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shelfdust.bsky.social
Covering comic books one issue at a time www.shelfdust.com
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A new slice of comics criticism (wealth! class!)

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I really, *really* enjoyed this analysis of Matt Fraction's Jimmy Olsen! Do yourself a favor and give it a look!

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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 Shelfdust’s Column, Jimmy Olsen: Issue #7, by @thsheridans.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2025/05/14/s...

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Revisiting Icon #1: An Icon For Her People, by @sh3nzi.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2022/10/19/1...

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soon come✨🔍

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Amazing Spider-Man #167: Should J. Jonah Jameson Slay Spider-Man? shelfdust.com/2020/04/08/a...

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Next week on Shelfdust…. @thsheridans.bsky.social!

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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 “People Forget How Things Were”: The Walking Dead #193, by Elias Rosner: shelfdust.com/2025/05/07/p...

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very happy with my recent @shelfdust.bsky.social subscription www.patreon.com/posts/115674...

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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 Shelfdust’s Year Of Evil: Galactus: www.patreon.com/posts/shelfd...

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When Ennis and McCrea Took On Star Wars, by @tomshaps.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2022/05/04/r...

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Next week on Shelfdust: Elias Rosner says that Steve is WRONG about comics

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More Than A Mask: @whatsewanbrewin.bsky.social on “Batman: Ego”: shelfdust.com/2022/04/11/m...

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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 Two Is The Onliest Number: The Ballad of Harvey Dent: shelfdust.com/2025/04/30/t...

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This week on Shelfdust? Erm, an Harry Nilsson pun

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That Which We Cannot Grasp: The Power of Belief in Black Panther #13, by Jude Jones: shelfdust.com/2020/12/21/t...

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I'm still very pleased with this piece I wrote about Titan's Eleventh Doctor comic. Do give it a look!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Still deeply proud of this piece. Can't believe it's been 6 years!

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Every Rainbow Dog Has Its Day: The Eleventh Doctor #1, by @williamshaw.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2024/02/07/e...

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“The Coyote Gospel”: A Gospel As According to Grant Morrison, by @gregsilber.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2019/03/13/t...

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“It’s Love”: Cyclops, Phoenix, and the Messianic Gaze: shelfdust.com/2022/09/21/i...

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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 A Simple Case? Problems You Can’t Punch in Batman #44, by MJ O’Neill: shelfdust.com/2025/04/23/a...

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Nth Man The Ultimate Ninja Vs The Comics Code Authority, by @robcave.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2023/02/15/n...

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The Birth of Krakoa: Enter the Heart of Barkness, by @ronchronchronch.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2021/02/24/t...

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Hi! I wrote this a while ago! You could read it if you haven’t! It’s good, maybe. Hawkeye #19 is good, definitely.

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Visualizing Silence in Hawkeye #19, by @ligerlillie.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2022/11/09/v...

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The Sweet Maturity of Romance in Agents of the Realm, by @wordsfromapenn.com: shelfdust.com/2024/07/31/t...

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i look back on this one so fondly. as i get into in the piece, new 52 action comics #1 was the first floppy i ever bought. i was so excited to read grant morrison's new take writing superman and, like many, wasn't sure of what i found in there. but i learned how to love a superman so radical.

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A Hitman, a Superman, and America, by Matt Ledger: shelfdust.com/2024/10/16/h...

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Looking Back at The “Angry” Superman of Action Comics #15, by @inthewakeofdawn.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2019/05/20/a...

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do you ever wonder why some writers thrive at one of the big two over the other? i have some theories and a hot take about gardner fox’s role in setting the stage for grant morrison and alan moore at dc.

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Next week on Shelfdust: MJ O’Neill explores problems not even Batman can punch

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This gets at a notion that I really love about the DC Universe, which is that it will attempt to make sense of itself as a single unified literary project, and interrogate itself in ways that Marvel's universe seldom does

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Catch friend of the pod @emmahouxbois.bsky.social over on @shelfdust.bsky.social 🙌🙌

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🚨 NEW ON SHELFDUST TODAY! 🚨 Zatanna Goes Where She Wants, by @emmahouxbois.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2025/04/16/z...

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The World’s Boldest Black Man: Revisiting The Pioneering Black Superhero ‘Ebon’, by @nightxade.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2020/06/10/1...

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you’re not going to want to miss the righting of a historic injustice when i finally write about zatanna for shelfdust

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Transformative Toxic Waste: @silenttt.bsky.social on Saga Of The Swamp Thing #36: shelfdust.com/2022/03/28/t...

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This week on Shelfdust, @emmahouxbois.bsky.social connects up Zatanna with the rest of the DC Universe….

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always a treat to see my writing on the timeline. maybe one day I'll write again!

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On Your Marks, Get Set: Jay Rincher on The Flash #138: shelfdust.com/2022/02/14/o...

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Jean Grey Writes Her Own Story: shelfdust.com/2021/01/22/u...

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“Beliefs Are Collars To Which Leashes Can be Attached”: The Unwritten #10 shelfdust.com/2023/04/24/b...

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Shelfdust is pronounced “Shelfdust” www.shelfdust.com

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