Black Blizzard, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
November 24, 2011 10:56 am Comments Off on Black Blizzard, by Yoshihiro TatsumiA relatively early work (though, according to the interview with Tatsumi at the back of the book, roughly his 15th... View Article
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3 Indie Horror Comics for Halloween
November 17, 2011 10:43 am Comments Off on 3 Indie Horror Comics for HalloweenDeath Trap, by Lane Milburn; Curio Cabinet, by John Brodowski; Deadworld: Slaughterhouse, by Gary Reed and Sami Makkonen. I read... View Article
A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin
November 10, 2011 10:41 am Comments Off on A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. MartinI’m not much for fantasy—as one friend said when I mentioned this: you mean trolls and shit? That’s basically my... View Article
The Sigh, by Marjane Satrapi
November 3, 2011 10:36 am Comments Off on The Sigh, by Marjane SatrapiA modern fairy tale by the author of Persepolis that inverts a number of genre tropes. From rewarding the knowledge-seeking... View Article
Hellhound on His Trail, by Hampton Sides
October 26, 2011 10:36 am Comments Off on Hellhound on His Trail, by Hampton SidesA gripping biography of James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King. The book examines the weeks leading up... View Article
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
October 19, 2011 10:15 am Comments Off on We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley JacksonAnother of Jackson’s excellent, subdued supernatural New England novels (following The Haunting of Hill House). This one focuses on two... View Article
Essex County, Vols. 1-2, by Jeff Lemire
October 12, 2011 10:13 am Comments Off on Essex County, Vols. 1-2, by Jeff LemireThese are the first books—Tales from the Farm and Ghost Stories—from the Essex County trilogy of stories about Canada. I... View Article
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, by Philip K. Dick
October 5, 2011 10:16 am Comments Off on The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, by Philip K. DickAnother hallucinatory SF story by Dick. In this one, the heads of two companies compete to dominate the illegal drug... View Article
Life With Mr. Dangerous, by Paul Hornschemeier & Mister Wonderful, by Dan Clowes
September 28, 2011 10:10 am Comments Off on Life With Mr. Dangerous, by Paul Hornschemeier & Mister Wonderful, by Dan ClowesI wouldn’t normally pair books, but I read these on consecutive days and was struck by their similarities (not just... View Article
Jessica Farm, Vol. 1, by Josh Simmons
September 21, 2011 9:49 am Comments Off on Jessica Farm, Vol. 1, by Josh SimmonsThe first installment of a lifelong project from one of the leading horror comics creators working today. Simmons creates 1... View Article