Reagan’s Raiders #1, 1984.
Brother Power the Geek #1, 1968.
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”
E.B. White
See, guys? Even Popeye enjoyed a manicure every once and a while.
Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle #5, 1964.
-Sterling’s Gold by Roger Sterling.
-Lemony Snicket
Kookie No. 1, February — April 1962.
J.K. Rowling.
When I start writing something:
I’m three paragraphs in, and I’m finding myself thinking about how this book will probably be on The New York Times 100 Greatest Novels of All Time list in a few years. And people will cry tears of blood just thinking about how they finished it and how they won’t get to read it a first time ever again. They’ll cry for days until their bodies are dry husks in the shape of a Matthew or a Robert or a Tiffany. And people will stand in lines that rival iPad releases for it. AND I’LL BE SO POWERFUL THAT I’LL MAKE SURE THAT STEPHANIE MEYER IS IMPRISONED IN A CELL AT ALCATRAZ THAT HAS GIANT SCREENS ON EVERY WALL THAT PLAY TWILIGHT NONSTOP. AND I WILL ALLOW JK ROWLING TO BE TO BE MY HANDMAID, AND SHE’LL WRITE ME THE HARRY POTTER STORIES I WANT HER TO WRITE, AND SHE’LL DO IT, BECAUSE THAT’S WHY SHE’LL BE ALLOWED TO LIVE.
(Three days later I give up, citing no patience or time.)
College textbook from 1947 I found at the library for a buck. I thought the cover was amazing. The inside says:
“This book has been designed after the Spanish style with reference to traditional Spanish art. The cover is adapted from a twelfth-century silk cloth now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, England.”
