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Not necessarily recently written. I read a lot of old books.
Also, I read a lot of comix.
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I was listing this old book on Pango and I couldn't help but wonder why Sylvester Stallone is on the cover 😉
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Star Trek: Lower Decks, Vol. 1
W: Ryan North
A: Chris Fenaglio

Collecting #1–3 of the comic book based upon the Paramount TV cartoon show.

A more comedic look at the Star Trek universe. Many nods to stories from other Star Trek shows.

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#startrek
#sciencefiction
#cartoons
#booksky
#humor
Comic book trade paperback cover with an illustration of the book's main characters against a starry background, with a starship and a portion of a planet in the lower right corner, separated from the characters by a section of one of the Star Fleet insignia/communicators.
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Cartoon: Moral bankruptcy is a wild ride
A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Epstein saga exposes Republicans as morally bankrupt ...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Out of Alcatraz
W: Christopher Cantwell
A: Tyler Crook

An imagining of the lives of the escapees after their infamous escape from prison. A gritty crime noir tale with great characterizations and beautifully painted.

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#comicbook
#graphicnovel
#booksky
#alcatraz
#escape
Graphic novel hardback book cover with a stylish illustration in a late 1950's poster style. Next to the title at top is a stylized figure of a running man, his shadow cast long to his right and rear. At the bottom of the cover is an irregular black shape, which contains the creators' names, reversed out in white. The top of the black shape has a red shape cut into it, which is an upside down landscape with a small house and palm tree. Above this this red shape is a white silhouette of Alcatraz Island and Prison. From the topmost tower of the prison, surrounded by concentric thin white circles, issues a searchlight beam that spreads out in a triangular shape towards the top left of the cover. In that triangle is a greyscale drawing or painting of two men in prison clothes, backs to a stone wall, in the harsh light of a searchlight.
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Yup.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...
Donate to Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care, organized by Dave Kellogg
Mike W. Barr has been a writer of comics, science fiction novels and mystery novels… Dave Kellogg needs your support for Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care
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November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Lady Mechanika, Vol. 2: The Tablet of Destinies
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The further adventures of a steampunk heroine, in which she travels to Africa to rescue a young girl, meets amazon's, deals with secret societies, and saves humanity from destruction.
Fun! Beautiful art.

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Comic book trade paperback with a highly detailed illustration of a woman wearing a dark slate blue flowing robe with a hood wrapped around her head. Perched on top of her head is a pair of brass aviator goggles. She is holding a long-barreled rifle with an ornate brass stock on her right shoulder. She is holding what appears to be a large brass or gold watch in her left hand. She is wearing a leather corset over a white blouse, with tight striped trousers or tights. A belt, with a large circular brass belt buckle, holds several leather pouches and a leather holster with a large pistol, with an ornate black and brass grip. Partially surrounding her figure is an ornate frame composed of metallic elements of a mechanical nature, with a brass circle directly below her, showing a globe of the Earth with Africa centered.
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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The Longest Tunnel
By Alan Burgess

Another telling of the biggest mass escape of Allied prisoners during WW2, this one offering the backstories of many of the people involved. Includes a photo section. (Cont...)

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#nonfiction
#WWII
#greatescape
#history
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hero Squared Complete Collection
By Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis
See 2nd photo for complete art credits.

A slacker's counterpart from another dimension/universe arrives and he's a superhero. His girlfriend's counterpart is a supervillain. (Cont...)

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#comicbooks
#humor
#booksky
#superheroes
Trade paperback book, with a predominantly yellow cover with an illustration of two males, both blonde and with identical facial features, but one is slim-bodied, while the other is exaggeratedly over-muscled. Both are holding up their left arms and flexing their biceps. The slim one is wearing a yellow short-sleeved t-shirt over a long-sleeved t-shirt, blue pants, and yellow and white sneakers. The thicker man is wearing a skintight blue and yellow costume with a cape that is yellow on the inside and blue on the outside, and thick, knee-high yellow boots. In the yellow background are very faint grey images of comic book panels.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.

Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Dark Rivers of the Heart
By Dean Koontz

Government conspiracy + multiple serial killers + protagonist with tragic past + computer hackers + love + a dog with issues = a great read. Slightly sci-fi, very suspenseful, hard to put down.

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#thriller
#serialkillers
#sciencefiction
#booksky
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library, Vol. 29: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack"
By Carl Barks
With some art by Daan Jippes

Stories mostly from later in Barks' work for comics. Beautifully restored & essential for the Barks completist.

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#carlbarks
#comicbooks
Hardcover book with a color illustration by Carl Barks, with Donald Duck and his nephews Huey, Louey, and Dewey standing in the lower foreground, looking out to sea. At the top, above the title, is the background, in which a giant wave is washing over a lighthouse and cottage on a small island.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Bridge Planet Nine
Written & illustrated by Jared Throne

Science fiction tale of a heist on what was supposed to be a deserted planet. Of course things go wrong. Good characterizations. Nicely illustrated in a loose brushed drawn style.

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#sciencefiction
#comicbook
#booksky
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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The Best of Don Winslow of the Navy
Edited by Craig Yoe

Another beautifully curated and restored collection of classic comic book stories from Yoe. Charmingly naive plots and some wacky villains, but nicely illustrated.

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#comicbooks
#vintagecomics
#craigyoe
#booksky
Large format hardcover book, with an illustration of naval officer Don Winslow, wearing dress whites, facing the viewer and saluting, with a line of signal flags swirling around him.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A Treasury of Modern Mysteries, Volume 2
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A collection of two complete novels and several short stories, all worth reading. Both novels are classics of their genres.

