Comments on: 2007 reading list, a year end summary http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary ten years of jessamyn Fri, 16 May 2008 07:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Babs http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1647 Babs Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:27:53 +0000 http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1647 Think it's _The -Bookwoman's- Last Fling_. Think it’s _The -Bookwoman’s- Last Fling_.

]]> By: jam http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1326 jam Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:01:41 +0000 http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1326 you read Concrete! great stuff, huh? thanks for reminding me of this - i'll have to go hunt down a copy & reacquaint myself you read Concrete! great stuff, huh?

thanks for reminding me of this - i’ll have to go hunt down a copy & reacquaint myself

]]> By: Parmenator-X http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1304 Parmenator-X Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:56:08 +0000 http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/2008/01/2007-reading-list-a-year-end-summary#comment-1304 Hey Jess, I just wanted to add a comment to your otherwise fine review of "Men of Tomorrow". I agree about how some further editing would have helped this book tremendously. My other big issue is the strange short-shrift given to Captain Marvel and many other worthy comics. I don't have the book handy, but it seemed as though he dismissed Captain Marvel in about a paragraph saying that basically it was too whimsical for his liking and was done by non-Jews. Strange that a comic that regularly outsold Superman should be handled so cursorily. Also, I highly recommend Jules Feifer's THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES from Dial Press. It's way out of print, but quite easy to find and many libraries have it. It covers some of the same period as the Jones book, but Feifer actually worked in the industry at the time, and his personal recollections are quite fascinating. Sorry to post my reply in the main blog, but the book section didn't seem to have a method for replying to individual reviews. Hey Jess, I just wanted to add a comment to your otherwise fine review of “Men of Tomorrow”. I agree about how some further editing would have helped this book tremendously. My other big issue is the strange short-shrift given to Captain Marvel and many other worthy comics. I don’t have the book handy, but it seemed as though he dismissed Captain Marvel in about a paragraph saying that basically it was too whimsical for his liking and was done by non-Jews. Strange that a comic that regularly outsold Superman should be handled so cursorily.

Also, I highly recommend Jules Feifer’s THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES from Dial Press. It’s way out of print, but quite easy to find and many libraries have it. It covers some of the same period as the Jones book, but Feifer actually worked in the industry at the time, and his personal recollections are quite fascinating.

Sorry to post my reply in the main blog, but the book section didn’t seem to have a method for replying to individual reviews.

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