as I read

  • John Byrne (v1 220 - 221; 232 - 295)
  • Tom DeFalco & Paul Ryan (roughly, v1 356-416)
    • overall I loved their run, but almost every single decision they made for the romantic lives of the team was distasteful.
  • Marv Wolfman (v1 190;195 - 215)
  • Steve Englehart (v1 304 - 325)
    • In my honest opinion his writing was solid enough, but Reed and Sue were gone for WAAAAAAAAAAAY too long. This was the first run I ever found myself skimming issues just so I could get ahead of it all.
  • Walter Simonson (v1 #334-341; Annual #23; #343-350; #352-354)
  • Roy Thomas (v1 119; 126 - 113; 136; 157 - 179; Fantastic Four Unlimited 1 - 7; 9 - 12)
may 5 2025 ∞
nov 10 2025 +

Italicized means currently being watched. Crossed out means I stopped watching. Marked off means completed.

  • Aladdin: the Series
  • Arthur
  • Bob the Builder
  • Cyberchase
  • Dragon Tales
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Looney Tunes
  • Ozzy & Drix
  • Partridge Family 2200 AD
  • Popeye the Sailor
  • Rugrats
  • She-Ra: Princess of Power
  • Snorks
  • Spider-Woman
  • The Flinstones
  • The Jetsons
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • The Smurfs
jan 7 2025 ∞
feb 13 2025 +
  • Agatha All Along
  • Creature Commandos (S1)
  • Harley Quinn (S4)
  • She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: I watched a few episodes, but it's just not really enough to keep my attention
  • Spider-Woman
  • The Jetsons
  • Titans
  • Werewolf by Night
feb 1 2025 ∞
mar 14 2025 +

volume one

  • Medusa
  • Crystal
  • Luke Cage (Power Man)
  • Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk)
  • Crystal, became a member once again in Englehart's run when Reed and Sue stepped out temporarily
  • Sharon Ventura (Ms. Marvel / She-Thing), also joined shortly after Crystal
  • Lyja the Laserfist
  • Kristoff Vernard
  • honorable mentions
    • in a couple of issues, Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider form a temporary "new Fantastic Four" when the actual FF are incapacitated
    • Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is employed by Sue for his technical prowess and joins them on a number of missions, but it is always ...
jan 26 2025 ∞
nov 9 2025 +
nov 3 2023 ∞
jan 30 2025 +

In an effort to pay more note of things that I enjoy, things that make me happy, so on and so forth -- here's random lines from fanfiction I find that make me laugh out loud.

  • Steve sits down, and stares at his tea like he suspects it of having Nazi sympathies.
  • The librarian says, "Am I going to have to ask you to leave?"
    • "No ma'am," Lily says. "I'm sorry about my brother. He has impulse control problems from being a crack baby."
  • [...] They sell all kinds of Bucky Barnes stuff on the internet, some with his real picture and some with his picture from the cartoon where he's a child soldier in some kind of really kinky situation with Captain America, like Steve is always out to spank him and shit.
oct 29 2023 ∞
jul 21 2024 +

continue

  • Kuroshitsuji
  • My Hero Academia

start

  • A Silent Voice
  • Assassination Classroom
  • Baccano!
  • Banana Fish
  • BanG Dream
  • BEASTARS
  • Berserk
  • Beyblade
  • Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!
  • Blazblue
  • Bloom into You
  • Blue Exorcist
  • Blue Lock
  • Boys Run the Riot
  • Bungou Stray Dogs
  • CLAMP
aug 18 2021 ∞
oct 13 2023 +

outside of Marvel and DC

  • The Nightly News by Jonathan Hickman
mar 3 2025 ∞
mar 3 2025 +

Confession: I'm not actually a fan of Batman. I know, that's a nerd sin -- but there are still, from time to time, comics I stumble upon where he plays a center role that I really love and might one day want to go back to read. As I come across them, I'll add them here.

  • Batman and Robin Vol. 3
    • especially issue 14 - current
feb 11 2025 ∞
feb 11 2025 +

volume 1

  • Crystal - so far the best. I didn't actually enjoy them being together, but their relationship was relatively healthy until she effectively cheated on him with Quicksilver, who she later married. Not sure if that's going to be retconned later or not.
  • Medusa - was thankfully only a major crush until he met Crystal. It was very "no" for me.
  • Dorrie Evans - apparently his high school sweetheart, but I can't even remember her so she must not have been that compelling.
  • Alicia Masters (original) - While I was okay with Ben and Alicia having a break, she and Johnny never should have got together.
    • Lyja the Laserfist - as soon as DeFalco took over the F4, among the first order of business was to plant the seeds of breaking up Johnny / Alicia and Ben / Sharon. One way to do that was to retcon Johnny and Alicia's marria...
jan 27 2025 ∞
nov 7 2025 +
  • Warworld arc
  • Speed Force (2023)
  • Kneel Before Zod (2023)
  • Titans: Beast World reading order
  • Batman Black & White
  • Silver Surfer/Superman
  • Stan Lee's Secret Files and Origins
  • Rise of the Revenant Queen
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
  • Human Target (Tom King)
  • Superman: Up in the Sky

