Forrest Gaddis
@dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Nerd, Punk Rocker
Writer for Dying Scene and Fanbase Press
Co-Host of You Haven't Blanked That podcast
https://bio.site/Dontsurfbooks
Writer for Dying Scene and Fanbase Press
Co-Host of You Haven't Blanked That podcast
https://bio.site/Dontsurfbooks
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‘Arcbound: Volume 1’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘Arcbound: Volume 1’ - Advance Trade Paperback Review - Fanbasepress
Released by Dark Horse Comics, Arcbound is the collaborative effort of writers Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, and actor Tom Hardy. A futuristic tale of betrayal,
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January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
‘Arcbound: Volume 1’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ ‘Andor,’ and More Revolutionary Choices Make Up Fanbase Press’ Top Picks of 2025
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@travisadork.bsky.social
@dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
@comicbooksniffer.bsky.social
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social
‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ ‘Andor,’ and More Revolutionary Choices Make Up Fanbase Press’ Top Picks of 2025 - Fanbasepress
As the end of 2025 draws near, the Fanbase Press staff and contributors wanted to take a look back at the year's media from our very own geeky perspectives.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ ‘Andor,’ and More Revolutionary Choices Make Up Fanbase Press’ Top Picks of 2025
Contributions by:
@travisadork.bsky.social
@dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
@comicbooksniffer.bsky.social
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social
Contributions by:
@travisadork.bsky.social
@dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
@comicbooksniffer.bsky.social
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social
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‘Jumpscare’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘Jumpscare:’ Advance Trade Paperback Review - Fanbasepress
Jumpscare is an extension of writer Cullen Bunn and artist Danny Luckert's Beyond Mortal universe which combines superheroes with horror. Bunn and Luckert
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October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
‘Jumpscare’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘High Strangeness: Book One: 1967’ (@oni-press.bsky.social): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘High Strangeness: Book One: 1967’ - Comic Book Review - Fanbasepress
Oni Press and Spectrevision bring us Chris Condon and Daniel Noah's High Strangeness, a five-part anthology series based on real paranormal encounters. This
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October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
‘High Strangeness: Book One: 1967’ (@oni-press.bsky.social): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘The Twilight Zone #1’ (@idwpublishing.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘The Twilight Zone #1:’ Comic Book Review - Fanbasepress
The Twilight Zone set a standard for allegorical sci-fi and terror. While many attempts have been made to revive the series, Rod Serling's groundbreaking run
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September 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
‘The Twilight Zone #1’ (@idwpublishing.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood’ (@darkhorse.com): Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Guest Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood’ - Trade Paperback Review - Fanbasepress
Patton Oswalt's and Jordan Blum's comics universe expands with the addition of Heath Corson's The Brood. This extended story in "the World of Minor Threats"
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August 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
‘From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood’ (@darkhorse.com): Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Guest Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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Wanna feel old(er)? It's the 40th birthday of "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"! To mark the anniversary of the release of the classic Descendents album, Forrest gave it an updated listen. Check it out (and make sure you refill your blood pressure medication you old fogy)!
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DS Throwback – Forty Years of Descendents – “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”
The number of times the Descendents were thrown in my face was ridiculous. If the universe was ever trying to highlight something to me, it was their music. Eve
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May 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wanna feel old(er)? It's the 40th birthday of "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"! To mark the anniversary of the release of the classic Descendents album, Forrest gave it an updated listen. Check it out (and make sure you refill your blood pressure medication you old fogy)!
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OC pop punkers, My Favorite Band will be dropping a single each month leading up to the 25th anniversary remaster of the album Monkey Business. MFB gave us a few minutes of their time to talk about it.
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DS Featured Release: My Favorite Band - "Questions"
Laguna Hills' My Favorite Band will be releasing a remastered version of their album, Monkey Business, in January 2026 to celebrate the record's twenty-fifth an
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May 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
OC pop punkers, My Favorite Band will be dropping a single each month leading up to the 25th anniversary remaster of the album Monkey Business. MFB gave us a few minutes of their time to talk about it.
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Check out Forrest's thoughts on Gas Station Boner Pills' "Welcome To The Shit Show," which might be my favorite little promo sentence I've written in this space in a long time!
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DS Album Review - Gas Station Boner Pills - “Welcome to the Shit Show”
Atlanta, GA party punks Gas Station Boner Pills are a punk rock trio known for their comical lyrics and hard driving punk rock. It almost feels like punk rock f
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June 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Check out Forrest's thoughts on Gas Station Boner Pills' "Welcome To The Shit Show," which might be my favorite little promo sentence I've written in this space in a long time!
