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MARVELous Wisconsin

Posted by David Cohen | September 9, 2009 .

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 over the place: some powerful, some cool, some interesting, some [...]

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The Martian Chronicles

Posted by David Cohen | June 23, 2009 .

by David Cohen

The Martian Chronicles
By Ray Bradbury
Doubleday
1950

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The Wonderful Wacky World of Wisconsin Superheroes

Posted by David Cohen | June 15, 2009 .

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 superhero? Especially since there actually are quite a few comic book [...]

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The Name of the Wind

Posted by David Cohen | May 26, 2009 .

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 Name of the Wind. I kept track of its being in development for a long [...]

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Gnomes: The Forgotten Multimedia Pacifist Heroes

Posted by David Cohen | May 18, 2009 .

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 true staples of Gnomes emerged into our culture about thirty years [...]

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