Saga
15. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings
16. Black Widow
17. West Side Story
18. Encanto
19. Coming 2 America
20. Come From Away
21. America The Motion Picture
22. Red Notice
23. Last Night in Soho
24. The Eternals
25. Queenpins
26. The Little Things
27. No One Gets Out Alive
28. No Time To Die
29. The Suicide Squad
30. No Sudden Move
31. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
32. One Night in Miami
33. Godzilla vs. Kong
34. Outside the Wire
35. Hysterical
36. Map of Tiny Perfect Things
37. Ghostbusters Afterlife
38. Many Saints of Newark
39. Boss Level
40. Malignant
41. Tomorrow War
42. The Matrix Resurrections
43. Those Who Wish Me Dead
44. Cherry
45. Bliss
46. Locked Down

Movies That I Saw For the First Time This Year:

1. Citizen Kane
2. Lone and Monsters
3. Dolemite is My Name
4. Booksmart
5. Psycho Goreman
6. Ouija Origin of Evil
7. The Ritual
8. The Quick & The Dead
9. 48 Hours
10. Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet
11. Spontaneous
12. King Arthur Legend of the Sword
13. Underwater
14. Edward Scissorhands
15. Taking of Pelham 123
16. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
17. Muppets Most Wanted
18. Guardians
19. Ed and His Dead Mother
20. Muppet Treasure Island
21. Antebellum
22. Jungle Cruise
23. Cowboys & Aliens

Best of 2021 - Comics

Ongoing Comics:

Last year I read between 250-300 comics, in part because of the pandemic. This year there were a lot more comics, and I read about 400. 

Last year I could only manage a Top 8 ongoing and new and a Top 7 miniseries. This year I had a harder time cutting it down to a Top 10 ongoing and miniseries, and got to Top 10 new series, but mostly by cheating a few miniseries that will span into 2022.

There were three more ongoings that didn't make the cut (Venom, Thor, and Chu, two of which were on my Best Of new last year, which is an indication of how many really great ongoing series there are right now) and three more miniseries too (Beasts of Burder Occupied Territory, MODOK Head Games, Justice League The Last Ride). Seven Secrets, one of my best new series last year, didn't make the cut because I switched over to reading it in trades, and Fire Power moved to reading in hardcovers, but it's still great, Getting It Together ended, 

Last year five of my top 8 were on last year's list. This year, nine of the ten were on one of the three lists (new, ongoing, miniseries).

1. Daredevil #26-36, Devil's Reign #1-2 (Last year #1)
Like the previous occupant of my #1 spot, Ms. Marvel, this one stuck around for a few years. Chip Zdarsky's Daredevil hit #1 on my list in 2019 and stayed there up until it ended this year, and I'm fairly certain the follow-up, Devil's Reign, will wind up in my top minis of 2021 if the first issue is any indication. Zdarsky did some really interesting stuff with Daredevil in prison (as Daredevil, not Matt Murdock, this time), Elektra trying to be Daredevil, and Kingpin as Mayor of New York, which lead into one of my favorite miniseries of the year and also into the premise for Devil's Reign, which looks so far like Civil War done right.

2. Savage Avengers #17-27 (Last Year #5)
This series got better and better as it went along, and even though it started off with a Conan/Deadpool team-up during King in Black, it recovered nicely with a story of Conan joining Rhino on a heist, a Ghost Rider and Shuma Gorath story, and then finally a vision of Kulan Gath controlling the Earth that was like a post-apocalyptic version of the classic Kulan Gath X-Men story, which clearly informed a lot of what Duggan was doing here. It also features Conan in Doctor Doom's armor, which is all kinds of fun.

3. Black Cat #2-10, Giant Size #1 (Last year #2)
Last year this moved up a notch, this year it moves back to #3, bumped by Savage Avengers. But Jed MacKay's second go at Black Cat, taking place first as a King in Black tie-in, worked really well, even as he kept the scope of things pretty big, from stealing infinity gems to getting involved with the supernatural thanks to her old mentor The Black Fox. It was a niche series, so I think a hardcover omnibus is unlikely, but if they make one, I'll buy one.

4. Batman #106-118, Fear State Alpha & Omega 

I didn't expect James Tynion IV to sweep in and become my favorite writer in 2021, but that definitely happened. The post Infinite Frontier DC gained a bunch of spots in my favorites this year, and this was a big one, as he built up a story about Batman a little lower on resources, working with an interesting anarchist collective called The Unsanity Collective to take on a corrupt fascist quasi law-enforcement agency, The Magistrate and the Peacemakers. It's a lot better than beating up street thugs, and I appreciate the new take on Batman. Also, the artwork, most of it by Jorge Jimenez, was spectacular.