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#mystery
#collections
#iralevin
#trumancapote
#johndmacdonald
#ianfleming
#booksky
A hardback book with a cover illustration in a collage style, showing human faces, a Victorian brick house, a man holding a pistol, a hand holding a pistol, a bald man, a prone figure wearing only shorts, and a man wearing a bowler hat smoking a pipe.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Dumarest of Terra #3: Toyman
By E.C. Tubb

What can I say; I'm a fan. A man searching the galaxy for his dimly remembered home planet, while trying to survive the various cultures he finds during his travels. In this episode, he faces an autocratic corporatocracy.

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#sciencefiction
#booksky
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The Far Cry
By Fredric Brown

Famed for his short stories, Brown was no slouch at novels, either. This classic crime mystery written in 1950 builds tension superbly, as a man trying to recover from a nervous breakdown becomes engrossed in an old unsolved murder.

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#vintagefiction
#crime
#noir
Pocket paperback book with a cover illustration of a woman in close-up view, with a look of terror on her face, the shadow of two arms holding a large knife on the wall behind her.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Battle Action, Volume 3
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More short stories in homage to the classic British comics. Fun reads, great art.

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#comicbooks
#battleaction
#booksky
Book with a collage of illustrations on the cover. Clockwise from the top left, a giant shark leaks out of the water with a gaping maw. A man wearing a fatigue cap and dog tags aims a rifle with a scope. A man with a large black moustache and wearing a big sombrero appears to get shot as he drops his pistol. An extreme close-up of the profile of a man in a sports helmet as he reacts in horror to a large ball with a skull image speeding at his face. A close-up portrait of a brunette woman gazes directly at the viewer.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Battle Action, Volume 2
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More modern homages to the classic British comics, with short stories featuring favorite characters. Well-illustrated entertaining reading.

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#battleaction
#comicbooks
#booksky
Book with a collage of illustrations on the cover. The largest image, top left, shows a WWII naval vessel plowing through waves, cannons firing. Top right shows a WWII fighter aircraft, possibly a Spitfire or Hurricane, with another aircraft plunging groundward in flames in the background. Below that is a close-up of a WWII fighter pilot glaring through his gunsight. Across the cover below those is a painterly image of two men in British WWI uniforms firing a heavy machine gun from behind a pair of armor plates. Underneath that is the image of a row of tanks with the sun behind them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Battle Action
By Garth Ennis
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A collection of short stories written and illustrated in homage to the British comic books of the same names. Well illustrated and a pleasure to read.

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#comicbooks
#battleaction
#garthennis
#booksky
Book cover illustrated with a color drawing showing a collage of many of the characters from the stories in the book, over a background of an explosion. The characters include, clockwise from the left, a soldier in a WWI British Army uniform holding a rifle, a background male figure holding a pistol, a blond man wearing a fur-ruffed quilted leather vest and a heavy sweater, another blond man wearing a leather cap and nondescript uniform firing a submachine gun, a brunette woman wearing a Russian WWII uniform with a red star belt buckle and heavy leather gloves, a grim-faced with close-cropped silver hair wearing a German WWII military uniform and holding a Luger pistol, and a trio of adolescents, one a young girl holding a heavy stick in both hands and the boy in the forefront holding a heavy chain in one hand, with an angry expression. In the sky background above the characters fly a biplane and a WWII fighter plane.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Callahan's Key
By Spider Robinson

The legacy of Callahan's bar continues, as the motley crew moves to Key West to save the universe, with the help of Nikola Tesla. Outrageous puns ensue.
Pure fun to read.

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#sciencefiction
#puns
#callahansbar
#humor
#booksky
Book cover with an illustration of an anthropomorphic satellite that is thumbing it's nose at a cat while shooting a beam of light at the cat. The beam is stopped by something invisible before it can hit the cat. The cat seems to be sitting like a giant on the Earth and is wearing a key on a line around its neck. A space shuttle is approaching the cat.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Jimgrim
By Talbot Mundy

A spy action thriller from one of the most popular writers of the 1930s. This one ventures into the genres of science fiction & psychic phenomenon, and features a protagonist and his companions strongly reminiscent of Doc Savage.

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#vintagebooks
#sciencefiction
#booksky
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Caesar's Spy
W: Jean-Pierre Pécau
A: Fafner

Excellent tale of a Gaul warrior pirate slave gladiator spy, working for Julius Caesar to effect his own revenge on the murderer of his wife and child.
Lovely art. Clever use of the actual (AFAIK) history of Julius Caesar.

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#graphicnovel
#comicbook
Book cover illustration of a large barabarian-looking man with long black hair and a moustache, wearing a tattered cape swirling behind him, forearms covered in thick bands of leather, heavy boots, a rough loincloth, a wolf's head covering his shoulder closest to the viewer, holding a large Roman gladius sword in one hand, and a large stone mace bound in bands of metal in the other, standing atop a pile of human skulls, with a large statue of the Roman eagle symbol behind him.
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Spector: Incorruptible
W: John Wagner
As: Carlos Ezquerra, Dan Cornwell

Robot police detective makes waves in a corrupt city. Apparently Ezquerra's last work before he died, ably finished by Cornwell. Fun story; would like to see Spector unleashed on Washington DC.

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#comicbook
#graphicnovel
Trade paperback cover illustration of a cityscape that is also a portrait of the book's protagonist, Spector, using architectural features to represent the character's features.
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM