Monthly Archives: December 2015

Fantastic Friday: Fantastic Four podcasts

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Fantastic Four podcasts! Who wants some? Appropriately, here are four that I’ve been listening to: Fantasticast. The hosts, a pair from England, are going through not just the Fantastic Four comic series, but every appearance by the characters in any … Continue reading →

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Reading Sherlock Holmes – The Gloria Scott

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the original Sherlock Holmes stories. If you go in purely chronological order, The Gloria Scott comes first, because it’s a flashback to Sherlock’s youth. Isn’t he cute? Facts of the case: Holmes tells Watson a story from his college … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Planet eating and house hunting

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #257 is called “Fragments,” which is appropriate because it contains a little bit of everything. We begin in outer space, where Galactus is dying. He’s experiencing a rare bout of compassion, … Continue reading →

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Reading Sherlock Holmes – The Stockbroker’s Clerk

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the original Sherlock Holmes stories. The Stockbroker’s Clerk shows Arthur Conan Doyle mixing things up a little, by tweaking the Holmes formula just enough to keep things interesting. Facts of the case: A stockbroker has been offered what appears … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Not so annihilating

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The Negative Zone saga comes to an end in issue #256, but it’s an end that leaves us with a lot of questions as to what’ll happen next. To recap: A dying … Continue reading →

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