5. Shang-Chi #1-6 (Last year #4 on Mini-Series)

I don't know how much Gene Yang had seen of the movie, but he introduced the Five Weapons society and Shang's sister in his previous miniseries, and this return miniseries, with art by Dike Ruan, pitting Shang up against a series of Marvel heavy hitters, was a whole lot of fun.

6. Amazing Spider-Man #75-81, #79.Beyond, #80.Beyond) (Last Year #7)

Nick Spencer grabbed my attention with Sins Rising but lost it again with his finale, but when he left and we got the new Spider-Man Beyond more or less weekly, I got interested again. It's got a variety of writers, from solid to great, a variety of artists the same, and while I'm not a huge Ben Reilly fan, the notion of the Beyond Corporation making him the new Spider-Man, as a tragic accident takes Peter off the board, turns out to work really well. It feels more like a continuation of Dan Slott's run than a refutation of it, which Spencer's run kind of felt like. And the use of Misty Knight and Colleen Wing is particularly great. 

7. Crossover #3-10 (Last year #2 New)

As Crossover rolls on, it's getting increasingly ambitious but also increasingly uneven. I love a lot of it, particularly the meta gags, and I loved the swerve with Madman, but it also feels super self-indulgent, and not as focused as Cates and Shaw's God Country. But what it does well, it does really well, and sits high on my favorite books list.

8. Stillwater #5-11 (Last year #6 New)

Reminiscent of what I liked about Revival, a zombie book that's not about zombies, and something about the sociological implications of not being able to die and what that does to a society, Stillwater adds in the notion of what happens when you have to keep a really big secret. It also has stunning artwork by Ramon Perez, and it's another reason why Chip Zdarsky is on my top writers list this year.

9. Immortal Hulk #42-50, Gamma Flight #1-5 (Last Year: #6)
This series slid a bit down just as it has in previous years, but it still ended strong, and with a nice companion miniseries focusing on Gamma Flight to boot. This was an ambitious and different take on the Hulk, and I last remember Bruce Jones being the guy to do that, but while Jones really dropped the ball on his development and ending, Al Ewing really brought it home. There was spectacular art throughout, but unfortunately a lot of it was by Joe Bennett, who turns out to be kind of an anti-semitic jackass, and that's going to color the legacy of this book, the same way it colored my final opinions. Which is a shame, because Ewing and everyone else involved did phenomenal work here.

10. Department of Truth #5-14 (Last Year #1 New)

Like Crossover, this one is uneven at times, but it's so ambitious and so different from everything out there that it remains high on my best of list, and is one of those books I recommend to everyone. I think it's the least of Tynion's work, not as good as Something Is Killing the Children, Batman, or Nice House on the Lake, but it's still pretty great.

Best New Series:

1. Nightwing #76-86, 2021 Annual #1

2. Superman Son of Kal-El #1-5, 2021 Annual #1

3. The Joker #1-10, 2021 Annual #1

4. Dark Ages #1-3

5. Dark Knights of Steel #1-2

6. The Nice House on the Lake #1-6

7. Robin #1-8, 2021 Annual #1

8. Moon Knight #1-6

9. Star Trek Mirror War #0-3

10. The Death of Doctor Strange #1-4, Amazing Spider-Man, White Fox

Miniseries:

1. Shadecraft #1-5

2. The Me You Love in the Dark #1-5

3. Batman The Detective #1-6

4. Mazebook #1-5

5. King in Black Thunderbolts #1-4

6. Transformers Back to the Future #1-4

7. Stray Dogs #1-5, Dog Days #1

8. Beta Ray Bill #1-5

9. Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #1-5

10. Taskmaster #1-5

First Issues:
In general, this is a list of single issues that started off strong but led to series that fell off for me, or single issues where I can't judge enough of the series yet. Last year there were 25, this year there are 18.

Alien #1

Catwoman Lonely City #1

DC vs. Vampires #1

Hawkeye Kate Bishop #1

House of Slaughter #1

Hulk #1

King in Black Amazing Spider-Man #1

King in Black Wiccan and Hulkling #1

Last Flight Out #1

The Last Session #1

Magic #1

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1

My Bad #1

Newburn #1

Robin & Batman #1

The Silver Coin #1

Spider-Man Life Story Annual #1

Stargirl Spring Break Special #1

Best of 2021 - TV

2020 was a great year. For television. Last I year I watched 79 shows and had 6 that I didn't finish. This year I had 73 and 21 that I didn't finish. 

Of the shows in my Top 10 new last year, High Fidelity, Lovecraft Country, and Utopia were canceled and Queen's Gambit and Haunting of Bly Manor were one season shows. The Mandalorian, The Boys, Umbrella Academy, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Politician, and Star Trek Picard didn't have a new season, and Dave had a second season drop in quality when it came back, so I never got around to finishing it. And The Good Place ended.

