DON’T GO TO SLEEP!
Goosebumps #54: Don't Go to Sleep © 1997 by Parachute Press. Cover Art by Tim Jacobus. Spoiler-Free Review Don’t Go to Sleep was a really fun read. It was a great balance of horror, adventure, and comedy. The premise was relatable, and it didn’t waste time with...
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DON’T GO TO SLEEP!
Goosebumps #54: Don’t Go to Sleep was a really unexpected and fun read. It dives into some trippy shit and delivers one of the better books in the series.
REMEMBER ME
Christopher Pike was right up there with RL Stine in terms of writing books that terrified me as a kid. Remember Me seemed like the perfect book to kick off this Pulp Horror subseries with.
NEW YORK COMIC CON 2018
I tabled for the first time at New York Comic Con and had a hell of a weekend. I put together some of the highlights with some pictures and observations. This was a great way to close out my cons for the year.
SAY CHEESE AND DIE
Goosebumps #4: Say Cheese and Die is hands down one of the best titles and covers in the original series. I only wish the story was equally as good.
KENYA PART I: NAIROBI
I recently went on a 10 day trip to Kenya. It was a remarkable experience and I am still processing it. For the first post I will focus on my time in Nairobi.
MONSTER BLOOD
Goosebumps #3: Monster Blood is the only book in the original series to get 3 sequels... which is kinda perplexing given that the first installment is a bit of a mess, and not just in the way that the cover implies.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Living in the moment takes a lot of work for me. Sometimes it takes balancing on one leg for standing bow with sweat dripping from every pore in order to actually feel present.
PARTY SUMMER
Fear Street Super Chiller #1: Party Summer was the book that launched the Super Chillers; my favorite Fear Street subset when I was a kid. It had some good characters and setup, but the execution was disappointing. Don't tease supernatural and give me an over-used trope.
THE APOLLO MIXES
For the last five years, I have been channeling my grief into making mixes.
STAY OUT OF THE BASEMENT
Goosebumps #2: Stay Out of the Basement had some great ideas but wasted a lot of time with fake scares. Margaret was an incredibly dull protagonist, even by Goosebumps standards.
WELCOME TO DEAD HOUSE
Goosebumps #1: Welcome to Dead House is where it all started. It still holds up as one of the more solid and genuinely creepy books in the series.
FLAME CON 2018
Flame Con has moved to Times Square. I had a ton of fun tabling with Lindsay and Dierre helping out.
FITS OF NOSTALGIA
I go through these fits of nostalgia every couple of years, and this time I decided to start reading all 62 original Goosebumps books and blog about it.