J. Caleb Mozzocco
@jcaleb.bsky.social
Library clerk by day, semi-professional comic book critic and comics blogger by later in the day, asleep by night.
My reading of SWAMP THING is pretty spotty. Did the Swamp Thing movies of the 1980s play in the DC Universe too, or is Abby referring to some other, in-comic movie in this panel…?
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My reading of SWAMP THING is pretty spotty. Did the Swamp Thing movies of the 1980s play in the DC Universe too, or is Abby referring to some other, in-comic movie in this panel…?
"Who hasn't?" This more...jocular than usual Phantom Stranger appeared in Len Wein and Kelley Jones' 2016 SWAMP THING #6, on part of a splash page introducing he and some other characters into the climatic fight scene.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"Who hasn't?" This more...jocular than usual Phantom Stranger appeared in Len Wein and Kelley Jones' 2016 SWAMP THING #6, on part of a splash page introducing he and some other characters into the climatic fight scene.
I wonder what the world might look like if America had a national party that opposed the Trump administration and the Republican party...?
Caving Democrats Spit In America's Face, Swear It's Raining
All this for nothing. Great job, guys!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I wonder what the world might look like if America had a national party that opposed the Trump administration and the Republican party...?
I just noticed how similar the hairstyles of Tobi and Yu, the little boys who star in GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH and SPIDER-MAN KIZUNA, are. They both have that Astro-Boy spike on the back of their heads.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I just noticed how similar the hairstyles of Tobi and Yu, the little boys who star in GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH and SPIDER-MAN KIZUNA, are. They both have that Astro-Boy spike on the back of their heads.
Today on the blog, a brief review of Setta Kobayashi and Hachi Mizuno's SPIDER-MAN KIZUNA, a Spider-Man manga for young readers in which a distinct version of the hero gets a new, unexpected and fairly modern webbing-based power that I'm kinda surprised no one thought to use like this before:
Review: <i>Spider-Man Kizuna Vol. 1</i>
This Spider-Man manga for younger readers somehow escaped my notice when it was originally released over the summer by Viz Media (Sorry, Goo...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today on the blog, a brief review of Setta Kobayashi and Hachi Mizuno's SPIDER-MAN KIZUNA, a Spider-Man manga for young readers in which a distinct version of the hero gets a new, unexpected and fairly modern webbing-based power that I'm kinda surprised no one thought to use like this before:
This week's bookshelf:
Bookshelf #3
This is the middle shelf of the three-shelf bookshelf in the front room of my house. Every single one of the books on this particular shelf ...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week's bookshelf:
The only thing crazier than the Supreme Court saying that the Trump administration doesn’t actually have to give Americans the help they are entitled to is the fact that the administration appealed an order to feed the hungry in the first place.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP benefits even as they'd started to go out
The high court decision allows a lower court time to consider a more lasting pause. The Trump administration is appealing an order to fully fund November food aid for millions of people.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The only thing crazier than the Supreme Court saying that the Trump administration doesn’t actually have to give Americans the help they are entitled to is the fact that the administration appealed an order to feed the hungry in the first place.
Intriguing bit of back matter from the SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES collection, apparently part of Wein’s proposal for an ongoing. That whole list sounds awesome, but I’m most curious about #18, an odd choice of “creature” to put against Swamp Thing…
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Intriguing bit of back matter from the SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES collection, apparently part of Wein’s proposal for an ongoing. That whole list sounds awesome, but I’m most curious about #18, an odd choice of “creature” to put against Swamp Thing…
Pretty sure that image on the right is the best Spawn drawing I have ever seen…
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Pretty sure that image on the right is the best Spawn drawing I have ever seen…
I just started reading the trade paperback collection of JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE ATOM PROJECT, and I’ve already got questions (Not about The Atoms’ terrible costume redesigns, which I was already braced for, or the Greg Land-ian photo reference-as-comics art artwork, which I was not).
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I just started reading the trade paperback collection of JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE ATOM PROJECT, and I’ve already got questions (Not about The Atoms’ terrible costume redesigns, which I was already braced for, or the Greg Land-ian photo reference-as-comics art artwork, which I was not).
I have reviews of BATMAN '89: ECHOES, LUCAS WARS, GODZILLA VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, PREDATOR VS. SPIDER-MAN, the latest two volumes of Fantagraphics' Carl Barks Library and new work from Jason and Ngozi Ukazu and more in this month's column of all the new-ish books I read in the past month:
A Month of Wednesdays: October 2025
BOUGHT: Batman '89: Echoes (DC Comics) I confess to having had some difficulty wrapping my head around the concept of DC's Batman '89 bo...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have reviews of BATMAN '89: ECHOES, LUCAS WARS, GODZILLA VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, PREDATOR VS. SPIDER-MAN, the latest two volumes of Fantagraphics' Carl Barks Library and new work from Jason and Ngozi Ukazu and more in this month's column of all the new-ish books I read in the past month:
In 2007, publisher Villard releases the Kazu Kibuishi-edited anthology FLIGHT Vol. 4, featuring a silly 14-page story by Scott Campbell entitled “Igloo Head and Tree Head” (left).
