u/Don_Quixotel

I teach 8th grade I have a student that’s obsessed with My Chemical Romance. Now, I like MCR. Album 2 and 3 were my jam at the end of high school and beginning of college, but I never got into album 4.

Anyway, said student gave me the Killjoys comics to read. Trying to relate to the student, of course I am reading them . . . but I’m unimpressed. What’s the consensus on them? I read the original run and am halfway through the prequel.

I think Gerard is a better musician than comic writer (though, granted, I haven’t read Umbrella Academy yet).

I read a lot. I use audiobooks, physical books, and ebooks (but mostly physical).I read a lot of comics. Currently I’m trying to read through all of the comics nominated for Eisners this past year (and account for most of the comics here). I’m also trying to keep up r/bookclub. Here’s the list.

Comics/graphic novels/manga:
Absolute Flash, Vol. 1, Jeff Lemire
Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 2, Kelly Thompson
Alanna: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Vita Ayala
Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance, Ben Passmore
Brain Damage, Shintao Kago
Cannon, Lee Lai
DC Pride: To the Farthest Reaches, Phil Jimenez
Dead Man Walking: Graphic Adaptation, Helen Prejean
Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Fela: Music is the Weapon, Jibola Fagbamiye
The Great British Bump-off, John Allison
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 2, W. Maxwell Prince
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 3, W. Maxwell Prince
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 4, W. Maxwell Prince
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 5, W. Maxwell Prince
Master Race, Bernard Krigstein
Milk White Steed, Michael Kennedy
Muybridge, Guy Delisle
Noir is the New Black, Fabrice Sapolsky
Out of Alcatraz, Christopher Cantwell
Physics for Cats: Science Cartoons, Tom Gauld
Precious Rubbish, Kayle E
Raised by Ghosts, Briana Loewinsohn
Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832 by Wilfrid Lupano
Talking to My Father’s Ghost: An Almost True Story, Alex Krokus
This Place Kills Me, Miriko Tamaki
A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, Fred Fordham/Ursula K LeGuin

Novels/Novellas/etc:
The Aeneid, Virgil*
The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery*
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Phillip K. Dick*
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson*
Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, Cho Nam-Joo*
The Lion’s Tusk, Robert Jackson Bennett*
North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell*
A Shining, John Fosse
A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett*
The Vegetarian, Han Kang*
Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke*

Non-fiction:
Dark Night of the Soul, John of the Cross

Comments:
DC’s Absolute Universe is so much fun. Wonder Woman, in particular was great. Fela and Dead Man Walking (both non-fiction graphic novels) were more favorite.

r/bookclub is my favorite thing. I find so many books and authors with them! I FINALLY read some Phillip K. Dick and FINALLY finished The Aeneid.

I’m trying to explore some spiritual/devotional works. I read Dark Night of the Soul, but it did nothing for me.

(At age 40)

Andy wouldn’t have let the power go to his head if he kept Barney around . . .

Though I tagged this image as humorous, the graphic memoir is very heavy

July reads! I’m a teacher and was on summer break for most of the month. Some comments:

Comics! I read a ton of comics this month. Between a friend, my library, and Comixology, unlimited, I have a near endless supply of comics. I read through a lot of alternative comics about Jason. It took awhile to get into these, but I appreciate them now. I also read through Invincible Compendium 1. I loved this series! I also finally got through the HUGE masterpiece, Berlin.

Nostalgia reads! I’ve always been mad that I never finished reading Animorphs. I’ve heard how it ends, but I wanted to read it for myself. Therefore, I’m blitzing through the series. These are super quick reads as an adult!

Reddit book club: The Devils, The Mystery on the Blue Train, Flesh, and Ferdydurke.

Unfortunately, I’m back at school now and have a HUGE stack of books to get through!