J. Caleb Mozzocco

@jcaleb.bsky.social

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Library clerk by day, semi-professional comic book critic and comics blogger by later in the day, asleep by night. Author of the upcoming book "Giant Monster Movies: 100 Years of Big-Screen Behemoths" from McFarland.

The cover of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, drawn by Steve Lieber.
Snake-Eyes giving a thumbs up, a portion of a panel from G.I. JOE #46 drawn by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky.
A picture of a torn sheet of paper with the words “Book mark” written on it.
A panel from TMNT Journeys: Volume 1 by Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Eric Talbot, in which Donatello explains the turtles thought about wearing different colored bandanas to make them easier to tell apart but decided that was too dorky.
The cover of TMNT: JOURNEYS Vol. 1, IDW's collection of the first five issues of the fourth volume of TMNT, originally published by Mirage. The cover image is by Peter Laird and Michael Dooney.
A panel from 1984's G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #29, penciled by Frank Springer, in which an anxious Trip-Wire bites his nails.
A Nathan Bulmer comic strip about how the original black and white comic ninja turtles had tails.
Tom Scioli's cover for the comic book GODZILLA'S THE ODYSSEY.
A picture of five comics.
Part of the entry on Skeleteen, from the book He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium.
A picture of the board book version of Salina Yoon’s “Penguin and Pinecone.”
Panel from 1984's G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #28, by Larry Hama, Marie Severin and Andy Mushynsky, in which Cobra Commander says to himself, "I must remember to re-stock my supply of lackeys."
A panel from 1984's G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #28, in which a Florida sheriff calls a Joe a "Yankee skunk," and when his deputy argues, "Sounded like a Tennessee boy to me," the sheriff responds, "That's north o' here, ain't it?" Script by Larry Hama, art by Marie Severin and Andy Mushynsky.
An image of the cover of upcoming manga Dig It Vol. 1 with the logo of publisher Kodansha.
The cover of Blue Flag Vol. 7.
A phot of a childish-looking colored pencil drawing of Hinata and Kageyama from Haikyu!!
A photo of a magazine labeled “Los Angeles Times Special Edition” and “Spider-Man: America’s Favorite Superhero.”
An ad for the third live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, with the tagline “The Turtles Are Back…In Time.”
A photograph of the comics Dino Island #1 and #2.
A splash page from Ryoichiro Kezuka's Record Journey Vol. 1, in which a young, dark-skinned young woman points at the reader and declares, "Damn The Staggs".
Batman kicks Anarky in the face in a panel from BATMAN Vol. 1: DAYLIGHT, drawn by Jorge Jimenez.
A photo of my hand holding the DC Compact Comics edition of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, featuring a cover drawn by Bilquis Evely.
A sentence from the AV Club review of Supergirl.
The cover of manga Blue Flag Vol. 3 by Kaito.
A detail of a photograph of the back cover copy on the Blu-Ray of the movie School Spirit, which mentions "college student Billy Batson."
The poster for the new horror movie Leviticus.
The cover of 2025's Justice League Unlimited #1, drawn by Dan Mora.
A panel from 1963 story “The Case of Sticky Money” by Carl Barks, which has been collected in Uncle Scrooge: Lost Beneath the Sea. The first line of dialogue reads, “This ends our glory hole at Scrooge’s money bin.”
Uncle Scrooge throws “everything with springs in it” out the window, in a panel from 1963’s “The Invisible Intruder”, collected in Uncle Scrooge: Lost Beneath the Sea. Art by Carl Barks.
A panel from Batman Vol. 1: Daylight, drawn by Jorge Jimenez.
A panel featuring a closeup of a young woman saying “I hate… …humans.” Art by Kotaro Takata.
A picture of the books ZOM 100 Vol. 19, Batman Vol. 1: Daylight and Birds of Prey Vol.4: On the Run.
One of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy comic strips, from the collection Nancy For All Seasons.
The cover of 1977's Ms. Marvel #1, drawn by John Romita and Dick Giordano.
Text from the back cover of Supergirl: The World reading, "The Maiden of Might soars around the world experiencing all of its majesty while also saving the day!
A picture of the comics collections Nancy For All Seasons and Uncle Scrooge: Lost Beneath the Sea.
The cover of Dark Horse's 2015 He-Man and The Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection Vol. 1.
A panel from Asia Miller’s Lindsey Cheng Is Dating a White Boy!!!, in which Lindsey holds aloft an album with a look of shock on her face.
A page from Dean Hale and Douglas Holgate’s Iron Man: Super Smash, in which The Hulk reads and reacts to a comic book before receiving an off-panel visitor.
Four panels from Iron Man: Super Smash, in which Hulk tries to teach Iron Man how to say “Grah” during a battle.
The cover of Iron Man: Smash, drawn by Douglas Holgate, and featuring Iron Man, The Hulk and Fin Fang Foom.
A panel from Misaki Takamatsu’s Skip and Loafer, depicting Mitsumi smiling.
The cover of the picture book Skeletor Has No Friends, by Robb Pearlman and Andrew Kolb, featuring an image of Skeletor with his arms crossed over his chest.
The cover of Nancy For All Seasons, a collection of Ernie Bushmiller strips.
A panel featuring Tove Jansson’s Moominpappa opening a crate of whiskey and saying “The party for my new book will be the biggest party we ever had.”
The male protagonist of Musawo’s Boyfriend, Sometimes Girlfriend, who has been magically transformed into a girl after kissing his cursed girlfriend, vows to her, “Even if I turn into a girl… I’ll show you that I’ll be a man worthy of being your boyfriend!”
Lois Lane, riding on an alien beast, asks Superman, “Ready to topple a cosmic dictator?” while he blushes and hearts appear around his head.
The last page of Yotsuba Volume 16, depicting a Christmas tree, with the words “To Be Continued!” along the top of the page.
Profile and illustration of the yokai Umibozu.
Illustration and profile of the yokai Bake-Kujira.
The cover of DC Compact Comics edition of Batman: The Long Halloween, drawn by Tim Sale.
A photo of the cover of Yotsuba Vol. 16.