Holy Buckets of Swampjuice! I've waited years for the release of Essential Man-Thing and finally this week it arrived! I am wreading it muck-slowly, so mossy-awesome, this is one of my all-time favorite comics presented cleanly, in order, no ads, no color, just supernatural Philosophy of Self in the Everglades action. DC's got Swamp Thing and Marvel's got Man-Thing. Both rock, but right about now it's MAN over SWAMP. Both go supreme with The Sword's Age of Winters album in headphones!
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Also this week, I started the ASTOUNDING historical novel Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This is a wonderfully rich and well-researched telling of The Battle of Thermopylae. Soooooo good! Ancient war come to life more than ever before! The Asian Hordes! The Spartans! Xerxes! Leonidas! More than just the men or the armies, this is a triumph in presenting and preserving knowledge of beaucoup d'ancient ways of living ~ 24 centuries ago! I will be loving this book for many weeks to come, simply KILLER so far ... I see others have loved it too ... It's more than just the 300 story, so much more going on before and after the most famous fighting.
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Of course I've been rollicking in instant classic The Average American Male
~ @ 22 pages to go I didn't want it to end, such a wickedly life-affirming story! I bought three copies, one in each available color: white, red, and blue ... yeah dude ... will buy more copies next week for gifts ... I laughed out loud throughout, and that counts! Such a spirited modern tale inside these handsomely clean and durable paperbacks, love the feel, perfect for on-the-go irreverent city wreading hell yes ... guess I'll give the fat 'right on' to HarperPerennial for that ... but seriously: Go Chad Kultgen! Hope this turns into more for him. Here are the funny promo videos.
