B.P.R.D.
Trade paperbacks, older editions, and miscellaneous for November 2012
Another month, another bunch of trade paperbacks. Plus: real books? What craziness is this????
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What I bought – 7 November 2012
Out of the seven days of creation, four were successful and three were unsuccessful. Only one day held sway and made this world a successful world. That was the seventh day, the day of rest, when the Creator did nothing. (Milorad Pavić, from Landscape Painted with Tea)
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 208: B.P.R.D.: There’s Something Under My Bed
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from B.P.R.D.: There’s Something Under My Bed, which was published by Dark Horse and is cover dated November 2003. This scan is from B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs volume 1, which was published in February 2011. Enjoy!
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Committed: Moving Horrors & Frankenstein
All comic book readers know the creeping fear that goes along with moving house and with it, moving the comic books. For me, packing has revealed the scope of my collection (which was all shelved until recently), and once I’ve moved, there’s the nagging fear that there won’t be room in the new place. And what sort of order do I put them in? Alphabetical by author, or by title, or by publisher? Chronologically organized by when I read them? Is that too chaotic or will it be more instinctive for browsing? Gah!
What I bought – 30 March 2011
How does it happen that sometimes someone says something and wins someone else over forever? … at times a single word can work miracles. (Manuel Puig, from Kiss of the Spider Woman)
