July 5, 2022 1:35 pm Published by Sam Evenson’s work is apocalyptic. Not in the large-scale, epic way, but in a way where worlds, individual or global, are... View Article
July 5, 2022 1:29 pm Published by Sam Umezz’s work is less known in the US than one those he significantly influenced—Junji Ito—but that may start changing here... View Article
June 26, 2022 8:33 am Published by Sam Not a murder mystery novel, per se—you know there’s going to be a murder, and who did it, in the... View Article
June 25, 2022 8:31 am Published by Sam Chaon is among my favorite writers—particularly his short stories—and this early apocalypse, close-to-our-world novel about family is compelling. But I’m... View Article
June 24, 2022 8:27 am Published by Sam This is a murder mystery, but with the trappings of a gothic draped over its bones. Shambolic old house, doppelgangers,... View Article
June 1, 2022 8:26 am Published by Sam I love this subject—the covert US government use of propaganda comics during WW2 and the Cold War, especially in the... View Article
May 31, 2022 8:25 pm Published by Sam While I’m not as big a fan of Hideshi Hino as I am, say, Junji Ito, it’s been 20 years... View Article
May 15, 2022 10:47 am Published by Sam An engaging, playful book about the design, and philosophy, of book covers. Lots to consider and a terrific catalog of... View Article
May 10, 2022 5:36 pm Published by Sam At the end of BPRD, and including Hellboy, Mignola’s body of work here is one of the staggering achievements in... View Article
May 3, 2022 6:45 pm Published by Sam Another gorgeous, letterpress, handmade edition of Poe from Portland’s No Reply Press. This one comes encased in a clear plastic... View Article