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Forrest was in the building at the Observatory OC as Home Grown made their triumphant return, alongside Limbeck and Reckoner. Check it!
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Dying Scene Show Review: "Home Grown, Limbeck, and Reckoner - Santa Ana, CA 5/16/2025
Home Grown is back, everybody! After being gone for almost twenty years, the pop-punk band has been making the rounds. After opening for a few shows in the surr
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May 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Forrest was in the building at the Observatory OC as Home Grown made their triumphant return, alongside Limbeck and Reckoner. Check it!
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Next up in the DS Book Club, Forrest gives us his thoughts on Mark Hoppus' new memoir, Farenheit 182. Have you read it yet? Whaddya think?
#blink182 #DanOzzi #Fahrenheit182 #HarperCollins #MarkHoppus
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#blink182 #DanOzzi #Fahrenheit182 #HarperCollins #MarkHoppus
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DS Book Club - Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus is no stranger to public life, having been in one of the biggest rock bands of the last thirty years. blink-182 is a band that seemed open about eve
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May 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Next up in the DS Book Club, Forrest gives us his thoughts on Mark Hoppus' new memoir, Farenheit 182. Have you read it yet? Whaddya think?
#blink182 #DanOzzi #Fahrenheit182 #HarperCollins #MarkHoppus
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#blink182 #DanOzzi #Fahrenheit182 #HarperCollins #MarkHoppus
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‘We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #2’ (@imagecomics.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #2:’ Comic Book Review - Fanbasepress
Just before last month's explosive ending of We're Taking Everyone Down with Us, Annalise learned the truth about her mad scientist father and what remains of
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May 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
‘We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #2’ (@imagecomics.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘The Horizon Experiment’ (@imagecomics.com): Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘The Horizon Experiment:’ Trade Paperback Review - Fanbasepress
The Horizon Experiment was conceived by Thai-American comic book writer/editor Pornsak Pichetshote. He was musing on how cool it would be to see big,
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April 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
‘The Horizon Experiment’ (@imagecomics.com): Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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Check out Forrest's full rundown of the Linda Lindas / Be Your Own Pet / Chicano Mosh show at the Glass House in Pomona! dyingscene.com/ds-show-revi...
DS Show Review: Linda Lindas, Be Your Own Pet, and Chicano Mosh at The Glass House in Pomona, CA (4/1/2025)
My family and I have gone to see the Linda Lindas play at least once a year for the last four or five years. It's been good to see them grow as musicians in tha
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April 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Check out Forrest's full rundown of the Linda Lindas / Be Your Own Pet / Chicano Mosh show at the Glass House in Pomona! dyingscene.com/ds-show-revi...
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Forrest seems to be on a never-ending quest to turn this into a punk rock comics website, and I gotta say...I'm here for it! Check out his chat with Brandon Bloxdorf of Apollo City Comics! dyingscene.com/dying-scene-...
Dying Scene Interview: Brandon Bloxdorf of Apollo City Comics talks making indie comics and creativity
As I tell our fearless leaders here at Dying Scene, I swear to you all I’m not trying to turn this site into a comic book site. However, there is no denying t
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March 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Forrest seems to be on a never-ending quest to turn this into a punk rock comics website, and I gotta say...I'm here for it! Check out his chat with Brandon Bloxdorf of Apollo City Comics! dyingscene.com/dying-scene-...
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Next up in the DS Book Club - Forrest takes a look at a couple of the Aaron Cometbus re-releases, The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah and Downtown Locals. Check it! dyingscene.com/ds-book-club...
DS Book Club - “The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah” and “Downtown Locals” by Aaron Cometbus
Aaron Cometbus has been self-publishing the Cometbus zine since 1981. These slice-of-life writings became a way to document the East Bay punk rock scene with ba
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April 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Next up in the DS Book Club - Forrest takes a look at a couple of the Aaron Cometbus re-releases, The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah and Downtown Locals. Check it! dyingscene.com/ds-book-club...
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‘Gunslingers’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘Gunslingers:’ Advance Trade Paperback Review - Fanbasepress
Gunslingers, written by Mike Richardson and with art by Jordi Armengol, is a Western that pulls inspiration from the genre's past, but its twists and turns
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March 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
‘Gunslingers’ (@darkhorse.com): Advance Trade Paperback Review by Fanbase Press Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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‘From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #1’ (@darkhorse.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Guest Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
‘From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #1’ - Comic Book Review - Fanbasepress
Expanding upon the world that Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum created with their comic, Minor Threats, the creators are joined by writer Matt Fraction and
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March 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
‘From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #1’ (@darkhorse.com): Comic Book Review by Fanbase Press Guest Contributor @dontsurfbooks.bsky.social
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It's been 25 years since Alkaline Trio released their now-classic "Maybe I'll Catch Fire," so Forrest gave it a listen to see if it holds up. What say you?
