(via Shutterstock) I can overstate how much reading means to me. It makes commutes feel fleeting and full of characters and events and excitement it would otherwise meaningfully lack. It fills my stressy moments with such a profound sense of escapist release. And it dials down my anxiety and sense Continue Reading
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On 12th day of Christmas … I added another 10 new pop culture ornaments to my tree incl. Scooby-Doo, Peanuts’ Spike, Miffy + more
(via Shutterstock) Forget decking the halls … at least for right now! With Christmas almost upon us, adding more pop culture ornaments to my tree is the order of the day, and yes, while I buy far too many new ones every year – is there such a thing? I Continue Reading
Happy festive 75th anniversary Peanuts! Review of Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales
(courtesy Amazon) SNAPSHOTThe special consists of a series of vignettes, each one starring a different member of the Peanuts gang in various Christmas time situations. (courtesy Peanuts wiki) You have to feel a little sorry for any of the Peanuts’ Christmas specials that followed in the wake of the classic A Charlie Continue Reading
Festive comic book review: Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular
Spending Christmas with those you love is always a joy. And that goes for fictional characters too like many of the gang from Hanna-Barbera, an animation house founded by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1957, former MGM employees who gifted the world the hilarious manic delights of Tom and Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 10 new pop culture ornaments incl. Elio, Up, The Muppet Christmas Carol … and more!
(via Shutterstock) When I bought my first Christmas tree as an adult way back in 1992, I bought some pop culture ornaments but I mostly stuck to the sorts of ornaments and baubles I remembered from childhood. But as time went on, I increasingly bought more and more pop culture Continue Reading
Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why it endures (curated article)
(courtesy IMDb) In 2024, the beloved special is streaming on Apple TV+. Stephen Lind, University of Southern California It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched into traditions across generations like decorating the tree or sipping hot Continue Reading
Retro comic book review: Scooby Doo … Mystery Comics #1 #AndyAt60
A curious thing happened in late January 1990 as I prepared to move to Sydney, by overnight Kirklands bus no less, and tried to sort out my belongings at my parents’ place. I decided to throw out, for reasons that completely escape me now, almost all my ABBA collection (since Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Stitch Head by Guy Bass (writer) and Pete Williamson (artwork)
(courtesy Larrikin Press) It’s a recurring theme in all kinds of creative expression – just who are the monsters really and might they be lurking where you least suspect? The answer, to the second question at least, is an emphatic “YES!!”, owing to the fact that humanity, despite millennia of Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Fierce: The F*cked-Up Fairytale of a Fed-Up Princess by Geoffroy Monde (writer) and Mathieu Burniat (artwork)
(courtesy Abrams Books) Think you know the legend of King Arthur? Think again, my friends in the yelling, scremaing, frenetically colourful and boisterous chaos of Fierce the Fcked-up Fairytale of a Fed-up Princess by Geoffroy Monde (story) and Mathieu Burniat (artwork/layout/colours), the much-told story of the fictional (?) hero of Continue Reading
The art and fun of Wallace the Brave: Watch creator Will Henry bring a Sunday strip to playfully colourful life
(courtesy official Will Henry Twitter/X account (c) Will Henry/Go Comics) Wallace the Brave, which flows from the imaginatively whimsical hand of Will Henry, is of those unicorn comic strips that has it all. Set in the archetypal New England town of Snug Harbor [sic], the strip follows the adventures of Continue Reading