Monthly Dispatches

A huge month built around Goose at Madison Square Garden, a family weekend in New York, Knicks energy, comic-site launches, and a cereal conspiracy.

The Summer of Goose countdown begins alongside Knicks playoff rituals, comic mail calls, podcast talk, and a suspicious disappearance in the cereal aisle.

Seattle and MoPOP, Record Store Day, Glen Phillips, spring wildlife, beach memories, comics, and plenty of family adventure fill an especially photo-heavy month.

Rare comic finds, the new Superman–Spider-Man crossover, Goose streaming, Parker pride, and breakfast experiments collide in peak dad-lab fashion.

Ruston Kelly live, a Mt. Tam sunrise, faith and family memories, podcast season two, and the steadily warming Summer of Goose.

Napa’s lights, coast-to-coast Goose plans, Grateful Dead collectibles, family memories, and a podcast look at the modern comic market.

Three generations share birthday memories while comics, music history, California family life, and a little analog-era caution close the year.

A small but warm dispatch celebrating another San Marin tennis season, Parker’s growth, and the beginning of the holiday stretch.

Parker’s tennis season and a Salt Lake City trip share space with pets, family memories, a garage comic-shop experiment, and collection downsizing.

Jeff the Land Shark collecting, a long-sought grail, local comic-shop love, junior-year pride, family birthdays, and ridiculous pets.

The Jeff checklist expands past one hundred comics, summer superhero movies get reviewed, and a girl-and-her-dog beach day keeps things grounded.

Superman and Fantastic Four reactions, an emotional Ozzy farewell, podcast memories, Parker encouragement, and relaxed summer family time.

Comic-shop stops from Detroit to San Francisco, Parker driving across the Golden Gate, family memories, records, and another podcast round.

BottleRock with the family, Motor City Comic Con, Mother’s Day, comic hunting, and a father-daughter trip to the latest Marvel movie.

A Detroit concert trip, Geoff Tate and Daredevil podcast talk, cherished family memories, and the debut of Jackson’s story, The Littlest Wolf.

A brief dispatch with Parker on the mind, proof that kids can still garage-rock, and a back-issue edition of Heroes & High Notes.

Detroit pizza and Father John Misty, a million-mile travel milestone, GoldFord date night, and another MCU chapter with Parker.

Parker behind the wheel, family time in San Francisco, BottleRock plans, a winter Detroit trip, and an optimistic start to the year.

Parker turns sixteen, Sean turns sixty, holiday memories return, and the family adjusts to having a brand-new driver.

David Shaw up close at The Independent, a lively homecoming parade, family snapshots, birthdays, and a heartfelt remembrance.

Comic-cover comparisons, movie-novel collecting, daddy-daughter memories, David Shaw anticipation, and podcast debate about art and AI.

Detroit’s giant used-book wonderland, an Albany wedding memory, Parker’s tennis season, Stacey’s birthday, Sonoma, and a little music discovery.

Heroes & High Notes launches, Parker makes the tennis team, Nikka Costa tickets arrive, and travel and family moments round out the month.

A Maui family escape, comic hunting in Hawaii, the Marin County Fair, Jackie Greene live, and plenty of ocean-side smiles.

A perfect Napa dad day, Father’s Day vinyl, pets at peace, church and family moments, and frustration with the concert-ticket machine.

A new turntable, Silver Age Spidey-cover finds, Flash the turtle’s return, patio season, family memories, and Knicks playoff noise.

Record Store Day at Watts Music, colorful comic pickups, Buzz covers, swap-meet finds, and a celebration of local shops.

A home-office spinner rack, school creativity from Homer to Hendrix, family appreciation, and birthday love for artist Aldrin Aw.

Napa family time, back-issue Sundays, a candid Madam Web review, Knicks and cupcakes, and Parker singing along with Goose.

A quiet beach break between storms, old Parker memories, family humor, and a handful of videos that still make everyone laugh.

Parker turns fifteen, the holiday reading stack grows, comic pickups arrive, and a lantern festival memory lights the end of the year.

A family trip to Orlando celebrates twenty years with Clarkston Consulting, with gratitude, humor, and Parker moments along the way.

Fifteen years of marriage, a working Halloween costume, powderpuff and biology pride, Friday-night lights, and peak family creativity.

A return to the old hometown, San Marin homecoming, Stacey’s birthday, Batman Day, pets, comics, and a month full of family milestones.

An Oregon SAP go-live becomes a Portland comic-and-book tour while Parker prepares for high school and Dad secures the Taylor Swift movie backup plan.

The archive begins simply: Flash the turtle emerges from his winter hideaway to reclaim the family backyard for summer.