Longbox Ronin
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Usually a little chaotic in here. I write about comics, film, books, music, Philly sports, and whatever stray signal drifts in. Strong opinions, low contempt. Pull the thread and follow it.
This looks pretty sick! Z2 Comics is putting out Milo Goes to Comics, a graphic novel recounting the story of punk legends Descendents/ALL, from their beginnings in the '70s to today. Written by Milo Aukerman and Bill Stevenson, with art by Ryan Dunlavey. Music history in comic form? Hell yeah!
Fort Psycho Vol. 1 has a great premise, but the story feels thin. The conspiracy piles up questions, and the island’s best worldbuilding is in the backmatter. I love a slow burn, but I need a spark. Anyone else reading? Thoughts? ARC provided through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
Occasionally, I have to go into the office. I have one question. What kind of monster does this to a jelly donut? I work with savages.
It's been a LONGGGG month waiting for The Nice House by the Sea #12 from @jamesthefourth.bsky.social and team! I've been on the edge of my seat so long my posture has actually improved. Who's been following this one? I'm gonna need people to talk to after Wednesday.
Two books I’ve had on my radar for a while, and somehow I’ve never read either. Friday and The Private Eye. Going into both relatively blind, which is usually how I prefer it. Who’s read them? I want to hear what you thought. Just keep the bodies buried until I’m done.
Two formerly conjoined brothers running rival soda empires. Corporate espionage, murder, and a family feud so petty it’s almost impressive. @madcavestudios.com is refreshing. It’s awesome when a publisher is willing to embrace stories that are genuinely weird and let them be their own thing.
Alright, Marvel detectives. What do we think “1 Day” actually is—and what in this teaser has you leaning that way?
Guys, nobody told me Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees was this savage. 😂
5 @DC NYCC reveals: 1. Hide Nor Hair — Hollywood noir, living masks. 2. Green Lantern: The Dying of the Light — Aaron’s Hal after 20 years in prison. 3. 100 Bullets: Enemigos — it’s back. 4. Joker/Harley: Malicious Intent — serial-killer mystery. 5. O.M.A.C. — Kirby weirdness, Denys Cowan. Yours?
Smile: For the Camera — 3.5/5 Even in death, they have to look beautiful. Miriana Puglia’s art nails the glamour of the modeling world. Even the horror looks gorgeous. The story is predictable and the curse’s payoff feels rushed, but it’s a stylish summer popcorn flick. I had fun with it.
Quit drinking, they said. Think of all the money you’ll save, they said. Apparently happy hour just moved to Wednesdays and now has a pull list.
@beetlemoses.bsky.social new book is gloriously stupid, highest praise. Bone-dry, literal wit. He takes a ridiculous idea to its logical conclusion, then somehow makes it even dumber. Perfect timing. No overexplaining. I laughed my ass off. ARC via NetGalley. All opinions my own.
Tomorrow’s pull list got weird and exactly the right way. What you got tomorrow?
If you’re like me, the TBR stack never really gets smaller. What’s got your attention this week? Major props to my LCS for ordering me a copy of Black Tower. I read it digitally and immediately realized I’d somehow slept on a book that is extremely my shit.
Happy 95th birthday to Dick Tracy. Still one of the coolest silhouettes in comics. Still punching weird-looking criminals in the face. Still somehow making a yellow trench coat look intimidating. 95 years is a hell of a run!
I spent years wanting Mahershala Ali’s Blade. Then that project fell apart, and he reunited with Bassam Tariq for a smaller, stranger, deeply personal original action movie. Honestly? The superhero movie disappeared. The personal movie survived. I’m extremely here for that.
What comic made you break your own “digital-first” rule? The older I get, the more I want comics worth owning. Not “variant cover because shiny.” Give me weird paper. Oversized art. Make the physical book part of the experience. Absolute Martian Manhunter is wrecking my digital-first philosophy
I think of Norm Macdonald a little like Tom Waits. Their peers seemed to understand the depth before everyone else did. A musician’s musician. A comedian’s comedian. Both so singular that imitation only ever gets you the surface. Norm was operating on a different frequency.
The kung-fu connection is obvious. The clan is why these belong together. READ THIS / SPIN THIS The Immortal Iron Fist × Wu-Tang Clan — Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) You inherit the mythology. Then you earn your place inside it.
My seven-year-old has turned into a feral beast. Tiny, barefoot, and furious about circumstances she personally created. Second grade is going great!
Eight. American. Dollars. Total. This is why you always check the used-book shelves. No Man’s Land. Hardcover Court of Owls. Absolute Gotham robbery. Used bookstores remain undefeated. Support your local bookstores.
Ya’ll!! Tom Hardy dropping a CZARFACE album as Frankie Pulitzer was not on my 2026 bingo card. But it is 🔥 The Richard the III monoglue in the Bane voice rips!
Proust’s In Search of Lost Time is the literary equivalent of “this meeting could have been an email.”
Bluesky feels like an abandoned mall where every remaining store is somehow a networking event. There are active pockets, sure, but you walk past twelve shuttered storefronts to find them. Then someone hands you their newsletter.
Men will literally write a Dracula puppet musical instead of going to therapy. Important clarification: pro-therapy, pro-Dracula puppet musical.
Happy Comic Pull Day! What’s everyone blown away by this week?! Anyone read Murphy and Gough’s - The Last Driver? Circling it but want to hear more about it first.
