In which our narrator tries to read his way through the endless stacks of books that are slowly overtaking both his bookshelves and his life. Writing about books and working in publishing both make it far too easy—you might say even dangerously easy—to acquire more books than I can read at any given time. That's the reason for the name of this recurring series. Guess what? It's happened again: I've recently received several review copies and became the proud owner of a mammoth set of books that I've wanted for awhile now. The shelves are filling up fast. Recently acquired Love and Rockets , by Los Bros Hernandez. My editor at Sequart has been unloading some of his collection, so I was able to snag these for a song. This is quite a windfall: five thick paperback collections and the Fantagraphics reprint of the very first issue of the series. I'm most excited to read Jaime Hernandez's "Locas" trilogy of books, all of which I know own. I...
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars