Antarctic Press
What I bought – 13 February 2013
Sipping drinks on the porch in the sunset, Farsheed Shomloo, an immigration lawyer, pointed to a book on the patio table and told Jim, “You should read this new book about Iran, it’s really interesting.” Jim replied:
“I don’t want to read it. I know the outcome already. In Iran, there is beautiful poetry and everything turns out a disaster. Here the poetry is not so beautiful, but people are free to discover the best in themselves; that’s why America has happy endings. Here it’s a negative system: there is no entrenched despotism, no will to dominate. We immigrants can remake the whole country if we want to. It’s ours for the taking, as if there is a perpetual clean slate where nobody is ever owed anything. I’ll tell you, the Iranian revolution was a disaster for Iran and a success for America, because it brought a lot of talented, ambitious Iranians here. Every time there is a disaster in the Third World, it’s a good thing for America, since the best of the middle class finds its way here.” (Robert Kaplan, from An Empire Wilderness)
Flippin’ through Previews – February 2013
Oh, DC – you never fail to amuse, and Previews #293 is a perfect example of that!
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What I bought – 16 January 2013
If so, that impression was in his mind on that last day of 1807 when he was forty and played Surrey to Burr’s Wolsey, exclaiming to the ravening crowd that Burr had “no religious principles, and little, if any sense of reverence to a moral Governor of the Universe.” How could even an Adams purport to know such a thing? John Quincy Adams’s theologically trained father would have been aware that one makes a statement about the state of another person’s soul at great peril to one’s own. (Roger Kennedy, from Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson)
Flippin’ through Previews – November 2012
Hey, what do you know? Another month has passed, and Previews #290 has dropped! Let’s check it out, even though all of this has been available on the Internet for two or more weeks!
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Flippin’ through Previews – April 2012
Yes, I’m a week late thanks to being out of town, but I hope you’re ready for a Very Special Guest to help me go through this months Previews #283!
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Flippin’ through Previews – February 2012
Are people really upset about that Wonder Woman cover? Really? If you don’t know already, see it on the latest Previews, #281, below!
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Flippin’ through Previews – December 2011
Are you looking to do a little Christmas shopping? Well, too bad – Previews #279 is NOT for you! (Because it, you know, has books for February and beyond, so it’s too late for Christmas shopping, so it’s funny that it’s the “December” issue, right, and … oh, let’s just move on.)
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Flippin’ through Previews – March 2011
You know, I can’t believe I’m thinking this … but I might buy BOTH Flashpoint AND Fear Itself! Can you handle it?!?!?!?
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Flippin’ through Previews – November 2010
Where can you find comics? In Previews, of course! This month: Is it the worst idea ever on the cover of Previews? Could be …
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Flippin’ through Previews – October 2010
It’s Previews #265, featuring the most shocking all-new Wolverine ongoing EVER! Would Marvel lie to you?
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Flippin’ through Previews – April 2010
There is one book in Previews, issue #259, that you must order. YOU MUST!!!! But, pray tell, which one might it be? Can you guess????
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Flippin’ through Previews – February 2010
The Marvel Universe has apparently never existed before … because it starts in Previews #257!
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Flippin’ through Previews – January 2010
Smell it? It’s comics from the future! Aaaaahhhhh! They’re in Previews #256, to which we now turn our attention!
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Flippin’ through Previews – December 2009
Raise your hand if you love Previews #255! Yee-ha!!!!
Flippin’ through Previews – November 2009
It’s time to delve into the latest issue of Previews, #254! Let’s rock!
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