reviews

A Look At PTSD, World War II, and Family Author: Dale Maharidge Dale Maharidge only remembers his father, formerly Sergeant Steve Maharidge, after the war. His heart-breaking episodes of anger, his endless rage. What caused his father to be that way? They say before the war he was a different man, but Dale doesn't remember that, and his father never spoke about the war. The only thing that even pointed back to his time as a Marine was that old picture in the basement. A picture that showed a smiling man Dale never even knew. All these years later, now [...]

SCREAM?  At Times, I Wanted To. Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman Artist: Chris Mooneyham One of my very first AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comics was the first appearance of Venom, and at the time I thought he was an alright character, but, you know, nothing special.  A few years later came Carnage, another one I was there for the introduction of but, again, wasn’t too impressed with.  I don’t know what it was about the characters, maybe the way they just seemed too powerful, but I’ve never been big on the symbiotes in Marvel comics. Then came the long period where I wasn’t [...]

The (Final?) Game of Thrones Author: George R. R. Martin After starting nearly five years ago, I've finally approached the current end of the Game of Thrones epic (and to think, I was so sure by the time I got to A Dance with Dragons, all the Ice and Fire books would be out – what a sweet, summer child I was.) The fifth book in the series continues the split started with A Feast for Crows, focusing on just a few of the characters and introducing a staggering array of additional people, subplots, plots on plots, next generation plots, and pure filler. [...]