Inside Joke Theatre - Randy Lander's Blog: 12/01/2022

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Monthly Update - December 2022

Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (53+15=68)

Superman Son of Kal-El Vol 2: The Rising HC
Daredevil to Heaven Through Hell Vol 3 HC
Gideon Falls Deluxe Book 2 HC
Black Paradox
Sensor
Liminal Zone
Immortal Hulk Vol 5 HC
Art of Star Wars Visions
Catwoman of East End Omnibus
Friday Book 2 TP
I Hate This Place Vol 1 TP
Black Panther by Priest Vol 1 HC
Magic Vol 3 HC
Twig Vol 1 TP
Seven Secrets Vol 3 TP

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (330+33+363)

A Vicious Circle #1
Action Comics #1050
American Jesus Revelations #1-2
Batman vs. Robin #4
DCeased War of the Undead Gods #5
Daredevil #6
Dark Crisis Big Bang #1
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
Dark Web #1
Fantastic Four #2
Image Anthology #9
Invincible Iron Man #1
John Stewart the Emerald Knight #1
Mary Jane & Black Cat #1
Moon Knight #18
Nice House on the Lake #12
Night Club #1
Nightwing #99
Poison Ivy #7
Punisher #8
Radiant Pink #1
Sandman Universe Dead Boy Detectives #1
Secret Invasion #2
She-hulk #9
Spider-Man #3
Star Trek Strange New Worlds The Illyrian Enigma #1
Star Wars High Republic The Blade #1
Stargirl The Lost Children #2
Strange #9
Superman Son of Kal-El #18
The Variants #5
Timeless #1

Favorite Comics This Year:

Nightwing
Superman Son of Kal-El
Dark Knights of Steel
Devil's Reign
DCeased War of the Undead Gods
Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2
Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond
Astro City That Was Then
Daredevil
Moon Knight
Saga
Iron Cat
Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century
Catwoman Lonely City
Public Domain
Daredevil Woman Without Fear
Dark Ages
Dark Ride
The Variants
Savage Avengers
Death of Dr. Strange
Strange
I Hate This Place
Batman vs. Robin
Rogues
Eight Billion Genies
Spider-Punk
Spider-Man
She-Hulk
The Joker
Devil's Reign Moon Knight
Secret Invasion
Punisher
Punisher War Journal
DC Mech
Parker Girls
Hell to Pay
Amazing Fantasy
Nice House on the Lake
Batman
Fantastic Four
Amazing Spider-Man
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths
Justice League Road to Dark Crisis
Stargirl the Lost Children
Robin
Little Monsters
Joe Hill's Rain
Rogue Sun
Radiant Red
The Closet
Newburn
Blade Vampire Nation
Robin & Batman
Dungeons & Dragons 2022 Annual
Radiant Black
Alien
Star Wars Visions
Flawed
Minor Threats
American Jesus Revelation
Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher
Crossover
Poison Ivy
Rogues Gallery
The Phalanx
Stray Dogs Dog Days
Star Trek Picard Stargazer
DC vs. Vampires

TV I Watched This Month:

Avenue 5 "Season 2"
Doom Patrol "Season 4"
Fleishman is in Trouble "Season 1"
Ghosts "Season 2"
Letterkenny "Season 11"
Mythic Quest "Season 3"
National Treasure Book of Secrets "Season 1"
Sex Lives of College Girls "Season 2"
So Help Me Todd "Season 1"
Star Trek Prodigy "Season 1"
Tulsa King "Season 1"
Welcome to Chippendales "Season 1"
Willow "Season 1"

Top TV This Year So Far:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Atlanta
She-Hulk
Ms. Marvel
The Afterparty
Peacemaker
What We Do In the Shadows
Better Call Saul
Sandman
Julia
Barry
The Bear
Only Murders in the Building
Harley Quinn
Cobra Kai
Reboot
Moon Knight
Hacks
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
The Boys
Never Have I Ever
Mythic Quest
Avenue 5
Sex Lives of College Girls
Star Trek Discovery
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Star Trek Picard
Star Trek Lower Decks
Severance
Grand Crew
Girls5Eva
Midnight Club
Minx
The Offer
Welcome to Chippendale's
Death to 2021
Quantum Leap
HALO
Last Week Tonight
Inside Job
Tulsa King
The Orville New Horizons
Evil
Rings of Power
Baymax
Murderville
Pam & Tommy
Rutherford Falls
Ghosts
Made for Love
Loot
So Help Me Todd
Archive 81
Stranger Things
Tales of the Jedi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Book of Boba Fett
Andor
Reacher
Big Shot
The Watcher
Our Flag Means Death
Fleishman is in Trouble
Uncoupled
Bumper in Berlin
Physical
Dragon Prince
House of the Dragon
Killing It
Shoresy
Letterkenny
Umbrella Academy
Star Trek Prodigy
Bumper in Berlin
Woke
Russian Doll
Undone
Cat Burglar
Little Demon
Superman & Lois
The Resort
The Expanse
The Patient
Wolf Like Me
Westworld
We Own This City
Bust Down
Interview with the Vampire
From
WeCrashed
Slow Horses
Pieces of Her
Resident Alien
Upload
Maggie
The Outlaws
Welcome to Wrexham
American Horror Stories
American Horror Story
Bad Sisters
The Imperfects
The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window
Paper Girls
League of Their Own
The Old Man
Players
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Tokyo Vice
American Auto
Man Who Fell To Earth
Dahmer
The Baby
How We Roll
The Dropout
Bel-Air
Single Drunk Female
Legend of Vox Machina
Pivoting
Suspicion
Life & Beth
Joe vs. Carole
Echo 3
Outer Range
Roar
The Endgame
Naomi
Stay Close
How I Met Your Father
Welcome to Flatch

Movies I Watched This Month:

See How They Run
Nobody
Nightmare Alley
Elf
Nope
Violent Night

Favorite New Movies This Year So Far:

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
Barbarian
The Sea Beast
RRR
Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Weird
Violent Night
Enola Holmes 2
Prey
Nope
Confess, Fletch
Scream
Turning Red
Do Revenge
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Thor Love and Thunder
Top Gun Maverick
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Vengeance
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
Lightyear
Incantation
Ride the Eagle
The Adam Project
Orphan First Kill
Bullet Train
The Gray Man
X
Hellraiser
Kimi
The Batman
Day Shift
Tragedy of Macbeth
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Rosaline

Places I Ate This Month (Last Year 325): (412+29=441)

Arby's
Brotherton Black
Chuy's
Corner Bakery
Deckhand Oyster Bar
Franklin BBQ
Golden Chick
Hoody's Subs
Jewboy Burgers (x3)
Jewboy Subs
KFC
Liberty BBQ
Mod Pizza
P. Terry's (x2)
Popeye's
Smoking Beauty (x2)
Smoky Mo's
Texas Roadhouse
Tony C's
Torchy's Tacos
Tso's Chinese Delivery
Tumble 22
Via313
Whataburger
Ziggy's Kielbasa House

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Best of 2022 - Comics

Ongoing Comics:

Last year I read about 400 comics, and back during the pandemic, I read between 250-300. This year I read a little over 350, so more than the pandemic, but it was definitely a weaker year for comics.

