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  • MARVELous Wisconsin

    MARVELous Wisconsin

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Our search for the Wisconsin state superhero, which was begun in the last installment of the Hero’s Hangout, will now take us to the Marvel Universe. The reason for this is that the Marvel map of the state of Wisconsin is dotted with superheroes all...

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  • The Martian Chronicles

    The Martian Chronicles

    Posted on June 23, 2009 | No Comments
    by David Cohen The Martian Chronicles By Ray Bradbury Doubleday 1950

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  • The Wonderful Wacky World of Wisconsin Superheroes

    The Wonderful Wacky World of Wisconsin Superheroes

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    by David Cohen Those of us who live in the state of Wisconsin have a lot of official things. We have an official state bird, a state animal, a state song, a state flower, even a state poet laureate. Why not have an official state...

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  • The Name of the Wind

    The Name of the Wind

    Posted on May 26, 2009 | No Comments
    by David Cohen The Name of the Wind Author – Patrick Rothfuss Publisher – DAW 2008 Official Website – http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/index.asp Despite all the attention and my being personally acquainted with the author, I held off for several years on getting around to reading Patrick Rothfuss’s...

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  • Gnomes: The Forgotten Multimedia Pacifist Heroes

    Gnomes: The Forgotten Multimedia Pacifist Heroes

    Posted on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
    by David Cohen I’ve been hearing lately that Gnomes are coming back into the popular culture. Gnome products can be seen all over the place and a new graphic novel called Gnome has been recently published by Super Real Graphics ( http://www.superrealgraphics.com/ ). However, the...

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