In the Top 20 (which is actually a Top 26 because I'm a dirty cheater), 9 came form Disney+, 6 came from Netflix (1 less than last year), 5 from networks and Hulu, 2 from Apple+, and 1 from HBO Max. So in pure math terms, Netflix and Hulu are still the best streaming services for me, especially since I watched 23 shows on Hulu and 21 on Netflix. Disney+, as predicted last year, Prime still is mostly unremarkable, with Modern Love Season 2 being good but not as good as season 1, and no new episodes of The Boys or Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Apple+ continues to be worth $5 a month just for Ted Lasso and Mythic Quest alone, and I quite liked Physical too. Paramount+ and Showtime didn't have anything in my Top 20, but they do have shows I enjoy from time to time.

As with last year, I think it's HBO Max that is not worth the $15/month. I think in 2022 I'll be cutting that subscription off from time to time. Their hits aren't bad, they've got Hacks and Sex Lives of College Girls, and of course Last Week Tonight, but it doesn't feel worth the monthly fee.

1. Disney+
2. Netflix
3. Hulu
4. Peacock
5. Apple+
6. HBO Max

Top 10 Ongoing Shows:

1. Ted Lasso (Apple+) (Last Year #1 New)
2. What We Do In The Shadows (HULU) (Last Year #4)
3. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (HULU) (Last Year #25 Overall)
4. Cobra Kai (NETFLIX) (Last Year #8)
5. Mythic Quest (Apple+) (Last Year #6 New)
6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (HULU) (Last Year #9)
7. Atypical (NETFLIX) (No season last year)
8. A.P. Bio (Peacock) (No season last year)
9. Sex Education (NETFLIX) (Last year #27 Overall)
10. Never Have I Ever (NETFLIX) (Last year #5 New)

Top 10 New Shows:

1. Only Murders in the Building (HULU)
2. Marvel Shows (Hawkeye, Falcon & Winter Soldier, Loki, WandaVision, What If?)
3. Midnight Mass (NETFLIX)
4. Cowboy Bebop (NETFLIX)
5. Resident Alien (Syfy)
6. Rutherford Falls (Peacock)
7. Top Chef Family Style (Peacock)
8. Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)
9. Physical
10. Star Wars (Bad Batch, Visions) (Disney+)

Complete List of Shows:

1. Ted Lasso
2. Only Murders in the Building
3. What We Do In The Shadows
4. Hawkeye
5. Falcon & Winter Soldier
6. Loki
7. WandaVision
8. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
9. Cobra Kai
10. Mythic Quest
11. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
12. Atypical
13. A.P. Bio
14. Sex Education
15. Never Have I Ever
16. Midnight Mass
17. What If?
18. Cowboy Bebop
19. Resident Alien
20. Rutherford Falls
21. Top Chef Family Style
22. The Great
23. Love Life
24. Sex Lives of College Girls
25. Modern Love
26. Physical
27. Star Wars The Bad Batch
28. Star Wars Visions
29. Big Shot
30. Mighty Ducks Gamechangers
31. Superman & Lois
32. Hacks
33. Star Trek Discovery
34. Star Trek Lower Decks
35. Evil
36. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
37. Stargirl
38. The Good Fight
39. The Chair
40. Girls5Eva
41. Maya and the Three
42. Shadow & Bone
43. Masters of the Universe Revelation
44. Young Justice
45. Doom Patrol
46. Sweet Tooth
47. Marvel's MODOK
48. Letterkenny
49. The Unicorn
50. History of Swear Words
51. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
52. Mandalorian Gallery
53. The Expanse
54. Shrill
55. Made for Love
56. American Horror Story
57. Ghosts
58. Wheel of Time
59. Flack
60. Fresh Fried Crispy
61. The Hustler
62. Inside Job
63. Marvel's Hit-Monkey
64. Titans
65. The Nevers
66. The Sister
67. Best Leftovers Ever
68. The Chase
69. Invincible
70. Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom
71. Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise
72. Jupiter's Legacy
73. Pacific Rim The Black
74. The Head

Shows I Didn't Finish:

1. American Horror Stories
2. Wonder Years
3. Mysterious Benedict Society
4. Archer
5. Reservation Dogs
6. Dave
7. Kevin Can Fuck Himself
8. LEGO Masters
9. Lisey's Story
10. The Equalizer
11. Rebel
12. Acapulco
13. The 4400
14. Wellington Paranormal
15. White Lotus
16. Clarice
17. Master of None
18. Mr. Corman
19. Young Rock
20. Love, Death & Robots
21. Housebroken