In some ways. Last year was particularly good, I had trouble cutting down to a Top 10 ongoing and miniseries, and pretty easily got to Top 10 new series. This year my miniseries was over-flowing, but my ongoing couldn't get past 7, and four of those ended this year.

Best Ongoing Series:

This year Savage Avengers closed out with a great finale, and it was #2 on my ongoing series last year. Immortal Hulk also ended last year.

Last year nine of the ten of my top 10 were on last year's list. This year, six of them were from last year's new series and the other one was on last year's top 10.

1. Nightwing (#88-99, Annual #1) (Last year #1 Best New)

Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo continue to deliver the best comic book on the stands, month-in and month-out. Progressive, funny, sweet, and action-packed, this year sees further development of the long-delayed and finally consummated Nightwing and Batgirl romance, the culmination of the Blockbuster plot in a very satisfying way, and then in an annual at the end of the year, the secret origin of Heartless, the next big bad who's been a part since the first issue of the run.

2. Superman Son of Kal-El (#6-18) (Last year #2 Best New)

As much as I love Nighwing, Superman Son of Kal-El is close to taking that #1 spot every month. Jon Kent as the queer young activist Superman is a thing I didn't know I needed, and this year's story, pitting him against Lex Luthor and Henry Bendix, is a great acceleration of what started in the first volume, and wraps up with this one. The return of Kal-El is also great, and seeing how Superman deals with his gay son is note perfect, but I have to admit I'm sad to see Jon returned to the secondary position that he'll be in with Kal back.

3. Moon Knight (#7-18, Annual #1) (Last year #8 Best New)

Jed McKay's Moon Knight has risen month by month to the top of my reading list. The inclusion of Tigra, his West Coast Avengers pal, as an inside man for T'Challa, was a nice touch. The Structure, a sort of pyramid scheme/mafia vampire group, makes for a great set of bad guys. And the annual, which brought in Werewolf By Night in an interesting and new way, was a great way to finish off the year.

4. Newburn (#3-7)

Chip Zdarsky's story of a fixer for the mafia who's an ex-cop continues to be great.

5. The Joker (#11-15) (Last year #3 Best New)

The first two thirds of this series were good, but I was slowly losing some interest, and while it wrapped up solidly enough, I didn't love the finale as much as I loved the opening. That said, it's a solid finale to a series that was really more about Jim Gordon than the Joker. I just would have liked a stronger ending for Gordon's story, it all boiled down to Court of Owls/Bane/Joker more than I wanted at the end.

6. Amazing Spider-Man (#84-93, #88.Bey, #92.Bey)

This was #6 on last year's top 10 too. Most of the second half of the Spider-Man Beyond story was great, with especially great stuff featuring the Daughters of the Dragon and Monica Rambeau. It almost tanked because of the weird decision to turn Ben into a villain at the end, but on balance it was the best Spider-Man has been since Slott left.

7. Robin (#11-17) (Last year #7 Best New)

This was #7 on last year's best new series, and the last third of this series giving Damian a new costume and a new standalone status quo was a solid read, leading nicely into Batman vs. Robin.

Best New Series:

1. Eight Billion Genies (#1-6)

Everyone on Earth gets a genie with one wish. Things go poorly. An amazing high concept with a really fun, wacky, apocalyptic interpretation courtesy of Charles Soule and Ryan Browne. I'm a little wary because their last collaboration, Curse Words, didn't quite come together at the end, but so far, this is great.

2. Public Domain (#1-5)

Chip Zdarsky writes and draws this story that's about superheroes, their creators, and the companies that own them, and it feels like the kind of inside baseball that's working out stories from his time as a creator. It's also got fascinating characters and Zdarsky's trademark weird sense of humor, and is so far a great ride.

3. Dark Ride (#1-3)

Speaking of great rides, this one from the team of Birthright posits a Disneyworld style park based on a man with more of a horror bent, and then goes a step further that his success came from a deal with devils. It's sort of about the legacy of Walt Disney if he was a secret satanist with magic powers, as viewed through the lens of his two screwed-up kids, and it's another great premise well-executed so far.

4. Strange (#1-9)

Jed MacKay is one of my favorite writers at Marvel right now, and his take on Clea as the new Sorceror Supreme is as good as his take on Moon Knight and Black Cat. Mixing in the departed Stephen Strange, a conspiracy-minded magic bad guy, and a new magic-inflected version of SHIELD makes for more worldbuilding fun alongside the usual great character work, dialogue, and moments I've come to expect.

5. She-Hulk (#1-9)

It is weird how much of this book is about resurrected D-lister Jack of Hearts. But after taking time to read it in a trade-sized chunk, I realized I really liked Rainbow Rowell's take on Jen, even if it's quite different from what we got in the TV series or in the comics up to this point. It's not up to the level of Soule's or Slott's run yet, but it's a solid offering for a favorite character of mine, and the artwork, by Roge Antonio, is fantastic.

6. Hell to Pay (#1-2)

Image launched a few books this year with great premises, and Hell to Pay is the last one on this list, with Charles Soule on the helm. Where Eight Billion genies has the weirder art of Ryan Browne, this has a more traditional style from Will Sliney. It's about a couple working for a magical illuminati, and has in its DNA a bit of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Thin Man, and the first three issues are a great trip.

7. Fantastic Four (#1-2)

Two issues in and Ryan North and Iban Coello's Fantastic Four compares easily to the kind of thing Busiek and Anderson were doing on Astro City, which is honestly about the tone I'd want for a perfect FF book. I'm a little wary of the dark secret at the heart of the book, and starting the ultimate team book by having everyone separated, but the first two show a real knack for two of the important romantic relationships in the book, not to mention humanistic science-fiction superheroics, and it's got me more interested in the FF than I have been in years.

