Lush Life, by Richard Price
December 3, 2009 5:40 pmA virtuoso, beautiful book about cops, crime, history, urban development, and the ghost kicked up by the old becoming new.... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
20th Century Boys, Vol. 5, by Naoki Urasawa
November 25, 2009 2:56 amI believe this series runs 20 volumes, though it’s hard to imagine how the plot could last that long. Still,... View Article
Columbine, by Dave Cullen
November 22, 2009 12:55 pmThis magnificent book, which explodes most of the conventional wisdom about Columbine, made me think about how we filter disturbing... View Article
Pixu, by Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, Fabio Moon
November 20, 2009 2:03 amI read this in singe issues, so the plot of this haunted apartment building tale held no surprises. Still, it... View Article
Just One Look, by Harlan Coben
November 18, 2009 2:04 amAs I understand it, Coben is respected as a writer of smart, modern, tight crime thrillers. His novel of the... View Article
Noir, edited by Diana Schutz
November 13, 2009 5:37 pmCrime comics have experienced a mini-renaissance in recent years that is especially welcome in the superhero-dominated world of comics. Noir... View Article
Hitman, by Bret Hart
November 5, 2009 2:51 amGenerally speaking, no one will confuse Bret Hart with a great writer. He’s competent, certainly, but no master. Still, this... View Article
All and Sundry, by Paul Hornschemeier
November 3, 2009 2:13 amPaul Hornschemeier is a master at evoking real emotion through the comics page, something not many are adept at. Comics... View Article
Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan
November 1, 2009 2:14 amO’Nan’s writing is so natural, so colloquial you can miss his fantastic skill. Though it seems he’s relating the facts... View Article
Pluto Vol. 5, by Naoki Urasawa
October 22, 2009 2:13 amThe rap on this series is that Urasawa loses some of his focus ? and, as a consequence, story momentum... View Article