Douglas Wolk
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I wrote about how it came to be that Millie of "My Boy Lollipop" fame recorded a then-unreleased song by Nick Drake in 1970: www.hilobrow.com/2025/10/05/s...
SKANK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2) – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
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It is, believe it or not, quite good! Terrific art from Garcia-Lopez, fun backups with art by Marshall Rogers, Keith Giffen, et al.
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Okay, I suppose the last one makes sense. (There are 15 of these!)
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I note that today’s @al-ewing.bsky.social -written comics contain both a line about a $50,000 bribe and a line about a military guy getting in trouble because of his hair. There is some alarming prescience happening there.
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Crows, schmows--think of the poor swifts!
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view from the crime ravaged war zone, where we are currently facing terrible problems like “what can we do with all these delicious ripe figs”
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I would absolutely sit still for that entire lecture
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(also, my GOODNESS has there ever been a guitar sound as good as that one)
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Atari Force has been claimed, sorry! I do have a few other odd Beto things…
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Excellent—it’s yours!
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If there’s an “aw, I was hoping he’d have…” let me know what it is!
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The Puma Blues #1-23: Michael Zulli and Stephen Murphy’s eco-thriller, 1986-1989. $69.
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Journey #1-27 and Wardrums #1-2: William Messner-Loebs’ sui generis series about the Michigan frontier in the early 19th century. $87.
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Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s creepy-goopy flip-side to The Invisibles: The Filth #1-13, $39.
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China Miéville writes this “Dial H” series! #1-15 plus #0 and the utterly wild, new-character-on-every-page special that concluded it. $50.
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Ms. Tree #1-50 plus four specials. Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty’s ultra-hard-boiled P.I., “the female Mike Hammer.” $162.
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The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1-12. Robert Kirkman and Phil Hester’s utter jerk of a superhero. Fun use of a 16-panel grid! $36.
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The “Alias” (Jessica Jones) Omnibus. $60.
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Daredevil #227-233. Not in perfect shape, but also it’s “Born Again,” you know? $40.
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…and set 5, covering 1982-1983, $60. More of these (and also some New Mutants sets) if anyone’s curious.
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…set 4, the “Days of Future Past” to “Kitty’s Fairy Tale” sequence, which has some of the most beaten-up copies of any of these but also has some really fun bonuses included, $69…