8. Punisher (#1-8) (and Punisher War Journal)

OK, confession time, even with his very problematic nature, I've always been a Punisher fan. He's been co-opted by the military, the police, and right-wing douchebags for so long, and that probably had something to do with Jason Aaron and Marvel deciding to re-invent him as a sword-wielding badass leading the Hand, the evil ninjas from Daredevil. I don't know how sustainable it is long term, but it's been a fun action-adventure ride, and the painted style artwork from Jesus Saiz is exceptional.

9. Rogue Sun (#1-6)

Another entry in the Massive-Verse, this one is supernatural, about a son getting his estranged father's powers, set in New Orleans, and I think it is my favorite of the bunch. It's got gorgeous art from Abel. It is also very likely to wind up on my "reading in trade" because it seems that once these books get more than a half a dozen issues in I lose the thread, but I always enjoy it in larger chunks.

10. Spider-Man (#1-3)

I'm not sure where this is going to land next year. I will either like it a lot, as the finale of the Spider-Verse saga Dan Slott began, and returned to finish with Mark Bagley on art, or I'm going to be really annoyed with it. There are some choices made that I'm not crazy about, and it's less fun than the original Spider-Verse, but Slott has a handle on Peter and some of these other characters more than anyone who has followed him, and he thinks big, and Bagley, while sometimes a little plain, is an expert storyteller.

11. Poison Ivy (#1-7)

G. Willow Wilson's tale of a more villainous Ivy, estranged from Harley Quinn and deciding whether or not to commit genocide against the human race, is really compelling, and helped considerably by Marcio Takara's stunning artwork. It's not *quite* a Vertigo style riff, it's pretty comfortably inside the superhero/anti-hero mold, but the moment-to-moment writing of Ivy is really good and the body horror/plant horror stuff is really well done. I don't know if the second story arc will keep my attention, but so far it has it.

Miniseries:

1. Dark Knights of Steel #3-8, Tales From Three Kingdoms) (Last year best new #5)

Tom Taylor's DC Elseworlds taking the characters and turning it into a fantasy epic with more than a little Game of Thrones really kicked into high gear this year. I'm not yet ready to say it's as good as DCeased overall, or better than his high points like Nightwing and Son of Kal-El, but it's damn good.

2. Devil's Reign (#3-6, Omega)

Chip Zdarsky and Marco Chechetto did something impressive by giving me a line-wide crossover that had a really satisfying ending and never dropped the ball. The backdrop of a Mayoral race between Kingpin and Cage, the use of the Purple Children, the mix of legal maneuvering and superhero action? It was Civil War on a smaller scale, and ten times better than that comic ever was, and it also gave us a new Daredevil status quo that I love. I just wish I enjoyed the Thunderbolts follow-up a little more, because the re-invention of that team was really good.

3. Iron Cat (#1-5)

Black Cat was #3 ongoing last year, and it's nice to see Jed MacKay getting what I call the "Agents of Atlas" treatment where a creatively amazing but commercially disappointing property keeps getting more chances than it probably should. Because this miniseries, introducing an old partner now rival of Felicia, and teaming her up with Iron Man? It was a ton of fun, and I'm glad that all of it is being collected into an omnibus in 2023.

4. Star Trek Discovery Adventures in the 32nd Century (#1-4)

Licensed comics are notoriously spotty, but this series of one-shots focusing on a singular member of the crew of The Discovery was universally good. The reason it's so high on the list, though, is issue #1, entirely from the point of view of Grudge, Booker's cat. Just a delight all the way through.

5. Catwoman Lonely City (#1-4)

I am on record as thinking that artists-turned-writers often disappoint. I understand the transition, customer response is often writer-focused, you can turn in a lot more scripts than you can finished art, and creative control is absolutely a thing. But I'm always sad when a great artist becomes a good or mediocre writer, often reducing their artistic output to covers only or less. So it is especially good when one of the best artists in the industry (Cliff Chiang) also turns out to be a damn good writer, turning in a Dark Knight Returns for Catwoman, with a bit more of an Elmore Leonard touch than Frank Miller. I'm a sucker for the "one last heist" story, and this is a brilliant example of it with stunning art.

6. Daredevil Woman Without Fear (#1-3)

Elektra taking over for Daredevil gave us a really cool looking new costume and an interesting take on a character that I've enjoyed only sporadically. Her frustration with Matt's methods, combined with her weird sense of honor that forces her to stick to them, is a lot of fun. This establishing mini lead nicely into the new Daredevil run.

7. Dark Ages (#4-6) (Last year best new #4)

Tom Taylor can do no wrong for me at DC, but his Marvel track record is not too bad. All-New Wolverine remains a favorite, X-Men Red was cut tragically short. And Dark Ages is another alternate universe Tom Taylor story, the kind of thing he does best. Turning an apocalyptic event into something kind of hopeful, but also serving up plenty of danger, this is likely to get lost in the hype around DCeased, Dark Knights of Steel, and Nightwing, but it's a really good read.

8. The Variants (#1-5)

Gail Simone takes the multiverse approach to Jessica Jones, along with artist Phil Noto, and the result is a twisty noir mystery with superhero overtones, basically the kind of thing Jessica is perfect for. I admit I wanted more, but it's a solid done-in-one story. If Gail and Noto were to wind up doing more Jessica Jones in the future, though, I certainly wouldn't be sad about it.

9. Spider-Punk (#1-5)

One of the best characters to come out of Spider-Verse, the anti-fascist Hobie Brown Spider-Punk gets a posse here with Kamala Khan, Riri Williams, and Karl Morgenthau, and faces off against President Norman Osborn. Overtly political and clever, Cody Ziglar really nails the character here, and Justin Mason's character designs and punk rock art work really well. I wouldn't be sad to see more of these characters from this creative team either.

10. Batman vs. Robin (#1-4)

We're just over half way through Mark Waid's story, and it is weirdly supernatural, but I can't deny it's working. Pitting Damian against his father works, and bringing back Alfred (even though it was a tease, boo) gave some nice emotional heft to a lot of it. Also it's got art by Mahmud Asrar, so it looks great.

