52/52: The Low, Low Woods, by Carmen Maria Machado and Dani
October 12, 2020 2:05 pmIt’s exciting to see the excellent Machado working in comics. It’s also intimidating how good she is in just her... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
52/52: Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams, by Naoki Urasawa
October 10, 2020 10:13 amA book apparently produced in conjunction with The Louvre. A tale of the power of dreams, a hapless father, romance,... View Article
52/52: Showtime, by Jeff Pearlman
October 8, 2020 12:55 pmA good book about the 1980s Lakers dynasty that suffers due to its reading proximity with the Bob Cousy book.... View Article
52/52: The Last Pass, by Gary M. Pomerantz
September 18, 2020 10:12 amNominally a book about ‘50s Celtics leader Bob Cousy—and revelatory on that front, showing him as basketball’s first transformational star—but... View Article
52/52: Willie Nelson, a Graphic Biography, by T.J. Kirsch et al.
September 16, 2020 10:17 amMulti-time Split Lip artist T.J. Kirsch turns his pen to writing (he provides some art, too) with this punchy biography... View Article
52/52: Akira, Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
September 10, 2020 10:57 amEither Akira vol. 3 or Miracleman #15 contains the most viscerally affecting depiction of the destruction of a city. Miracelman... View Article
52/52: Vision, by Julia Gfrorer
September 9, 2020 10:54 amWhen was the last time body horror in a comic actually made you physically uncomfortable? I can’t remember the last... View Article
52/52: X-Men, Vol. 1, by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, et al.
September 7, 2020 9:53 amSuperhero comics are, in almost all cases, children’s stories and they usually read like it. Every now and then, a... View Article
52/52: Hell to Pay, by George Pelecanos
September 3, 2020 10:00 amI think I love everything about Pelecanos’ Derek Strange novels except the endings. Pelecanos’ characters are so deep, his settings... View Article
52/52: The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
August 25, 2020 10:00 amNot usually a book, this edition of Jackson’s seminal story (and foundational folk-horror text) is Suntup Press’ numbered edition, rendered... View Article