If this is your first time seeing one of these posts on the blog, they’re inspired by Steven Soderbergh’s annual “Seen/Read” list. At the beginning of every year, Soderbergh posts his chronicle of all the media he consumed during the prior year.

I feel like I can look back at a month and tell you what was going on — or not happening — that affected how much media I consumed. In June, for example, I was spending most of my non-working hours helping my mother around the house after she fell. So I was too worn out to watch or read much.

So as you’ll see, July was influenced by Superman debuting in theaters. Reviewing it jump-started me writing more on this blog again. But I also wanted to prepare for the movie by reading Superman books and films. That will continue in August. Summer of Superman!

The only TV show I really watched was Murderbot, which is perfect to watch before sleeping because the episodes are short and the stories are generally funny. I just completely forgot about the series in June while Dept. Q and The Bear consumed my TV watching. And away we go…

* – Rewatch/ Reread

07/03 – * Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (1998)

07/07 – * All-Star Superman (2011) – Sam Liu

07/09 – * The Man of Steel by John Byrne (1986)

07/11 – Superman (2025) – James Gunn

07/13 – The Eternaut; Season 1, Episode 1: “A Night of Cards”

07/14 – * Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (2023) – James Gunn

07/15 – Murderbot; S1, Ep. 6: “Command Feed”

07/16 – Murderbot; S1, Ep. 7: “Complementary Species”

07/17 – Murderbot; S1, Ep. 8: “Foreign Object”

07/20 – Murderbot; S1, Eps. 9 & 10: “All Systems Red,” “The Perimeter”

07/23 – * Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid, Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan

07/26 – Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Part 1 (2025) – Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin

07/27 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) – Matt Shakman

07/28 – Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Part 2 (2025) – Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin

07/30 – * Superman (2025) – James Gunn