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Hope you enjoyed your visit! 2 Sep 2009 | 07:16 am
What I have to say is difficult but it had to happen sometime. The cache of covers from the library books I weeded over a year ago has run out. I hope you enjoyed the illustrations, the links and the...
Mind Games 26 Aug 2009 | 12:19 pm
Young Billy has a lot on his mind. Literally. And we all know what boys have on the brain, don't we, nudge nudge, wink wink? But Billy is different. His mild-mannered sensitivity doesn't fit this gro...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid (Road) Test 19 Aug 2009 | 06:03 am
Would you believe me if I told you this book is about a kid whose delusional dad dreams of becoming a wrestling superstar? Yeah, me neither, because the only association with wrestling in this illustr...
Oh, my aching head! 12 Aug 2009 | 06:57 am
Oh, God, no... not again. Not another migraine. Ugh, I can feel it coming on, feel those demons cavorting on my cranium. But that doesn't really describe the agonizing ache - feels more like pins push...
This is how it's done 5 Aug 2009 | 03:58 am
The following is a handy dandy guide to the components that make up a superbly lame 1980's YA cover illustration: (You can thank me later) 1) Disembodied heads floating amid a neutral background. Ex...
Crank Dat! 30 Jul 2009 | 04:19 am
Jan Michael Vincent, fresh from his hugely popular stint flying helicopters for our viewing pleasure, takes on his most challenging role yet. Soldier Boy is the emotionally-charged tale of a courageou...
Green Eggs and WHAM! 22 Jul 2009 | 11:30 am
Turtles have a leisurely, gentle way about them. They're slow and steady and don't partake in any seaside drama. But just try to mess with their eggs! These are some of the last known photos taken of...
9021...NO! 16 Jul 2009 | 12:28 pm
David Silver has ditched his dreams of hip-hop glory to run away with an unlikely paramour. With her shoulder to lean on, he travels the globe to more highly elevated and barren zip codes to escape th...
It's just a jump to the left... 9 Jul 2009 | 11:10 am
There's an image so frightening here that shakes me to the core and turns my insides into pudding just thinking about it. No, it's not the thought of traveling through time and meeting one's older, cr...
Lucy in the Psi with Diamonds 3 Jul 2009 | 11:27 am
It took an inspired artist to draw this mind-blowing trippiness and two authors to pen it and still I have no idea what it's about (and this is after reading the jacket blurb) except to learn that som...
