In this episode of The Gutters, my audio journal (recorded March 10, 2024), I catch up on the major events of my life in the last year. I talk about my grandkids' birthdays, depression/anxiety/panic attacks, 25 years at my job, Christmas, the anniversaries of the deaths of my Mom and sister, turning 55, and catching COVID. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Other episodes mentioned: The Gutters: Summer Theatre (NY NY) Rose City Comic Con (RCCC) 2023 The Gutters: I Hate December Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Web =  longboxreview.co ..read more

Welcome to my comics history, where I explore the comics I read and bought through the years. We're in a new year of comic book reading for me, and I talk about some comic books that were published during those months and spotlight Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #29 and 30. Links: Marvel Two-in-One retroread January 2024 Pull List Review Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Web = longboxreview.com Thanks for listening! Listen to other My Comics History episodes ..read more

In this episode of The Gutters, my audio journal (recorded March 10, 2024), I catch up on all the stage productions, concerts, and podcasts that I've watched or listened too, as well as few other things. I talk about Chicago, Matchbox Twenty with Matt Nathanson, Aladdin, the Seattle Mariners, Ed Sheeran, Jonas Brothers, Disney on Ice, Les Miz, A Celtic Christmas with Everdream, Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird, Six, Stomp, Mean Girls, Sherlock & Co, Iron Age of Comics, A World on Fire, 52 Pickup, Felicia Day's Third Eye, In the Dream House, and Tom Brevoort's newsletter. Feedback! Ema ..read more

I talk about some of the 55 comic books I read in January 2024, including Parker Girls v2, New X-Men v1, Animosity v2, The Great British Bump Off tp, Triskele #1, Where the Body Was gn, Once and Future v5, The Futurians, Black Panther #15, Nightwing #109, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #22, World’s Finest: Teen Titans #6, Wonder Woman #4, Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #3, Titans #6, Radiant Black v4, Detective Comics #38 facsimile, All-New Collectors’ Edition #C-58 (Superman vs Shazam), and DC Comics Presents #49. Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1 ..read more

We celebrate the 30th anniversary issue of the Legion of Super-Heroes, which focuses on Lightning Lad's unlucky streak. Timestamps: (00:45) Preamble (18:19) Legion of Super-Heroes #45 synopsis, general thoughts, and cover discussion (45:58) Main discussion (1:46:34) Other subplots, the anniversary pin-up, and reader reactions (2:17:55) Legion related DCU appearances: Superman #16 and Secret Origins #25 (2:54:50) Who’s Who in the LSH #1 entries on Atmos, Cosmic Boy, and the Dark Circle (3:32:08) Wrap up and outro Send your comments or questions to longboxreview@gmail.com or peter@thedailyrios.c ..read more

Welcome to my comics history, where I explore the comics I read and bought through the years. Despite the fact that I purchased no comics in November or December that year, I still recorded an episode! I do talk about some comics that came out during those months and then discuss an adaptation of one of my favorite sci-fi franchises: Marvel Comics Super Special #8: Battlestar Galactica. Links: Tales of the Legion Project: Legionnaires 3 The Howard Bender Adama/BSG pinup Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Web = longboxreview.com Thanks for listening ..read more

Troy Wilson, children's book author and comic fan, joins me to talk about "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" from Amazing Spider-Man v1 #248. It's a great conversation about an 11-page story, which could very well be a perfect one. Links: Issue #248 on Marvel Unlimited Spotlight on Troy from July 2020 Roger Stern interview Troy's website: http://www.troystory.ca/ Troy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/troystorytoo Troy's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/troystory.bsky.social Troy's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TroyStoryToo/ Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicema ..read more

Welcome to my comics history, where I explore the comics I read and bought through the years. We're into the second month of my comic reading, and I talk about some comic books that were published in October 1978 and spotlight Amazing Spider-Man #188 and Green Lantern #112. Links: My review of Adventure Comics #459 (mentioned in the episode) The Brian Cronin article about the winners of the Superman: The Movie contest Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Web =  longboxreview.com Thanks for listening! Listen to other My Comics History episodes ..read more

"The Legionnaires discover that no one escapes the Manhunters!" Timestamps: (00:45) Preamble (09:44) Legion of Super-Heroes #43 synopsis, general thoughts, ties to the Millennium event, and cover discussion (35:08) Main discussion (1:41:15) Legion related DCU appearances: Millennium #4–6, Secret Origins #23, and Amethyst #4 (2:23:17) Wrap up and outro Send your comments or questions to longboxreview@gmail.com or peter@thedailyrios.com. The Legion Project forum: https://justanotherfanboy.freeforums.net/board/19/legion-project Thanks for listening! The Legion Project is a joint podcast prod ..read more

Welcome to my comics history, where I explore the comics I read and bought through the years. I go all the way back to my beginning, examining some comic books that were published in September 1978. Links: The original three (Avengers 177, Amazing Spider-Man 186, and Marvel Tales 98) The original three featured in the Comic Book Memories episode. Spider-Woman 9 and Green Lantern 111 in the original blog post Robin costumes as mentioned in relation to Detective Comics 481 Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Web =  longboxreview.com Thanks for listeni ..read more