continue

  • Action Comics
    • v1 268 - pick back up on Supergirl
      • 276
      • 287
      • 289
    • 1085
oct 1 2024 ∞
mar 28 2025 +
  • Ali Clayton
    • Y'all Gay? podcast
  • Ali Macofsky
  • Catherine Bohart
    • Trusty Hogs podcast
  • Ely Kreimendahl
    • Shame Spiral podcast
  • Ever Mainard (on Instagram and Youtube)
  • Sureni Weerasekera
  • Susan Rice
  • Sydney Stigerts (insta: @sydstig)
mar 17 2024 ∞
mar 21 2024 +
  • Aiden, Anachronism
  • Billy & Tommy
  • Bloodstone
  • Daimon Hellstorm
  • Firestar
  • Hank Pym
  • Magneto
  • Mar-Vell
  • Rick Jones
nov 26 2023 ∞
jul 23 2024 +
  • Pythagoras
    • Pythagorian Brotherhood
  • sacred geometry
  • elements
    • the theory that there was a single source
      • Thales of Miletus
      • Heraclitus
    • Empedocles
        • call on him?
      • earth (solids), water (liquids), air (gasses), fire (energy) -- air and fire could likely be flipped as needed
  • astrology
    • how does it affect lands
aug 10 2021 ∞
mar 30 2022 +
mar 20 2022 ∞
jun 25 2022 +

The Fantastic Four are enjoying a boost of popularity and awareness thanks to Marvel Rivals, while Namor has been suffering from, um . . . the opposite of popularity. There have been many writers over the years, and many retcons, but this will be a list of my favorite issues that feature them.

  • In the earlier part of the 1970s, some things went down that caused Sue and Reed to separate, with Sue taking Franklin, their son. I can't remember the exact issues. Sue turns to Namor for companionship (not like that) and help, and in response, he fakes attacking the surface world with the hopes that in doing so she and Reed will reunite -- and they do.
  • Fantastic Four V1 #195, published June 1978.
    • "It is you! I -- I thought I saw an actor in make-up..._Namor!"_
mar 9 2025 ∞
mar 9 2025 +

I drink more water than most people, so I'm not going to mention it unless it's ~different~.

I love what I love

  • Dr. Pepper
  • Barq's Root Beer
  • Red Bull
  • Olipop: Strawberry Vanilla

it's good to try new things

  • Warheads Sour! Green Apple Soda (02/12/2025)
  • Dave's Orange Cream Soda (02/12/2025)
feb 13 2025 ∞
feb 13 2025 +
  • Dope Lemon
    • Honey Bones
    • Hounds Tooth
    • Rose Pink Cadillac
  • Mounika.
    • Don't Look at Me
    • I Need Space
  • Pink Floyd
    • The Wall
  • STRFKR
    • Parallel Realms
  • Slauson Malone 1 - EXCELSIOR
mar 25 2024 ∞
feb 13 2025 +

Comedy

  • Call Her Daddy by Alex Cooper - I have to be in a certain mood to really enjoy this one
  • We're Having Gay Sex by Ashley Gavin - sometimes I think her jokes are in poor taste, but the podcast is, in my opinion, a bit better than some of her shows.
  • What Fresh Hell is This? by Stanzi Potenza

Crime

  • Killer Psyche by Candice DeLong, retired FBI criminal profiler.

Fandom

  • All Might-Y by Adam Sims and Michael Adkins
  • Naruto Reviewto

Commentary

  • True Tea w/ Kat Blaque

Polytheism and Witchcraft

mar 17 2024 ∞
mar 17 2024 +

Since I'm now caught up with all of the MCU movies (minus Ant Man and the Wasp -- I'll get there soon), it's time for me to look to the next aspect of Marvel 'verse: the X-Men.

Two asterisks mean I need to watch it elsewhere from Disney+.

  • X-Men: First Class (2011)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
  • The Wolverine (2013)
  • **X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
  • Dark Phoenix (2019)
  • Deadpool (2016)
  • Deadpool 2 (2018)
  • The New Mutants (2020)
  • Logan (2017)
nov 11 2023 ∞
jan 29 2025 +