Open Thread: Top Ten Lists for 2022!

Cover photo by Jim Giles of Loch Voil.

Open Thread: Top Ten Lists for 2022! Yes, it’s that time again, winding up a year of blog posts by listing the ones you, the audience, felt worthy of attention. Top 10 Posts of 2022 Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableAnime Review: Baki (2018)Manga Review: Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Volume 1Movie Review:… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Ten Lists for 2022!

Movie Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the animals clean the cottage.

Movie Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) directed by William Cottrel Once upon a time, a princess was born with hair of raven black, lips red as blood, and skin as white as snow. Her mother named her Snow White, but soon died. The king’s second wife was a beautiful woman, but as… Continue reading Movie Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium

Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium written by Fred van Lente, art by Ryan Dunlavey As a long-time comic book fan, I’ve been reading books and articles about the history of comic books since the early 1970s. It was inevitable that at some point there would be a comic… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium

Movie Review: Zootopia

A city where dreams come true!

Movie Review: Zootopia (2016) directed by Byron Howard Once upon a time, the mammals of the world ran solely on instinct. Predators ate prey, and that was the way things were. But over time, evolution happened and now you no longer have to be defined by your species. Mammals live in peace with each other, and… Continue reading Movie Review: Zootopia

Book Review: Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante

Book Review: Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal It is late December, 1941.  The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and America is now at war with the Axis powers.  The United States’ alliance with Great Britain is now an active one, and to cement that alliance,  Prime Minister Winston Churchill has crossed the ocean… Continue reading Book Review: Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante