Here are the most best things I wrote this past year. I think this averages out to one great piece per week. I am pleased by this.
COMIC BOOKS
The Strange History of Marvel Comics’ ULTIMATE ADVENTURES with Hawk-Owl and Woody
Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy, Pt.1
Jeffrey Brown on VADER’S LITTLE PRINCESS, A MATTER OF LIFE and More
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES 21st Anniversary
GRENDEL Retrospective with Matt Wagner, 1
Fantagraphics Reprints Crockett Johnson’s BARNABY
Nick Offerman of PARKS AND RECREATION talks AXE COP, Comics and More
BONE Creator Jeff Smith on Self-Publishing
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Creator George Romero on EMPIRE OF THE DEAD
Jonathan Hickman and Mike Costa on GOD IS DEAD
Priest and Bright on the Return of QUANTUM AND WOODY
TOYS!
The Many (Toy) Faces of Sylvester Stallone
How to Build Your Dragon: Putting Together Mattel’s MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Classics Granamyr Toy
Tracking down the ADVENTURE TIME Marshall Lee Plush Toy
Sillof and Patton Owsalt’s FASTER, EMPIRE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
Masterpiece Transformers Soundwave
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Caldecott Winner David Wiesner on MR. WUFFLES
Jhn Agee (LITTLE SANTA) and Loren Long (OTIS)
A look at the musical MARY POPPINS and P.L. Travers’ original books (done in Feb., before SAVING MR. BANKS came out)
Phyllis Rowan’s THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
THE DARK IS RISING Author Susan Cooper
In Memorial: E.L. Konigsburg, Author of FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
Zilpha Keatley Snyder on BELOW THE ROOT
Weird Picture Books That I Enjoy
More Weird Children’s Books: The Mushroom Planet, Chicken Trek, Suzuki Beane and More
LOCAL NORTH CAROLINA ARTS
Nice Price Books in Carrboro to Close
SERENA Author Ron Rash on NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY
Craig Zobel on Directing COMPLIANCE
Golden Age Bakery Puts Comics on Cookies
Elizabeth Strout on THE BURGESS BOYS
TV Production in NC with HOMELAND, BANSHEE, UNDER THE DOME and More
INSPECTOR LYNLEY Author Elizabeth George Visits
Attempting to understand CATS in a local production
Local Produce Delivery Startups
COMICS I WROTE:
Unseen REGULAR SHOW Script: “Bad Grammar”
My REGULAR SHOW story “Sombrero World”
Interview on “Sombrero World” in USA Today
Another Interview on “SomBrero World” in the News and Observer
My ADVENTURE TIME Story “Grocery Time” (Pt.1)
My ADVENTURE TIME Story “Grocery Time” (Pt.2)
FREE COMIC: “Decaffeinated” with Thomas Boatwright
MISC. TV
31 Loose Ends from Season 4 of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Dean Norris Talks BREAKING BAD and UNDER THE DOME
Hugh Dancy on HANNIBAL: Season One
Why I Heart Megatron: A Transformers Post
More than 60 BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD Videos
The anniversary of the end of ST. ELSEWHERE
My Strange Obsession with LAW & ORDER: SVU
MISC. ESSAYS/ORIGINAL COMPILATION POSTS
THE HEARTBREAK KID, SAVE THE DATE and other films for singles on Valentine’s Day
Thunderbirds are Go(ne): A Tribute to Gerry Anderson
Miami Connection: All 230+ Things I Love About this Film
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