11. Rogues (#1-4)

See above for my thoughts on "one last heist" stories, add in Flash's Rogues Gallery (arguably the best one in comics, up there with Batman and Spider-Man), and mix in stunning artwork from Leomacs, and you get this gem of a story from Joshua Williamson. There are some weird choices here (Bronze Tiger was never a Rogue), but the characters are spot on, the heist plot suitably DC superhero-y, and the whole thing unfolds beautifully.

12. Secret Invasion (#1-2)

The first Secret Invasion was a mess, and I only half-read it. But the concept is sound, and Ryan North seems to be re-inventing the story, taking a cue from the international espionage of the upcoming Disney+ series. His take on Maria Hill as a smart, savvy CIA operative trying to stop a shapeshifting invasion is really good, and though I wish artist Frncesco Mobili was better at coherent and exciting action sequences, the first two issues have me interested to see where it goes.

13. Joe Hill's Rain (#1-5)

If I have a grudge against artists-turned-writers, I have an even bigger grudge against licensed books that use the author's name but are written by someone else. So it's surprising that Chris Ryall's adaptation of Joe Hill's horror short story was so effective for me. I'll admit that it sort of petered out by the end, but I don't know how else you would have ended it. It's a melancholy and engaging read.

14. Radiant Red (#1-5)

Another miniseries in the Massive-Verse, this one focusing on the more criminal Radiant Red. All of these read better collected, but the miniseries format serves it well, and this was a fun read.

15. Parker Girls (#1-3)

I forget how much I love Terry Moore's artwork, and most of what I remember about Strangers in Paradise was that it ran too long. But it turns out that a return to the call girl assassin ring Parker Girls was exactly what I wanted, and I'm enjoying this a lot. So much so it got me to read some of Moore's back catalog that I'd miss.

16. Nice House on the Lake #7-12) (Last year #6 best new)

I confess that James Tynion is starting to fall into the "great opener, poor ending" category as this one sort of whimpered out for me by the end, and reveals itself not to be a complete story, which is kind of disappointing. That said, the art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno is stunning, and I suspect when read all in one (or as the two volumes it will be by the end of the year) I'll enjoy it more.

17. The Closet (#1-3)

See above re: Tynion's endings. This has some amazing moment-to-moment writing, a really creepy premise, and needed at least one more issue to really land. But it's still a solid horror outing.

18. Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (including Justice League Road to Dark Crisis) (#1-7)

To be honest, like most crossovers, I thought this dissolved into nonsense by the end. But the first half really worked for me, and even if the ending was cosmic editorial gobbledygook, those moments carried it through for me.

19. Rogues Gallery (#1-4)

A story about a home invasion by disgruntled fanboys, this one was a pretty dark little crime tale. Yes, I picked it up in part because it's the name of my store.

Best Returning Series:

I did add a "returning series" for stuff that came back like Saga, or had a new volume like Daredevil and DCeased.

1. DCeased War of the Undead Gods (#1-4)

So glad to see the return of Tom Taylor's DC zombie series. This is the finale of the trilogy (yes, there were three series in volume 1), and Taylor is going big, with zombie Darkseid with a yellow lantern ring being only the tip of the iceberg. It's great, and I can't wait for the finale in 2023.

2. Daredevil (#1-6)

This was my #1 for last year, along with the first two issues of Devil's Reign. It remains a super good run, and the idea of Daredevil and Elektra as a team running the opposite number of the Hand is a really interesting new take on the characters, and is right in line with what Zdarsky has been doing. It's also taking advantage of the new Punisher status quo in interesting ways.

3. Shirtless Bear-Fighter 2 (#1-3)

I didn't expect a second series for this but it is a goddamned delight. Full of fun puns, outrageous ideas, and as great as the first one.

4. Saga (#55-60)

There was a loooong wait for this to come back, but it came back strong. I'm still not sure about the decision to kill off a major character for shock value, but it's working so far. I'm not as in love with it as I was when it went on hiatus, but it's still great.

5. Alien (#1-2)

This one I'm not sure about, I tend to lose interest in them, but the first two issues, focusing on an android kill squad on a suicide mission to an alien-infested planet, is really interesting.

Best One-Shots:

This format had a good year. It's rare to get this close to a top 10.

1. Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond

So much fun. There's a miniseries coming tying into Dark Web, and it's honestly the thing I'm most looking forward to in that crossover. It's Jed McKay, which is worth noting as he's written maybe the best Black Cat ever.

2. Astro City That Was Then

With big new collections *finally* available, we get this nice little one-shot that reintroduces the world and its concepts for new readers as well as a solid story for those who have missed getting new Astro City.

3. Devil's Reign Moon Knight

Most of the Devil's Reign tie-ins and mini-series lost my interest, but this one-shot, putting Moon Knight into prison, where his crazy and brutality is sort of an asset, made for a good read.

4. Amazing Fantasy #1000

This anthology of Spider-Man stories had some real gems in it, from Dan Slott, Neil Gaiman, and Kurt Busiek, and really nice art, with Michael Cho a real standout.

5. Reckoning War Trial of the Watcher

I didn't really read Reckoning War, but this one-shot, which is basically "What If the Watcher Hadn't Interfered with Galactus?" is a really good read and one of the best What Ifs produced in quite some time.

6. Timeless 2022

Last year the Timeless special, also written by Jed MacKay, felt more like an ad for upcoming Marvel books, even though I enjoyed it. This year it had sprinkles of visual teases for next year, but it also had a really good story pitting Kang against a foe that challenged him, without punking him out or making him any less the powerful conqueror and time-traveler that he should be. I am crossing all my fingers and toes that MacKay is the next writer for Avengers, which promises to pick up on what was established here.

7. Blade Vampire Nation

This is a weird one, as Mark Russell gives us a political thriller/assassination story set in Dracula's new Russian nation with Blade as the sheriff. It's a spinoff of Aaron's Avengers, which I don't really like, but if there were more stories in this setting by this creative team, I'd totally read them.

8. Dungeons & Dragons 2022 Annual

What a fun anthology one-shot this was, all tied into the Wild Beyond the Witchlight setting from Dungeons & Dragons.

9. Star Wars Visions

Picking up on one of the best stories from the Star Wars Visions series, this was a solid one-off.

10. The Phalanx

I did not think I had any interest in a riff on Youngblood and the like, but Jonathan Luna has a history of doing fun stuff with weird concepts and this one-off was no different.

