The Nobody, by Jeff Lemire
August 26, 2009 4:18 pmThis rural Invisible Man has charms: Lemire is a great cartoonist, draws convincing portraits of small-town life, and accomplishes some... View Article
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Fugue State, by Brian Evenson
August 24, 2009 2:20 amThis latest collection of Evenson’s short fiction is far and away his best. The stories sing with violence, black humor,... View Article
100 Bullets, Vol. 13: Wilt, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
August 22, 2009 2:19 amThis fat volume caps off the 100-issue-long epic crime saga. Strangely, I was disappointed by the conclusion. Perhaps it was... View Article
Night Voices, Night Journeys: Lair of the Hidden Gods Vol. 1, ed. Asamatsu Ken
August 20, 2009 2:18 amThe concept is great: a collection of Lovecraft mythos stories written by modern Japanese authors. The execution? It varies. Some... View Article
Pluto, Vol. 4, by Naoki Urasawa
August 18, 2009 2:56 amGiven how much I want to read all of Pluto in one sitting (it’s been released one book every couple... View Article
20th Century Boys Vols. 1-3, by Naoki Urawasa
August 12, 2009 2:44 amAnother mystery by Urasawa, this one about friends confronting a mysterious cult that may be led by a childhood pal.... View Article
Strangeways: Murder Moon, by Matt Maxwell and Luis Guaragna
August 5, 2009 2:42 amA fun werewolf tale set in the old West. The middle section has a few slow moments, but the action... View Article
Sounds of Your Name, by Nate Powell
August 1, 2009 2:39 amA collection of all of Powell’s work to the date of its publication (in this way it duplicates his earlier... View Article
I Shot a Man in Reno, by Graeme Thompson
July 28, 2009 2:35 amThis meditation on popular music’s treatment of death through the decades has some solid moments ? especially the chapters on... View Article
Treasury of XXth Century Murder: Famous Players
July 13, 2009 2:07 amGeary’s non-fiction recreations of historical murders are always charming, but I’m a bit concerned now that he’s producing them much... View Article