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SPECIAL PUFF CHRISSY TEAM-UP: Long Box Tuesday VS Shelf Porn (Part 6)

Every Tuesday Christian examines some of his favorite comic book pages. This week, the segment teams up with Friday’s Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn and explores some of the graphic novels from his library. Lots of goodies here with lots of thoughts that may or may not be good.

Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn: Part 5

Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn is a two month look at some of the shelves in my library. This’ll give me the opportunity to share some of my thoughts on the books in my collection, as well as allow me to organize my library, which is currently spread out among two continents. This week: From Stephen King to Haruki Murakami.

By Hook or by vook…

Some thoughts on the new vook and what it means for those of us raised on the weight of the book...

Long Box Tuesdays: Asterios Polyp

Every Tuesday Christian examines some of his favorite comic book pages. This week: A brief look at David Mazzucchelli's ASTERIOS POLYP.

Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn: Part 4

Puff Chrissy's Shelf Porn is a two month look at some of the shelves in my library. This'll give me the opportunity to share some of my thoughts on the books in my collection, as well as allow me to organize my library, which is currently spread out among two continents. This week: Part 4

Long Box Tuesdays: Wolverine: Weapon X #10

Every Tuesday Christian examines some of his favorite comic book pages. This week: A brief look at a page from issue #10 of WOLVERINE: WEAPON X sparks a long look at Wolverine as a character, and how writer Jason Aaron appears to be doing everything right.

Dudikoff vs. Winter II

For the second installment of DUDIKOFF VS. WINTER, Dudikoff heads to Szklarska Poręba.

Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn: Part 3

Long Box Tuesday: Metafiction (and Ex Machina #40):

Every Tuesday Christian examines some of his favorite comic book pages. This week: Christian takes a brief look at metafiction in comic books, inspired by some panels from the overwhelmingly metafictional issue 40 of EX MACHINA by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris.

Puff Chrissy’s Shelf Porn: Part 2

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EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES collects a decade’s worth of short stories, wandering through two continents, five countries and multiple universes to explore love, loss and redemption in the 21st century. This collection brings together for the first time many of my previously published stories, including “Mad Dogs” and “Counting Nuns” from GUD Magazine, as well as some never before seen pieces.

It is currently available through Amazon.

This book collects the following stories:

COWBOYS AND INDIANS:
LITTLE CONUNDRUMS
THE ILLUSION OF SWING
KICKING LOVE’S ASS
ON BEING VELMA-LESS
DEFYING GRAVITY
MUTED PORN
THE FIFTH OCEAN
ONE DEAD (POTTED) PLANT
REMEMBERING DRAJRA
PANCAKES, WISHES AND OTHER TALES
MAINTAINING
BEFORE WAKING
RE:FLUX
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU
THE MARIACHI
$24.99
PAYING THE TAB
FATHER GROOVE
GENEVA STREET
PARIS
BOOKENDS
EXODUS
BEFORE THE VIKING FUNERAL
MAD DOGS
COUNTING NUNS
OCULAR SINISTER

REVIEWS OF EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES:

Nick Pendleton, author of WHAT TREES HAVE DONE AND OTHER STORIES:

“[EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES is] gorgeous. Everything from the sequencing of the stories to the book design and photography is top notch . . . I knew [Dumais] was the real thing – a writer with a voice and a world view . . . This collection of stories makes me hungry for more.”

Lisa Scherer, FANGRRL:

“One of the best literary treats of my year.”

Radio Wroclove:

“It’s a treasure . . . fantastic!”

REVIEWS OF SELECT STORIES:

THE FIX:

“[Counting Nuns] is quite engaging . . . you’re bound to appreciate the humor and true-to-life inner dialogue Dumais presents.”

THE FUTURE FIRE:

“Christian A. Dumais’s “Counting Nuns” . . . contains a richness of language and imagery that many fictional stories lack. A perfect example of the editors taking a risk publishing an unusual piece that pays off.”

WHISPERS:

“”Mad Dogs” by Christian A. Dumais . . . chronicles his night out drinking with some visiting Secret Service and Air Force Two staff, a night which ends with him sitting in the apartment of two Polish lesbians. You’ll have to read the essay to find out how he gets there; but what’s great about this piece is that it makes real life seem just as strange as the fictional realities depicted in the rest of the magazine.”

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