Good Series I'm Waiting on Trades for:

I added a category for "good series I stopped reading" because there are some books that just need bigger chunks to read in, and so I've switched to trade collections on some series.

1. I Hate This Place

2. Radiant Black

3. Crossover (Last year #7 ongoing)

4. DC vs. Vampires

5. Little Monsters

6. Twig

7. Star Trek

8. Bone Orchard Mythos Ten Thousand Black Feathers

9. Skybound Presents

10. Sins of the Black Flamingo

11. New Masters

12. Star Trek The Mirror War (Last year #9 best new)

13. Stillwater (Last year #8 ongoing)

14. Department of Truth (Last year #10 ongoing)

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Best of 2022 - Graphic Novels

I bought 37 graphic novels this year and I've read 27 of them so far, which is better than I did last year keeping up. I only have 5 left unread from 2020-2021, although I do also have some more from 2019 and before to read. All in all, I read about 90 graphic novels this year, most of them bigger hardcovers, some of them in serialized format. That's double the number I read last year, so making good progress on my stack.

If you wanted to get a sense of what I think was the best of 2022, and you're only buying graphic novels, here are my recommendations, broken down by creative team a bit:

Tom Taylor (Superman Son of Kal-El Vol 1-2, Knights of Steel Vol 1, Seven Secrets Vol 3, Nightwing Fear State & Vol 2, Batman The Detective)
Ed Brubaker (Reckless by Brubaker & Phillips (two volumes out this year, plus the three from years before, and Friday Vol 2 TP)
Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil Vol 2-3 HC, Daredevil Woman Without Fear, Devil's Reign, Newburn Vol 1)
Jed MacKay (Moon Knight Vol 1-2, Death of Doctor Strange, Strange Vol 1)
James Tynion (Batman Vol 5, The Joker Vol 2, Something Is Killing the Children 4-5, The Closet, Nice House on the Lake Vol 1)
Junji Ito (This year's were Liminal Zone and Black Paradox)
Jeff Lemire (Ascender HC, Gideon Falls Vol 2 HC, Mazebook, Little Monsters Vol 1, World of Black Hammer Vol 4, Bone Orchard Vol 1 The Passageway)
Kurt Busiek (Astro City Metrobook Vol 1-2)
Darwyn Cooke (Parker Martini Edition Last Call HC, Catwoman East End Omnibus)

My Top 50 Favorite Graphic Novels of 2022:
(Published in 2022)

Parker Martini Edition Last Call HC
Reckless (Ghost in You HC & Follow Me Down)
Nightwing Fear State HC & Vol 2 HC
Superman: Son of Kal-el Vol. 1-2 HC
Knights of Steel Vol 1 HC
Catwoman East End Omnibus
Me You Love in the Dark TP
Milestone Compendium One
Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky: to Heaven Through Hell Vol. 2-3 HC
Astro City Metrobook Vols 1-2 TP
Savage Avengers Vol. 5 TP
Moon Knight by Lemire & Smallwood Complete TP
Moon Knight Vol 1-2 TP
Death of Doctor Strange TP
Strange Vol 1 TP
Friday Book 2 TP
Newburn Vol 1 TP
She-Hulk Vol 1 TP Jen's Back
The Nice House on the Lake Vol 1 TP
Good Asian Vol 2 TP
The Sandman Book 1-4 TP
Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond Vol. 1-4 TP
Batman Vol 2 Joker War TP
Batman Joker War Saga TP
Batman Vol 5 Fear State HC
Batman The Detective HC
Robin Vol. 1-2 HC
Ascender HC
Gideon Falls Vol 2 HC
World of Black Hammer Library Edition Vol 4 HC
Little Monsters Vol 1 TP
Halo & Sprocket Complete Color Edition TP
Usagi Yojimbo Origins Vol 2-4 TP
Many Deaths of Laila Starr TP
Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. 1-2 HC
Immortal Hulk Vol 5 HC
Black Paradox/Liminal Zone
Swing Tp Vol 05
I Hate It Here Vol 1 TP
Chu Tp Vol 02
Mr. Lovenstein Presents Failure HC
Curse Words Omnibus
Radiant Black Vol 2 TP
Twig Vol 1 TP
Magic Vol 2-3 HC
Crossover Vol 2 TP
The Flintstones HC
Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee Hc Book 01
Bone Orchard Vol 1 The Passageway HC
Die HC

Other Graphic Novels I Read This Year:

Alien Dead Orbit TP

All New Wolverine HC

Avatar Imbalance Library Edition

Avatar North and South Library Edition

Babyteeth Vol 2 HC

Beasts of Burden Occupied Territory HC

Black Hammer Visions Vol 1 HC

Clementine Vol 1 TP

Daredevil by Charles Soule Omnibus

Ether Library Edition HC

Fine Print Vol 1 TP

Hack Slash Vol 1-2 HC

Rachel Rising Omnibus

Rat Queens Vol 3 HC

Seven Secrets Vol 3 TP

Spider-Man Life Story HC

Stillwater Vol 2 TP

The Kitchen TP

The Silver Coin Vol 2-3 TP

Tuki Vol 1 Fight for Fire TP

Tuki Vol 2 Fight for Family TP

World of Black Hammer Library Edition Vol 2-3 HC

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Best of 2022 - Boardgames

Last year I played 20 games that were new to me, 46 different games, and 60 times. This year, I played a *lot* more, in part thanks to Boardgame Arena's online tools, but in part due to more game nights and a super-productive BGG Con, plus a visit to GAMA and GenCon. All told, I played 94 different games, 250+ times, with 70 of them being new to me. However... 82 of those plays and 3 of those new games were on BGA, but still, that's 170+ plays, 67 new games, and over 90 different games.

