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Dark Tower versus White Tower

The Gunslinger, by Stephen King – This is only the second King book I’ve read, the first being The Stand. And I believe the Man in Black in this series is the same as Randall Flagg from that book. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, African, Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Characters, Chinese, Comics, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Vietnamese | Tagged aliens, amy chu, apes, ares, bigfoot, bigfoot dreams, cap'n bill, cats, chasing the moon, childe roland to the dark tower came, children of ragnarok, cindy and cragg, divine misfortune, dragons, eleggua, emperor mollusk versus the sinister brain, fairies, gil's all fright diner, gorillas, greyback in blue, igbo, impundulu, janet k. lee, king anko, margaret atwood, maya and the rising dark, mermaids, monster, my dinner with ares, ogbunabali, orishas, pixies, pizza, pizza madness, ragnarok, rena barron, robert browning, robert jordan, robots versus slime monsters, sasquatch, saturn, sea serpents, sea sirens, stephen king, the automatic detective, the dark tower, the great hunt, the gunslinger, the handmaid's tale, the sea fairies, the stand, the wheel of time, trot griffiths, work ethic |

Super-Battle of the Sexes

Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years – I didn’t really know that much about Batgirl, part of the tradition of female superheroes modeled after male characters, although she did have her own personality and motivations. The name Bat-Girl was first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Comics, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Names, Television | Tagged angel catbird, barbara gordon, batgirl, batgirl a celebration of 50 years, batman, betty kane, bob kane, captain marvel, carol danvers, cassandra cain, cats, chris claremont, gerry conway, henchgirl, j. jonah jameson, jim mooney, john buscema, johnnie christmas, kathy kane, kristen gudsnuk, margaret atwood, marvel masterworks, mary jane watson, ms. marvel, oracle, sal buscema, spider-man, tamra bonvillain |

Coping with Totalitarianism

The Table of Less Valued Knights, by Marie Phillips – There have been many parodies of the King Arthur mythos, but this one covers some ground that I hadn’t seen before. It introduces another table at Camelot for the knights … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Chinese, Christianity, Current Events, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Humor, Mythology, Politics, Religion | Tagged grace lin, king arthur, lady of the lake, margaret atwood, marie phillips, starry river of the sky, the handmaid's tale, the table of less valued knights, theocracy, when the sea turned to silver, where the mountain meets the moon |