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Category Archives: Books

February 28, 2014 Project

It’s been two weeks since we’ve had anything Q*bert around here, so it feels like the right time to tell you about the project I’m working on. I have told you about two Q*bert books so far – The Adventures of Q*bert and Q*bert’s Quazy Questions. But, as Yoda would say, “there is another.” There […]

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February 27, 2014 Tomb Raider #1

I haven’t bought comics in years and all of a sudden I’m committed to buying two a month.  That doesn’t sound like much, sure, but it feels like a lot, mostly because it’s way more than I was buying. Make sense? Good. Both comics are written by Gail Simone, which is why I’m getting them. […]

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January 16, 2014 Q*bert’s Quazy Questions

Here and there I’ve started collecting bits and pieces of Q*bert memorabilia. Some of the things I’d really like to have are prohibitively expensive, but some things are surprisingly cheap. You can’t tell from looking at it, but the way I’ve used the word “surprisingly” there is meant to be sarcastic.  I love Q*bert (as […]

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December 19, 2013 Super Graphic

Yesterday the Media Specialist where I work brought a book to me and said, “I think you’ll enjoy this.” She was right! It’s Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe, and I’ve never seen anything quite like it. It’s 190 pages of graphs, the sort you’d see in year-end reports and PowerPoints […]

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September 6, 2013 The Devil in the White City

I read a book! I know it is surprising, since I mostly talk about watching movies and playing videogames. Hey, I was surprised myself! What happened was the improv group I’m a member of got invited to be a part of our town’s One Great Read, a program that’s been going on for a few […]