Whether you’re an avid comic book reader, a fan of superhero movies and television, or just curious about what the fuss over comics and graphic novels are, this Saturday is a day for you. Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday in May, is one of my favorite days of…
A bit of blogkeeping: Monday’s the last day to enter my Silver Spoon Giveaway. Remember you can get extra entries for each day you tweet! It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that elicited an emotional reaction from me as strong as this month’s CLE Read. Given it’s a mystery novel,…
Some blog-keeping: Have you entered to win 2 tickets to the Cleveland JazzFest? You can tweet daily for additional entries. How super are you? Show the world tomorrow, April 18, 2013: Cleveland’s official Superman Day! (source) Long before Avengers filmed here, young Clevelanders Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster put our city in the pop…
The Lake Erie Monster issue 3 by J. Kelly and John G. Growing up, one of my favorite trips each month would be to the baseball card store. My mom would usually take me there after my orthodontist checkup so I could pick out a new pack of Topps. And without fail, each…
Giveaway Blogkeeping: Congratulations, entry #11 – Ali Lukacsy, for winning my SPANK! Fifty Shades giveaway. Email me at clueintocleveland (at) gmail (dot) com to redeem your 2 tickets for Sunday. I’ve been looking forward to diving into this month’s CLE Read ever since it was recommended by @bonnjill after my first book review:…
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winners! Between the usual stress of the holidays and what happened last week, I don’t think I’m alone in thinking we could all use a little laughter right now. So I figured I’d pick a book for my December CLE Read that…
Over the last few years, Cleveland has gotten its fair share of the national spotlight with publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Salon trying to define what makes Cleveland “cool” again. Some articles have credited a perceived Cleveland aesthetic, calling it “rust belt chic” – hijacking a phrase Joyce Brabner coined in the 90s to…
I know I said I had been planning to take the week off to work on transferring my blog. But when I got an email about today’s post I couldn’t hold off. While most of the local projects and events I blog about are geared towards adults, I’m a huge…
A bit of a blog fail: We’re still in catch-up mode from Hurricane Sandy and one of the things that got pushed back was my October CLE Read originally scheduled for mid-week. Better late than never, though. For my second CLE Read, I picked Les Roberts’ Whiskey Island, a book…
Growing up, I always looked forward to September because it meant one thing: back to school (I was am a nerd). And besides seeing my friends and picking out supplies, I loved going back to school because with the new year I got a new reading list for English class (even bigger nerd).…
