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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Monday, January 19, 2009The people in my neighborhoodAs mentioned in the inaugural edition of this feature, "The people in my neighborhood" will periodically highlight the work of some of the (for now, anyway) lesser-known bloggers with whom I've had the pleasure of conversing and who, on occasion, loiter around ShysterBall comment threads waiting for you to make a mistake and then pounce on it like a hobo on mulligan stew. Friends of ShysterBall, as it were, of whose work you may not be aware if you're just clicking the same bookmarks you set up back when the borderline Asperger's dude from the IT department brought you your new machine after you spilled a Coke Zero on the old one.Like I said last week, this isn't some popularity contest or Deadspin commenter audition, so if you think your blog should be on here and it isn't, I'm not shunning you; I just forgot or haven't seen it or something equally innocuous, so just shoot me an email. I won't promise that I'll always feature it, but if you update pretty regularly and have something interesting to say, I'll certainly be reading it and getting around to you eventually. With that out of the way: What will the next week hold for these magnificent blogs? Hell if I know, because I just got all ten volumes of Y: The Last Man from the library and plan on reading them to the exclusion of all else over the next few days. Baseball is everywhere. A story about the simultaneous death of every male animal on the planet save one guy from Ohio and his pet monkey who are subsequently hunted down like dogs by neo-Amazons only comes around once in a while, and it's moments like these you have to savor. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 7:45am Comments
Jason @ IIATMS said...
* let Craig’s approach…. Posted 01/19 at 11:33 AM
ken dynamo said...
nice choice for this week. better watch out for more than just the amazons though. i tried doing the same thing you did but book 10 hadnt been printed yet, though the comic was published, so i read 1-9 and then looked up the ending on wikipedia. have you read the sandman yet craig? Posted 01/19 at 01:00 PM
Craig Calcaterra said...
Not yet, Ken. I’m kind of a graphic novel neophyte. I’ve read the major Batman ones, Watchmen, and a couple of other Alan Moore books, but I’m just now getting into other stuff. So if anyone has suggestions, feel free to offer them here. Keeping in mind, of course, that I’m a lame 35 year old father. Posted 01/19 at 01:04 PM
ken dynamo said...
besides just about anything by neil gaiman and alan moore, two great collections that are out there that would also be appropriate for sharing with younger children are Bone by Jeff Smith and Zot! by Scott McCloud. highest possible recommendations for both of them. Posted 01/19 at 01:21 PM
Craig Calcaterra said...
No need for it to be kid-friendly. I only offered that info to indicate that I am a lame old man, and my tastes may need to be adjusted accordingly. That said, I’ve heard a lot about Bone, simply because the author is from Columbus. At least I think that’s the guy. Posted 01/19 at 01:25 PM
themarksmith said...
“a hobo on mulligan stew”? Nice. Posted 01/19 at 02:19 PM
ken dynamo said...
both Zot! and Bone should be enjoyable for any age group, but if you really want to amp up the ‘graphic’ aspect of your novels just pick up anything by Garth Ennis. his stuff is definitely not for the youngins. Posted 01/19 at 04:59 PM
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for the newer bloggers out there, let’s Craig’s approach be something you follow: Rather than spend wasted time and effort bashing the works of others, try to elevate those who are making solid efforts to contribute to the conversation.