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  • Tales of A Comic Book Virgin: Issue 6

    Issue 6: In which our heroine gets schooled—mutant schooled. Here is a sample of my X-Men knowledge before I picked up the first volume in Astonishing X-Men: 1) It was a cartoon series in the early 90s that I sometimes watched. The only character I...

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 5

    Issue 5: In which our heroine emerges from the cave of her unexpected hiatus from life only to head straight back into the darkness… Oh, Neil Gaiman, how you baffle me. Are you completely insane or overflowing with genius? Utterly batty or mind-blowingly brilliant? I’m...

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 4

    Issue 4: In which our sleepy heroine exits light and enters night… I finally opened up Volume 1 of The Sandman with much trepidation. As someone new to the world of comics, I felt a lot of pressure to like Neil Gaiman’s story-by-way-of-graphic-novel. I have...

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 3

    Issue 3: In which our willing heroine takes a little trip into the past with Hal and gets on board with the big bad wolf.

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 2

    Issue 2: In which our tentative heroine decides that Batman needs to go to his happy place and all Hal Jordan needs is a good shrink. So, not being one to procrastinate (or let anything sit unread for too long if I can help it),...

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 1

    Issue 1: In which our unlikely heroine gets the big gaffes out of the way immediately. “Can I help you with anything?” I look down at the thin wisp of a girl who I just about trip over as I attempt to navigate the aisles...

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  • Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 16 (Season Finale)

    Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 16 (Season Finale)

    Week 16 (Season Finale): Endless (premiered July 27, 2010) “Gotta do what the old man woulda wanted me to do.” ~ Josh Harris Well, this is it: the final recap of Season 6, the season that changed everything. I’m thoroughly convinced that this season spells...

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  • Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 15

    Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 15

    Week 15: Valhalla (premiered July 20, 2010) “We’re both at a loss for why this happened.” “It doesn’t make sense.” ~ Captain Phil Harris’ Doctors I didn’t think it was possible for any episode to be more difficult to watch than last week’s. Boy, was...

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  • Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 14

    Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 14

    Week 14: Redemption Day (premiered July 13, 2010) “I’m sorry. When you were growing up, I should have been a better father.” ~ Captain Phil Harris You know what sucks? False hope. You know what sucks more than that? Knowing that you’re witnessing false hope...

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  • Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 13

    Deadliest Catch Recap: Week 13

    Week 13: Cain and Abel (premiered July 6, 2010) “I’m alive.” ~ Captain Phil Harris Sorry for the delay! I only just stopped crying long enough to type this up, and if I have to see the preview for tomorrow’s episode one more time, I...

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