In 2025, publisher Tundra releases Campbell’s CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD, a collection of silly short stories (right).
In 2025, publisher Tundra releases Campbell’s CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD, a collection of silly short stories (right).
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In 2007, publisher Villard releases the Kazu Kibuishi-edited anthology FLIGHT Vol. 4, featuring a silly 14-page story by Scott Campbell entitled “Igloo Head and Tree Head” (left).
In 2025, publisher Tundra releases Campbell’s CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD, a collection of silly short stories (right).
In 2025, publisher Tundra releases Campbell’s CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD, a collection of silly short stories (right).
In Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP, black, poor, nerd Chi-Chi keeps swapping bodies, FREAKY FRIDAY style, with her crush, a white, rich, popular jock. It’s occasionally quite funny. This is my second-favorite page, I think.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP, black, poor, nerd Chi-Chi keeps swapping bodies, FREAKY FRIDAY style, with her crush, a white, rich, popular jock. It’s occasionally quite funny. This is my second-favorite page, I think.
I enjoyed this review of a film I have not seen. I thought the first four paragraphs, distinguishing a perfect movie from a good movie, were insightful…as was the brief discussion of the original PREDATOR movie (which was, of course, perfect).
‘Predator: Badlands’ Review
The original is perfect. The new one is a pretty good creature feature.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I enjoyed this review of a film I have not seen. I thought the first four paragraphs, distinguishing a perfect movie from a good movie, were insightful…as was the brief discussion of the original PREDATOR movie (which was, of course, perfect).
Ha, cartoonist Hamish Steele makes a good point quite effectively in a two-panel sequence from GO-MAN Vol. 1:
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ha, cartoonist Hamish Steele makes a good point quite effectively in a two-panel sequence from GO-MAN Vol. 1:
I just re-read this CONVERGENCE: SWAMP THING #1 for the first time last night (it's the first issue collected in the new SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES collection), and wow, does it read weirdly out of the context of the crossover, the events of which I have now mostly forgotten.
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I just re-read this CONVERGENCE: SWAMP THING #1 for the first time last night (it's the first issue collected in the new SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES collection), and wow, does it read weirdly out of the context of the crossover, the events of which I have now mostly forgotten.
Okay Viz Media, I have finished reading all 45 volumes of Haruichi Furudate's HAIKYU!! manga series. So feel free to start publishing translated volumes of its spin-off series LET'S! HAIKYU!? and HAIKYU-BU!! at your earliest convenience.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Okay Viz Media, I have finished reading all 45 volumes of Haruichi Furudate's HAIKYU!! manga series. So feel free to start publishing translated volumes of its spin-off series LET'S! HAIKYU!? and HAIKYU-BU!! at your earliest convenience.
Serious question: Why do ICE agents carry guns at all? It is my understanding that crossing the border illegally was a misdemeanor; how often does one seriously need to use deadly force in arresting someone for a misdemeanor?
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Serious question: Why do ICE agents carry guns at all? It is my understanding that crossing the border illegally was a misdemeanor; how often does one seriously need to use deadly force in arresting someone for a misdemeanor?
Happy Godzilla Day to all who celebrate.
I’m going to mark the occasion by revisiting a classic:
I’m going to mark the occasion by revisiting a classic:
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Godzilla Day to all who celebrate.
I’m going to mark the occasion by revisiting a classic:
I’m going to mark the occasion by revisiting a classic:
Well if the Jersey Devil WAS Republican at one point, I assume he left the party once Trump became its standard bearer. I mean, even literal monsters must draw the line at MAGA, right…?
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well if the Jersey Devil WAS Republican at one point, I assume he left the party once Trump became its standard bearer. I mean, even literal monsters must draw the line at MAGA, right…?
We continue the guided tour of my bookshelves, which I believe will take something like a thousand years to get all the way through...
Bookshelf #2
This the top shelf of the first bookshelf one sees when entering my house, just beneath all of the books I have lined up and stacked up atop...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We continue the guided tour of my bookshelves, which I believe will take something like a thousand years to get all the way through...
Gun-toting Mickey Mouse is the best Mickey Mouse.
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Gun-toting Mickey Mouse is the best Mickey Mouse.
Does ACAB include Daichi Sawamura from HAIKYU!!…?
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Does ACAB include Daichi Sawamura from HAIKYU!!…?
Comic books seen in the wild. I found this display in a grocery store in Erie, PA selling various shrink-wrapped DC comics for $2.98 apiece.
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Comic books seen in the wild. I found this display in a grocery store in Erie, PA selling various shrink-wrapped DC comics for $2.98 apiece.
Today on Good Comics for Kids, I have a review of Sam Bragg's HOOVES OF DEATH, a fun and intriguing comic that quickly expands from its unicorns vs. zombies elevator pitch into an elaborate end of the world fantasy saga.
Hooves of Death | Review
It's unicorns vs. zombies in cartoonist Sam Bragg's new fantasy epic, but that's just the start of this sprawling story set at the end of the world.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today on Good Comics for Kids, I have a review of Sam Bragg's HOOVES OF DEATH, a fun and intriguing comic that quickly expands from its unicorns vs. zombies elevator pitch into an elaborate end of the world fantasy saga.