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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Non-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

December 19, 2025November 4, 2025

A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World – David Kushner and Koren Shadmi

A short primer on Anonymous in graphic novel form

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Comics, Fiction, Uncategorized  1 Comment

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Goodnight Punpun – Inio Asano, translated by Hox

A very strange, very adult manga

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Comics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

January 26, 2024September 24, 2023

Sacrament, vol 1 – Peter Milligan and Marcelo Frusin

Sometimes you have a lot of hope for things, and your hope is wasted

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Comics, Fiction  1 Comment

October 13, 2023May 11, 2023

La profezia dell’armadillo – Zerocalcare

I liked the last Zerocalcare book I read. I decided to go for another one. The nice person at the

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Atheism, Comics, Fiction, Humour, Religion  0 Comments

June 2, 2023May 10, 2023

Preti: Il mistero della fede – Astutillo Smeriglia

More satire from Smeriglia, but this time just pointed at the church

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March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Dodici – Zerocalcare

A second attempt at ZeroCalcare, with much better results!

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Comics, Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics  2 Comments

January 13, 2023January 3, 2023

Niente di nuovo sul fronte di Rebibbia – Zerocalcare

I picked up some nostalgia bait and read it.

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Comics, Fiction  3 Comments

May 13, 2022July 28, 2021

I Hate Fairyland – Skottie Young

I Hate Fairyland is a quick an easy read. But for that matter, it was alright.

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Comics, Economics, History, Non-Fiction, Politics  0 Comments

October 1, 2021May 20, 2021

Economix – Michael Goodwin and Dan E. Burr

Want to understand the economy? Look elsewhere. Want to understand economic history? This may help.

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Comics, Feminism, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Super Heroes  0 Comments

December 21, 2018September 15, 2018

The Refrigerator Monologues – Catherynne M Valente

Did you ever think that there was something missing from a story only to realize that someone part of the narrative has been left out? That’s what this book is about.

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