Top 20 Favorite New Games:

7 Wonders Architects (59 plays, 14 of them in person, it's fair to call this my favorite new game of 2022)
Dice Throne Adventures
Birdwatcher
Marvel Dice Throne
Canvas
My Father's Work
Flamecraft
Starship Captains
Trekking Through History
Vengeance Roll & Fight
Eternal Palace
Framework
Namiji (and Aquamarine Expansion)
Marvel Remix
Wormholes
Cubitos
Guild of Merchant Explorers
My Shelfie
First Rat
Vivid Memories

Other New Games, In Order of Favorites:

Aeon's End
Radlands
Azul Master Chocolatier
Spirit Island
Clank!
Dungeons, Dice & Danger
Zombicide Gear Up
Everdell
Roll Camera!
Quantum
Call to Adventures Epic Origins
Saloon Tycoon
First Empires
Dragon Parks
Arch Ravels
Monolyths
Project L
Oh My Ring
Skull Canyon Ski Fest
Don't Llama Dice
Ready Set Bet
Mists Over Carcassonne
Horizons of Spirit Island
Star Trek Five Year Mission
Decorum
Kites
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Elector Counts
Yak
Floriferous
Wavelength
Ted Lasso Party Game
Big Monster (BGA only)
Unicorn Stew
Loot of Lima
Gingerbread House
Zoff in Buffalo
Can't Stop (BGA only)
Happy Dim Sum
Scout
Cover Your Kingdom
Small Islands
SPECTRE the boardgame
Bullet❤️
Twilight Inscription
Magic Maze
Firefly Misbehavin
Hey Yo
Hive Pocket
Train of Thought

Favorite Games:

Star Realms (mostly app play)
Azul (Mostly on BGA)
Barenpark (BGA only)
Deep Sea Adventure
PARKS
Horrified Universal Monsters
Space Base
DC Comics DBG
TEN
Dinosaur Island Rawr n Write
Dice Forge
Super Skill Pinball: 4Cade
Kingdomino
Caper Europe
Terrors of London
Isle of Cats
Celestia
Downforce
Dune Imperium
Marvel Champions
Here to Slay
Just One
King of New York/King of Tokyo
Quacks of Quedlinberg

My "to play" list of games I have

Abstract Academy
Canopy
Chronicles of Avel
CULTivate
Dragon Prince Battlecharged
Galaxy Trucker
GI Joe Mission Critical
Meeples & Monsters
On Tour
Pandemic Legacy Season 0
Roll Player Adventurs
Rolling Realms
Starfinder Pirates of Skydock
Truffle Shuffle
Unmatched (lots of them)

My "to play" list of games I have preordered:

Age of Comics The Golden Years
DC DBG Injustice
Motor City
Sagrada Artisans
Star Realms Rise of Empire
The Fox Experiment

My "to play" list of games I don't own

Alien Fate of the Nostromo
Ark Nova
Bequest
Between Two Cities Essential Edition
Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers
Cakes!
Cartographers Heroes
Chai
Chronicles of Crime 2400
Crime Zoom
Dinosaur World
Dune War for Arrakis
D&D Heroes of Undermountain
Endless Winter Paleoamericans
Forsaken
Getaway Driver
GI Joe DBG
Heat Pedal to the Metal
Hibachi
It's A Wonderful Kingdom
Libertalia Winds of Galecrest
Living Forest
Monuments
Nightmare Productions
Origins First Builders
Paint the Roses
Skate Summer
Skull
Skymines
So You've Been Eaten
Sobek
The Spill
Stella Dixit Universe
Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition
Tusk Surviving the Ice Age
Unfathomable
Verdant
The Wolves
Wonder Book

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Best of 2022 - Movies

Last year, I watched 126 movies, 58 of which were rewatches, 23 of which were new to me, and 46 of which were new releases. This year I watched 87 movies, 37 of which were new releases, 24 of which were new to me (8 of which were terrible movies Les and Nick made me watch for TV Dudes Patreon), and 26 were rewatches.

Top 15 New Movies This Year:

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
Barbarian
The Sea Beast
RRR
Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Weird
Violent Night
Enola Holmes 2
Prey
Nope
Confess, Fletch
Scream
Turning Red
Do Revenge

Other New Movies I Saw This Year:

Three Thousand Years of Longing
Thor Love and Thunder
Top Gun Maverick
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Vengeance
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers
Lightyear
Incantation
Ride the Eagle
The Adam Project
Orphan First Kill
Bullet Train
See How They Run
The Gray Man
X
Hellraiser
Kimi
The Batman
Day Shift
Tragedy of Macbeth
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Rosaline

Movies That I Saw For the First Time This Year:

tick, tick... BOOM!
The Night House
Nobody
Scream 4
The Forever Purge
The Descent
Under the Shadow
Nightmare Alley
Pig
The Sandlot
Unstoppable
Orphan
Days of Thunder
The Faculty
Casper
My Boyfriend's Back
Robin Hood
Karate Kid Part III
Stolen
Primal
Between Worlds
Outcast
Arsenal
Jiu Jitsu

Monday, December 19, 2022

Best of 2022 - Food

Last year I ate out about 300 times, this year...about 450. I need to cut back a lot next year.

These are my top 20 favorites, the ones that are accessible, affordable *and* delicious enough that I went there numerous times during the year.

Favorites:

Jewboy Burgers (still my favorite burger place, I ate there at least once a month, sometimes twice)
Julie's Noodles (soup dumplings, cucumbers, scallion pancakes, pretty much every month)
Hopdoddy (pricey but always good, and the burger of the month usually gets my attention)
Jewboy Subs (I love Jewboy Burgers, but Subs became a favorite this year too, in no small part due to monthly specials and that smoked meatloaf sandwich)
Tso Chinese Delivery (This is my favorite Chinese delivery place)
Ziggy's Kielbasa (Amazing kielbasa and pierogis, it's way up in Leander but delicious)
Tumble 22 (now that this is closer, I eat there every month at least)
Chuy's (Yes, I'm a basic bitch for tex-mex)
Mod Pizza (build your own pizzas, a favorite of my son)
Smokin Beauty (pretty good Vietnamese/BBQ mash-up, close to the house, I should eat here more often)
Deckhand Oyster Bar (love their crawfish etoufee, we'll sometimes escape work for a sitdown lunch here)
Liberty Barbecue (maybe my favorite chicken fried steak, only on Thursdays)
Texas Roadhouse (best affordable steak, great sides, delicious bread)
Torchy's Tacos (I ate this less this year, but I still like the over-stuffed not really tacos tacos here)
Brotherton Black BBQ (the brisket reuben and grilled cheese put this on my regular rotation this year)
Jack Allen's Kitchen (really delicious local southern comfort food)
Pinthouse Pizza (close to the store and really good, I'm surprised I don't go here more)
Kerbey Lane Cafe (not 24 hours, but still one of the few places to get late night food)
Sushi Nini (man am I glad to have these guys back, it's recent so I only had them twice this year, but I expect it'll be more next year)
El Dorado Cafe (I found this gem late this year, I expect I'll eat there a lot more in 2023)

I also kept track of where I ate lunch this year, and these are my favorites, based on how often I ate there. It's not just quality of food, here, but also closeness to work, where I'm usually eating lunch. I doubled my options this year.

