Criminal, Vol. 3: The Dead and The Dying
September 22, 2010 9:20 amby Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips A trio of linked stories set in Brubaker and Phillips’ noir world, showing three... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
Cahokia, by Timothy Pauketat
September 15, 2010 9:03 amFrom the years 1050 to about 1300, Cahokia was the largest city in North America outside Mexico, even larger than... View Article
The Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary
September 7, 2010 8:32 amGeary’s chronicles of historical murders are normally reliably entertaining, sometimes enthralling. But this one feels oddly rushed, with numerous spelling... View Article
The Hollywood Economist, by Edward Jay Epstein
August 31, 2010 8:31 amA wealth of delights if you’re interested in the business behind the movies and how Hollywood changed over the past... View Article
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, by Bryan Lee O’Malley
August 23, 2010 8:30 amThe concluding volume of the action/romance about a guy who must defeat his love’s seven evil exes to win her.... View Article
Market Day, by James Sturm
August 17, 2010 8:38 amAnother historical graphic novel by Sturm. I prefer his earlier works set amidst specific time periods and trends (the Great... View Article
On Writing, by Stephen King
August 10, 2010 8:37 amKing’s slim, seminal volume on his life as a writer and his advice on how to write well. The section... View Article
Dream Spectres: Extreme Ukiyo-e, by Jack Hunter
August 3, 2010 8:35 amFascinating art book on a handfu of topics in ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints that dominated there for hundreds of years.... View Article
Seven Soldiers of Victory, Vol. 1, by Grant Morrison and various artists
July 27, 2010 8:30 amMy second attempt at Morrison’s interlocking collection of seven miniseries about obscure DC characters. This time, I enjoyed it much... View Article
1983, The Red Riding Quartet, book 4 by David Peace
July 20, 2010 8:32 amThe conclusion to Peace’s series about serial murder, child killers, police corruption, mental illness, and other pleasant topics. This fills... View Article