Blindness, by Jose Saramago
December 30, 2008 2:02 amFurther proof of my philistinism: this was written by a Nobel prize winner, I hated it. It read like a... View Article
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Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson
December 28, 2008 12:01 pmA second tome by Larson intertwining Victorian murder and scientific/cultural developments. Not as engaging as The Devil in the White City, due to the subjects...
A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child, by Rick Geary
December 28, 2008 2:51 amContinuing Rick Geary’s series on history’s greatest crimes and murders. These are classics for anyone who enjoys historical true crime... View Article
I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets, by Fletcher Hanks
December 27, 2008 2:47 amEdited by Paul Karasik A collection of comics from obscure titles of the 30s and 40s. Among the most bizarre... View Article
Fishtown, by Kevin Colden
December 26, 2008 2:45 amBased on the true story about teenagers who murdered a friend in working-class Philadelphia in 2003. A remarkable debut ?... View Article
Local, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
December 25, 2008 2:40 amConnected short stories following one character through 12 years of her life, with issue covering her life in a different... View Article
My Professional Comics Debut – Cthulhu Tales #9
December 19, 2008 2:49 amThis one caught me a little off-guard or I would have mentioned it sooner, but, as of Wednesday, Dec. 17,... View Article
The Building, by Will Eisner
December 18, 2008 2:22 amEisner has a claim on the title “the father of the graphic novel? thanks to books like this, which examines... View Article
Cat-Eyed Boy, Vol. 1, by Kazuo Umezu
December 16, 2008 2:21 amUmezu is a treasure ? he’s been making comics for 40 years, created some of the greatest horror comics (he’s... View Article
House, by Josh Simmons
December 14, 2008 2:20 amI usually avoid wordless comics. They feel too flimsy, lacking serious characters or story. Not so House. This wordless horror... View Article