Lunch Favorites:

P. Terry's (still my favorite quick burger place, and the only place I ate every month besides Jewboy Burgers)
Culver's (good burgers, good cheese curds, near my house *and* my work)
Popeye's (my favorite fast food fried chicken by a mile, and I love their sides)
Raising Cane's (just chicken strips and delicious sauce)
Whataburger (I don't *love* Whataburger, but it's in the parking lot of my store, so...)
Smokey Mo's (see above about Whataburger, it's in the same complex for lunch)
Vera Cruz (really good tacos, near the store, lunch only)
Arby's (curly fries. That is all)
Tarka (surprisingly good fast casual Indian food)
Wingstop (Solid wings with lots of flavors)
Wiseguys (chili dogs, beef sandwiches and other good Chicago food)
Cotton Patch Cafe (good fast southern food)
Fire Bowl (decent stir fry)
Firehouse Subs (like their meatball subs)
Juarez Mexican Bakery (good, cheap tex-mex, located near the store, but closes early)
Taco Pelenque (solid enough fast Mexican food)
Waffle Love (really good chicken and waffles and waffle grilled cheese)

Other places I like but only went to a couple times: Arepitas (Aleida's is better, but much further away), Chi'lantro (good, just a rare craving), Garbo's (delicious but so expensive), Mighty Fine Burgers (always solid), Rodeo Goat (delicious burgers in Dallas), and Short Stop (good place to get a cheap chili burger),

I didn't fully avoid chain fast food this year, had a couple meals at KFC (I wish someone else had chicken pot pie), McDonald's (sometimes you just need a comfort burger or chicken nuggets), Wendy's (cheap combos), and Sonic (chili cheese dogs and delicious drinks).

Then there were the places that I ate at once or twice, due to either it's location (downtown especially) or price, or because it's too new to have tried many times. This list is purely down to my favorites, where I'd eat if location and price were no object.

I didn't make it to Estancia this year, so I'll likely do that in 2023.

Rare Treats:

Kemuri Tatsu-Ya (my favorite restaurant in Austin)
Franklin BBQ (my parents get it for Christmas, and sometimes I'll put together an outing with a group of friends, order ahead of time, and we eat at my place. The line is for tourists or special occasions only)
Cork & Barrel (upscale Irish pub food in Round Rock, pricey but delicious)
Valentina's Tex-Mex (so far south, sells out often, but when I can manage it, it's always amazing)
Salty Sow (fantastic happy hour)
Gus's Fried Chicken (My favorite fried chicken, and I'm happy to learn there's one in Dallas when I go to BGG Con)
Interstellar BBQ (Really good BBQ, not as long of a wait as Franklin, easier to get to than Valentina's, but pricey)
Tiki Tatsu-Ya (more expensive and not as good as Kemuri, but a good show)
Culinary Dropout (overpriced, but their charcuterie plates, especially the grilled bread, are really good)

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Best of 2022 - TV

Every year gets better. For television. Last I year I watched 73 shows and had 21 that I didn't finish. This year I had 87 and 44 that I didn't finish.

Of the 15 shows in my Top 10 new last year (I combined Marvel and Star Wars into one entry, and I'll do the same this year), none of the Marvel or Star Wars shows had a second season in 2022. Midnight Mass and Cowboy Bebop were both one season shows from Netflix (Bebop was canceled, Midnight Mass was planned), Top Chef Family Style was a one season show so far, Resident Alien lost my interest, and Only Murders in the Building stayed in my top 10, Sex Lives of College Girls stayed in my top 20, and Physical and Rutherford fell outside the top 20, mostly because the offerings this year were so good.

Yes, I know about Reservation Dogs and Our Flag Means Death. I gave both second chances after they failed to impress me, and I finished Our Flag and still can't get into Reservation Dogs. I'm glad people love them, they're just not for me. And yes, I know everyone loved Andor and I know why, but it wasn't even my favorite Star Wars show this year, and none of them cracked the top 50.

In the Top 20, 3 came from Disney+ (6 less than last year), 3 came from Netflix (the same as last year), 5 from networks and Hulu (same as last year), 1 from Apple+ (1 less than last year, 1 from AMC+ (more than last year), 1 from Prime (more than last year), 1 from Paramount+ (more than last year) and 5 from HBO Max (4 more than last year).

Network Breakdown:

Apple+
Even without Ted Lasso, Apple+ had 6 shows I liked, including more Physical and Mythic Quest, and new ones in The Afterparty, Severance, Loot, and The Patient.

Disney+
Disney+ had 9 shows for me, but they were mostly different flavors of Marvel and Star Wars.

HBO Max
HBO Max came on strong this year with a 1/4 of my Top 20, and 11 really good shows. Last year I wasn't sure it was worth the $15/month, but at this point, it was well worth it. Wonder if Zaslav will change all that in 2023.

Hulu
Hulu had 13 shows, less than the 23 from last year, and of those, 4 are finished (Atlanta, Woke, Pam & Tommy, The Orville). Then again they have 1/4 of my top 20 as well, although that's a big drop off from the number of shows I was watching.

Netflix
Netflix had 16 shows, 5 less than last year, and of those, it seems unlikely Cat Burglar or Russian Doll will be back, and Midnight Club and Archive 81 are both, sadly, canceled.

Paramount+
Paramount+ came on strong this year, not just with a really solid slate of Star Trek (5 shows!) but with 7 other shows, two of which are from CBS, but most of which are originals for the network. The Good Fight didn't make my list, but I might finish it out.

Peacock
Peacock had 6 shows, most of which were either just OK, canceled, or moved to a new network (RIP Rutherford Falls, see you on Netflix, Girls5Eva). But they're the only place to watch the new Quantum Leap, which I'm really enjoying, which will keep it on my list until hopefully another show comes along.

Prime
Prime continues to be underwhelming overall, but they delivered some great TV this year, with 6 shows I'd call good to great.

