Split Lip at E. Hanover Comics Show This Sunday
June 26, 2009 2:04 am Comments Off on Split Lip at E. Hanover Comics Show This SundayHey, NY Metro Area Split Lip fans: I’m going to be the comic show in East Hanover, NJ, this Sunday.... View Article
Author Archives for Sam
Pictures at a Revolution, by Mark Harris
June 25, 2009 2:08 am Comments Off on Pictures at a Revolution, by Mark HarrisHarris’ compelling history of Hollywood in flux examines the 1968 Best Picture nominees (including Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate)... View Article
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, by Jeffrey T. Roesgen
June 22, 2009 2:50 am Comments Off on Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, by Jeffrey T. RoesgenMy favorite books in the 33 1/3 series are those that deeply illuminate the creation of an album or that... View Article
The Goon Vol. 7: A Place of Heartache and Grief
June 14, 2009 2:16 am Comments Off on The Goon Vol. 7: A Place of Heartache and GriefBy Eric Powell The Goon is a strange comic combination of humor, horror, and 30s-era crime. While early volumes were... View Article
Pluto Vol. 3, by Naoki Urasawa
June 11, 2009 2:11 am Comments Off on Pluto Vol. 3, by Naoki UrasawaWhat’s so compelling about the sadness of the characters in this murder mystery? Their hangdog faces and shadowed cheeks are... View Article
Cat-Eyed Boy Vol. 2, by Kazuo Umezu
May 18, 2009 2:57 am Comments Off on Cat-Eyed Boy Vol. 2, by Kazuo UmezuThis volume finishes the earlier volume’s interminable Band of 100 Monsters. But, as the book proceeds, the stories become better/weirder,... View Article
Convention Reminder: Split Lip at MCAF May 17
May 10, 2009 9:54 am 1 CommentHey Folks – just a reminder that I’ll be at the Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland on May 17... View Article
Meathaus SOS, by various artists
May 3, 2009 2:36 am Comments Off on Meathaus SOS, by various artistsAnother installment of the long-running alt.comics anthology that earlier introduced me to Tomer Hanuka, Farel Dalrymple, and James Jean. Those... View Article
A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
May 1, 2009 2:36 am Comments Off on A Drifting Life, by Yoshihiro TatsumiAn impressively compelling 800+ page autobiography in comics form. Tatsumi’s life tells the story of the early years of manga... View Article
Class Trip, by Emmanuel Carrere
April 30, 2009 2:26 am Comments Off on Class Trip, by Emmanuel CarrereIt’s hard to imagine any truly good stories about serial killers targeting children; it’s just too exploitative. Carrere solves the... View Article