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Jan 24, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
…STAYED FOR THE BULLSHIT. The Roaring Twenties. Well, no; not exactly. And now, if you’ll forgive my pedantry……The phrase started out as Damon Runyon’s collective descriptor for his journalistic night beat, that part of New York City between fortieth and fifty second street, between eighth avenue and sixth avenue. The theater district, Broadway, the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the Great White Way. The Roaring Forties.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
I hurt someone’s feelings on FACEBOOK, a few days ago, through the reckless expression of an opinion, based on that time honored concept, contempt prior to investigation. I have indulged in this before in my review of STAR WARS movies and the like, dismayed, bemused, and amused in equal measure at the yea or nay ecstasies of passion invested in that nonsense by people capable of child bearing, using money and voting.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin |Alex Ross |Katie Cook |Mike Maihac
Comics & Graphic NovelsAbsolute SupermanWritten by Geoff Johns. Art by Gary FrankExperience Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s legendary Superman trilogy like never before.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
“Don’t work blue…”– RED SKELTON“PC crap is hurting comedy.”– JERRY SEINFELD“Fuck that bullshit.”– ALI WONGTo my genuine surprise, I really dug Jason Reitman’s SATURDAY NIGHT. It’s messy, quite intentionally I have to believe, in a heartfelt swing, along with the film stock and jittery camera, at an attempt to capture at the very least a perspective, a defining breath of that era.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
howardchaykin.substack.com | Howard Chaykin
I read Mark Lilla's piece in the NYRB about a month ago, and it's pragmatism resonated with me.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
*Literally translated, “When the Messiah Comes.”In actual usage, a sarcastic/dismissive response, to, for example, “When can I/we_____?” or “When will you/they______?” in reply, signifying “Never going to happen.” Or “Fuck that and forget it.”I am a Jew. I am also an atheist. (To be clear, I am far more devout in regard to the latter than to the former. And by “devout,” I simply mean committed to the rejection of the supernatural in any and all ways.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
I gather, from a Facebook post this morning, that another cartoonist has joined the ranks of those afflicted by Shmuckholm Syndrome. Oh, well.
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May 8, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
I spend considerable time in hotel rooms, eighty days a year on average. This past month, I spent ten days back east, in three different hotels. The first, a chain franchise, the second and third five-star hotels. Three hotel experiences, with one shared element—the toilet paper dispenser. Gone is the traditional spindle, with the internal spring mechanism on a hollow dowel, whose projections at either end fit into holes in the wall mounted dispenser.
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May 1, 2024 | 
comicbook.com | Matthew Aguilar |Eduardo Risso |Rafael Albuquerque |Howard Chaykin
DSTLRY introduced fans to a new series from the all-star team of Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, and Will Dennis, and that new creation is the thrilling Western saga The Blood Brothers Mother. The series is off to a stellar start, but if you haven't been introduced to this world yet, we've got a full preview of the big debut issue right here! In addition to the preview, you can also check out all of the stunning covers launching with the new series, and trust us, they are gorgeous.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Howard Chaykin
“I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.” – Henry James. Many years ago, at the very start of my career, I was grateful to get a bit of buzz from a fan magazine published by a then still occasionally productive talent in the comic book business.
