Comments on: Michael Spencer’s Summer Reading List

By: Brendt Waters

Brendt Waters — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:36:57 +0000

it’s my job to make sure some of you people don’t feel so bad about yourselves when you see those book lists

But now I feel bad about myself that I didn’t realize there were so many Pearls books.

By: sue kephart

sue kephart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:08:24 +0000

This all reminds me of the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland always looking at his watch. “No time, No time”. Hurry hurry hurry thought life. “Can’t stop”.
My time is so important.
What I do is so important.
I am so important.

By: Buckley

Buckley — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:05:50 +0000

Google ‘Achewood’. You didn’t hear me say that.

By: Rob Lofland

Rob Lofland — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:48 +0000

I enjoy Pearls Before Swine ( it should be the name of my band) but it pales in comparison to the late and greatly lamented “Far Side”.
And as others have obliquely pointed out above, anyone who has ever worked in the idiocracy of corporate America will find “Dilbert” to be pure genius.
Just as an aside, one of if not THE problem with American Church life is that it seeks to emulate corporate America.
How sad.
And worse, how tragic.

By: Frank Turk

Frank Turk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:03:04 +0000

There is also this one which has nothing to do with P-B-S, but it's still a charmer.

By: Frank Turk

Frank Turk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:58:42 +0000

It's funny you should mention this. I was reviewing my own archives, and I found what I think is one of my favorite posts ever, but it's not really my writing which I love there so much: it's the Pearls Before Swine cartoon I used to punctuate it. The easily offended should be. See for yourself.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:20:37 +0000

My summer reading usually consists of moving the stack of books I bought throughout the year and haven’t yet read from one location to another. Pearls Before Swine is good, but I’d certainly add Calvin & Hobbs and anything by Johnny Hart.

By: Songs for the Broken

Songs for the Broken — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:09:23 +0000

Interesting point by a commenter on spending as much time in scripture as books on the “reading list.” There’s a lot of validity in that.

Anyway though, I want to chime in with a recommendation, since cartoons/comics are the order of the day: Naruto, by Kishimoto Masashi.

http://www.onemanga.com/naruto/ to read online…

oh, and “Bone” by Jeff Smith. Bone is complete, so you can actually buy it in one volume, Naruto is still ongoing…

By: Kozak

Kozak — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:29:55 +0000

1)I can’t believe you have time to read. I can’t believe you even have all the time you obviously put into this blog, including checking the comments.
2) Pearls before Swine is cool, but Dilbert (when he’s not mocking Jesus during Holy Week) and Piranha Club are better. Gotta love Effie singing “Halleloooyah!”.

By: dkmonroe

dkmonroe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:03:05 +0000

Pearls Before Swine is one of the most spiritually insightful comic strips currently in production. I’m not kidding.

Doonesbury is well-drawn. I’ll give it that.