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Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidentalby Drew Friedman and Josh Alan FriedmanFantagraphics Books, 1985Drew Friedman (b. 1958) and his older brother Josh Alan Friedman (b. 1956)...
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Merry Christmas All the Salsoul Orchestra
Merry Christmas Allby the Salsoul OrchestraChristmas time is hereIt's a jolly good time of the yearPeople somehow knowThe Christmas spirit they showThe Salsoul Orchestra recorded a number of albums...
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The Daily Dredds for 2023
The Daily Dredds Volumes One and Two2000 AD, 2014I so liked the Judge Dredd daily comic strips that are compiled in a trade paperback, 'The Judge Dredd Collection', that for Christmas I went and...
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Playboy December 1984
PlayboyDecember 1984Let's go back in time 38 years, and celebrate December, 1984, along with Playboy magazine.This is a prosperous time for the magazine; the December issue has a whopping 308 pages,...
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50% Off at PM PressAs the year comes to a close, PM Press of Oakland is having a 50% off sale on much of its catalog. Use the coupon code GIFT at checkout. The offer expires on January 1, 2023, so...
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X-Men: God Loves Man Kills
X-Men: God Loves, Man KillsMarvel Graphic Novel No. 5, 1982'X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills' was written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Brent Eric Anderson, with letters by Tom Orzechowski, colors...
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New reading for 2023
New Reading for 2023Heading into January 2023, I invested in some eclectic paperbacks. Some fantasy, some sci-fi, some horror, and ('The Movement'), Youth Behaving Badly.These should see me through the...
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Book Review: Deathworld
Book Review: 'Deathworld' by Harry Harrison5 / 5 Stars'Deathworld' first was published as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1960, with a paperback compilation issued by Bantam later that year....
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Do You Know by Secret Affair
'Do You Know'by Secret Affairfrom Get It Together (ITV)Season 7, Episode 8, October 20, 1981Secret Affair began in 1978 as a collaboration between London musicians Ian Page and David Cairns, who were...
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Book Review: Swampworld West
Book Review: 'Swampworld West' by Perry Chapdelaine2 / 5 StarsPerry Chapdelaine (1925 - 2015) was an American writer who published a number of stories for the digest market during the late 1960s and...
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Overground by Caza
'Overground' by Cazafrom Heavy Metal magazine, October 1981Another fine comic from Caza, set in the same public housing project building (presumably designed by Le Courbousier, and located in a...
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Blackmark 1971
'Blackmark' by Gil KaneBantam Books, January 1971I was able to pick up a copy of 'Blackmark' (128 pp., Bantam Books, January 1971) for a couple of bucks from a used bookstore. Speculators at amazon are...
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Book Review: Stephen King's Danse Macabre
Book Review: 'Stephen King's Danse Macabre'3 / 5 Stars'Stephen King's Danse Macabre' first was published in hardback in 1981. This trade paperback edition (400 pp.) was issued by Berkley Books in July...
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The Hero by Trillo and Salinas
The Heroby Carlos Trillo (story) and Jose Luis Salinas (art)from Merchants of Death (Eclipse Comics) No. 1, July 1988Here's another pen-and-ink gem from the Argentinian artist Jose Luis Salinas, taken...
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Book Review: Berserker's Planet
Book Review: 'Berserker's Planet' by Fred Saberhagen2 / 5 Stars'Berserker's Planet' (173 pp.) is DAW Book No. 147 and was published in April, 1975. The cover illustration is by Jack Gaughan.This is one...
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Alternative Comics in 1970s New York City
'A Personal Journey Through the World of Alternative Comics in 1970s New York City'by Michael GonzalezA very entertaining article at the 'CrimeReads' website. Michael Gonzalez was 13 years old when, in...
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Mickey Rat
Mickey Ratby Robert Armstrongfrom Mickey Rat, No. 3 (1980)The horror of coming home from vacation to find that, in your absence, you've had a most unwanted visitor..........
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Gentleman of Leisure: A Year in the Life of A Pimp
Celebrating Black History Month 2023'Gentleman of Leisure' by Susan Hall and Bob AdelmanNew American Library, 1972Here at the PorPor Books Blog, we celebrate Black History Month by reading and...
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More paperbacks from the UK
More Paperbacks from the UKFebruary 2023Here in Central Virginia, when a cold front moves through in the Winter, we tend to get temperatures in the mid - to - upper 30s F, and rain instead of snow. It...
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Book Review: Sos the Rope
Book Review: 'Sos the Rope' by Piers Anthony5 / 5 Stars'Sos the Rope' first appeared as a serial in the Summer of 1968 in the digest The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This Pyramid Books...
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