Author Archives: Nicholas Radford

Hello everyone! Before we do anything, I would like to acknowledge that I am writing this blog while residing on the unceded and traditional land of the first people of Seattle: the Duwamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot Peoples past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and their respective Tribes. Just a heads upContinue reading “This Land is…Honestly, Neither of Ours”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we gushed about our enjoyment of All-New Captain America Vol. 1: Hydra Ascendant, written by Rick Remender with art by Stuart Immonen and this timeContinue reading “Comic Relief: Preacher”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we gushed about our enjoyment of Youth Season One and this time we’re discussing All-New Captain America Vol. 1: Hydra Ascendant, written by Rick Remender with artContinue reading “Comic Relief: All-New Captain America”

Five years ago, I was living in a studio apartment in downtown Bellingham, WA. It had had a long hallway that went from the front door to the living quarters. This hallway took up a great deal of space but was virtually useless because it wasn’t big enough to house any furniture, aside from myContinue reading “Pokemon GO-ing for a Stroll Down Memory Lane”

I’ve put it off long enough. I’ve been hemming and hawing and doing everything I can to avoid writing about wrestling. But here we are. But first, let me procrastinate a little longer by setting the table a bit. Things are opening up fairly rapidly, perhaps too quick for my personal tastes but we canContinue reading “Wrestling Wreturn”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we gushed about our enjoyment of  Astonishing X-Men, Vol 1 – Gifted and this time we’re discussing ‘Youth Season One‘, written by Curt PiresContinue reading “Comic Relief: ‘Youth Season One’”

Hello! Welcome to the space on the internet where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss a comic that we recently read. I like to call it ‘Comic Relief‘! Last time, we chatted about our general distaste for Teen Titans (2016) Vol 1: Damian Knows Best, so I am excited to tell you thatContinue reading “Comic Relief: ‘Astonishing X-Men, Vol 1 – Gifted’”

Food equity and nutrition are always hot topics in the cultural conversation and there’s constantly conflict regarding food deserts and the lack of access to fresh and nutritious foods, especially now that most of us occupy the social media space. I constantly see toxic, and inaccurate, representations of food costs, nutrition density, and the supremacistContinue reading “Food Insecurities”

Alright folks, we’re back with another edition of ‘COMIC RELIEF’ the place where Carl Randers, Jack Stevens, and I get together and discuss some bits of nerd-dom with all of you. In the last (inaugural) edition – if you missed it, we discussed ‘Kingdom Come’ by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, and you can checkContinue reading “Comic Relief: ‘Teen Titans (2016), Vol 1: Damian Knows Best’”

The pandemic left a pretty large gap for a lot of us in terms of hobbies and human connection. We’ve all found our own ways to cope and try to fill those holes – weekly Zoom calls, virtual watch parties, annual online gaming sessions – but one of my new favorite traditions (that actually onlyContinue reading “Comic Relief: ‘Kingdom Come’”