Most of the streaming services took a notable uptick this year, with HBO Max, Paramount+, and Apple+ in particular being notable in terms of quality. Netflix and Hulu, however, while still being worth the money, both lost a ton of viewing time to their challengers. Streaming is likely to change a lot in the next year or two, I'll be interested to see who's still standing by 2025. Based on this year, Paramount+, Apple+, and Disney+ are my must-haves that keep improving, and I suspect HBO Max and Netflix will continue to decline in 2023. Hulu remains solid with a decent back catalog, FX shows, and impressive originals, and Prime is moving up with new seasons of Rings of Power and The Boys (and its upcoming spinoff), and now Mike Flanagan's Dark Tower and Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K in development. 2023 could be a slower year for them, because I doubt any of those will show until 2024, but we'll see what they have on deck.

One thing is for sure, though, I won't be sorry to see Peacock go, as they've lost all the shows I loved and so they basically at this point are only an obstacle to Hulu or Netflix having Quantum Leap.

HBO Max (#6 last year)
Apple+ (#5 last year)
Disney+ (#1 last year)
Hulu (#3 last year)
Netflix (#2 last year)
Paramount+
Prime
Peacock (#4 last year)

Top 10 Ongoing Shows:

Interesting to see how many of these have been gone for one, two, or in one case four years. Better Call Saul, Harley Quinn, and Hacks jumped way up for me. The first one is the big surprise, because I've always loved it, but I guess there was just a lot of competition in 2020.

Atlanta (FX/HULU) (#2 in 2018)
What We Do In the Shadows (FX/HULU) (#2 last year)
Better Call Saul (AMC+) (#38 in 2020)
Barry (HBO Max) (#5 in 2019)
Only Murders in the Building (HULU) (#1 new last year)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max) (#47 in 2020)
Cobra Kai (NETFLIX) (#4 last year)
Hacks (HBO Max) (#32 last year)
The Boys (Prime) (#5 in 2020)
Never Have I Ever (Netflix) (#5 new in 2020)

Top 10 New Shows:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
Marvel Shows (She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, Guardians of the Galaxy & Werewolf by Night Specials) (Disney+)
The Afterparty (Apple+)
Peacemaker (HBO Max)
Sandman (Netflix)
Julia (HBO Max)
The Bear (Hulu)
Reboot (Hulu)
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
Severance (Apple+)

Just Outside the Top 10:

I know, I'm cheating even more than usual, but this was such a good year for TV. Any of these shows would have been top 10/20 in a slower year. If I extended out to Top 20 on New and Ongoing, here's roughly where everything lands

Mythic Quest (#11 on Ongoing)
Avenue 5 (#12 on Ongoing)
Sex Lives of College Girls (#13 on Ongoing)
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (#14 on Ongoing)
Grand Crew (#11 on New)
Star Trek (Discovery S4, Picard S2, Lower Decks S2, Prodigy S1) (#15 Ongoing, big huge cheater pick)
Girls5Eva (#16 Ongoing)
Midnight Club (#12 on New)
Minx (#13 on New)
The Offer (#14 on New)
Welcome to Chippendale's (#15 on New)
Death to 2021 (#16 on New)
Quantum Leap (#17 on New)
HALO (#18 on New)
Tulsa King (#19 on New)
Last Week Tonight (#17 Ongoing)
Inside Job (#18 Ongoing)
Rings of Power (#20 New)
Pam & Tommy (#21 New)
Murderville (#22 New)
The Orville New Horizons (#19 Ongoing)
Evil (#20 Ongoing)

Complete List of Shows:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Atlanta
She-Hulk
Ms. Marvel
The Afterparty
Peacemaker
What We Do In the Shadows
Better Call Saul
Sandman
Julia
Barry
The Bear
Only Murders in the Building
Harley Quinn
Cobra Kai
Reboot
Moon Knight
Hacks
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
The Boys
Never Have I Ever
Mythic Quest
Avenue 5
Sex Lives of College Girls
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Severance
Grand Crew
Star Trek Discovery
Star Trek Picard
Star Trek Lower Decks
Star Trek Prodigy
Girls5Eva
Midnight Club
Minx
The Offer
Welcome to Chippendale's
Death to 2021
Quantum Leap
HALO
Tulsa King
Last Week Tonight
Inside Job
Rings of Power
Pam & Tommy
Murderville
The Orville New Horizons
Evil
Baymax
Rutherford Falls
Ghosts
Made for Love
Loot
Kids in the Hall
So Help Me Todd
Archive 81
Stranger Things
Tales of the Jedi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Book of Boba Fett
Andor
Reacher
Mayor of Kingstown
Big Shot
The Watcher
Our Flag Means Death
Fleishman is in Trouble
Uncoupled
Physical
Dragon Prince
Killing It
Shoresy
Letterkenny
Umbrella Academy
Bumper in Berlin
Woke
Russian Doll
Undone
Cat Burglar
The Resort
The Expanse
The Patient
Wolf Like Me
Pieces of Her
Upload
Maggie
The Outlaws
The Woman Across The Street From The Girl in the Window

Shows I Didn't Finish:

House of the Dragon
Little Demon
Superman & Lois
Westworld
We Own This City
Bust Down
Reservation Dogs
Interview with the Vampire
From
WeCrashed
Slow Horses
Resident Alien
Welcome to Wrexham
American Horror Stories
American Horror Story
Bad Sisters
The Imperfects
Paper Girls
League of Their Own
The Old Man
Players
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Tokyo Vice
American Auto
Man Who Fell To Earth
Dahmer
The Baby
How We Roll
The Dropout
Bel-Air
Single Drunk Female
Legend of Vox Machina
Pivoting
Suspicion
Life & Beth
Joe vs. Carole
Echo 3
Outer Range
Roar
The Endgame
Naomi
Stay Close
How I Met Your Father
Welcome to Flatch

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Monthly Update - November 2022

Read 50 Graphic Novels (Last Year 41) (51+2=53)

Newburn Vol 1 TP
Little Monsters Vol 1 TP

Comics I Read This Month (Last Year 396) (295+25=330)

Batman vs. Robin #3
Blade Vampire Nation #1
DCeased War of the Undead Gods #4
Daredevil #5
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6
Dark Knights of Steel #8
Eight Billion Genies #6
Fantastic Four #1
Hell to Pay #1
Moon Knight #17
Nice House on the Lake #11
Nightwing #98
Nightwing 2022 Annual #1
Parker Girls #3
Poison Ivy #6
Punisher #7
Secret Invasion #1
She-Hulk #7-8
Spider-Man #2
Star Trek Picard Stargazer #3
Stargirl The Lost Children #1
Strange #8
Superman Son of Kal-El #17
Wildcats #1