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DS Looks Back - 25 Years of the Alkaline Trio’s “Maybe I’ll Catch Fire”
After a couple attempts, the Alkaline Trio finally clicked for me in 2003 when I purchased their album Good Mourning on a whim. It must’ve been the perfect ti
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March 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's been 25 years since Alkaline Trio released their now-classic "Maybe I'll Catch Fire," so Forrest gave it a listen to see if it holds up. What say you?
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I feel like our ska coverage has been lacking lately. We definitely need to...pick it up! Lo and behold, Forrest caught up with the wonderfully talented Tahlena Chikami to talk about all the fun things going on in the @bitemebambi.bsky.social camp ! dyingscene.com/ds-interview...
DS Interview: Bite Me Bambi's Tahlena Chikami talks "Eat This," The Dreaded Algorithm, and More
Ska does not seem to be slowing down. There are times when the train is moving faster than others, but for the most part, ska seems to be chugging along just fi
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March 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I feel like our ska coverage has been lacking lately. We definitely need to...pick it up! Lo and behold, Forrest caught up with the wonderfully talented Tahlena Chikami to talk about all the fun things going on in the @bitemebambi.bsky.social camp ! dyingscene.com/ds-interview...
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In Memoriam: David Johansen 1950 - 2025
David Johansen, the last remaining member of the New York Dolls has passed away at the age of seventy-five. Born in Staten Island, New York, on January 9, 1950,
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March 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Rest in peace to a real one. dyingscene.com/in-memoriam-...
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Here's another super rad interview about a super rad project. Forrest caught up with Thierry Lamy and Nicolas Finet about their new graphic novel anthology, "Punk Rock In Comics." dyingscene.com/ds-interview...
DS Interview - Thierry Lamy and Nicolas Finet on their Anthology Graphic Novel Punk Rock in Comics
Similar to Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree, French writers Thierry Lamy and Nicolas Finet detail the origins of punk rock with their graphic novel, Punk Rock in
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March 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Here's another super rad interview about a super rad project. Forrest caught up with Thierry Lamy and Nicolas Finet about their new graphic novel anthology, "Punk Rock In Comics." dyingscene.com/ds-interview...
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Well if the new None Shall Sleep record "Hope Dies At Dawn" doesn't just check all the boxes. New Jersey punk band that evokes hints of Jawbreaker and Fugazi? Sign me up! What're your thoughts? dyingscene.com/ds-record-re...
DS Record Review - NONE SHALL SLEEP - "Hope Dies At Dawn"
New Jersey is home to a lot of great punk rock. None Shall Sleep is another band to add to the list, and their EP, Hope Dies at Dawn is evidence of this. While
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February 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Well if the new None Shall Sleep record "Hope Dies At Dawn" doesn't just check all the boxes. New Jersey punk band that evokes hints of Jawbreaker and Fugazi? Sign me up! What're your thoughts? dyingscene.com/ds-record-re...
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Wanna feel old? blink-182's "Cheshire Cat" turned 30 this week! To mark the occasion, Forrest gave it a revisit to see how it holds up. Break out your reading glasses and have a look and let us know your thoughts and memories about the album! dyingscene.com/ds-looks-bac...
DS Looks Back - Thirty Years of Blink 182's "Cheshire Cat"
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge formed Blink-182 in Poway, California, with drummer Scott Raynor in 1992. Tom and Mark met through a mutual friend after expressing
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February 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wanna feel old? blink-182's "Cheshire Cat" turned 30 this week! To mark the occasion, Forrest gave it a revisit to see how it holds up. Break out your reading glasses and have a look and let us know your thoughts and memories about the album! dyingscene.com/ds-looks-bac...
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"It has been a while since I have had a book challenge me the way ¡Pónk! did." Next up in the DS Book Club is Marcus Clayton's "¡Pónk!" Have you checked it out yet? What're your thoughts? dyingscene.com/ds-book-club...
DS Book Club - ¡Pónk! by Marcus Clayton
If there is one thing that any established or growing scene could improve on, it is perspective. No matter what scene you are a part of, there are aspects and e
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February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"It has been a while since I have had a book challenge me the way ¡Pónk! did." Next up in the DS Book Club is Marcus Clayton's "¡Pónk!" Have you checked it out yet? What're your thoughts? dyingscene.com/ds-book-club...