Book Review: The Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J. Mann
By Darcy Staniforth |
Elizabeth Short was murdered and her case is still unsolved. On January 15th of 1947, in the early morning hours, ...
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Book Review: The Pass by Katriona Chapman
By Steve Geise |
Katriona Chapman’s third graphic novel takes a stunning leap in artistry over her prior works, announcing the arrival of a ...
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Comic Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: Issue #04: The McDuck Journals: The Klondike Years by Kari Korhonen
By Gordon S. Miller |
As explained in editor David Gerstein' note to readers, “Finnish writer/artist Kari Korhonen began The McDuck Journals—a new series of ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 8: SNAFU: The Funniest Magazine in the World!
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics continues its phenomenal series in collaboration with Marvel Comics by publishing its eighth entry in the Atlas Comics series, ...
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Book Review: Ducktales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 06
By Kent Conrad |
This is the latest of the Fantagraphics hardcover collections of reprinted Disney comics based on the block of cartoons that ...
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Book Review: The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat by R. Crumb
By Gordon S. Miller |
According to the book's copyright page, “The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat collects R. Crumb's major Fritz the ...
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Book Review: Petra Chérie by Attilio Micheluzzi
By Steve Geise |
Collected in English for the first time, Fantagraphics’ second Micheluzzi book compiles the complete serialized adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, ...
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Book Review: Godzilla: The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
By Gordon S. Miller |
In his Foreword, director John Carpenter, who describes himself as “one of the original, hardcore fans of...Godzilla,” says Godzilla: The ...
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Book Review: A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap by Rob Reiner et al.
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Story of Spinal Tap is presented in two stories. In two-thirds of the book, A Fine Line Between Stupid ...
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Book Review: Winnie the Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection: Volume 1
By Steve Geise |
A.A. Milne’s silly old bear has been a comic book star around the world since 1977, but the comics are ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Doctor Strange by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Doctor Strange is the 13th release in the 24-book Marvel Studios: ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Christmas in Duckburg” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Christmas in Duckburg” is Volume 21 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...
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Book Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night by Armando Muñoz
By Rock London |
Last Friday, the remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night—Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s 1984 original scripted by Michael Hickey—hit theaters. By ...
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Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 30: 1995-1996 by Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy
By Steve Geise |
Nearly 60 years after its debut, the Prince Valiant strip still managed to surprise in the ‘90s with its biggest ...
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Book Review: Lost & Found by Mia Wolff
By Darcy Staniforth |
Art and grief are close friends. So it is no surprise that an artist would use her medium to process ...
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Book Review: The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler
By Darcy Staniforth |
Ephemerata, also known as ephemera, refers to temporary items. Think flyers, movie tickets, or postcards. These items are only in ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics The collection contains Girl Comics ...
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Book Review: David Lynch: His Work, His World by Tom Huddleston
By Gordon S. Miller |
In his Introduction to David Lynch: His Work, His World, author Tom Huddleston acknowledges that “our world will be a ...
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Book Review: Wes Anderson All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short by Christophe Narbonne
By Gordon S. Miller |
Although the debut of The Phoenician Scheme in May meant the book already required an update before its release, Christophe ...
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Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum and Jon Buller
By Steve Geise |
In 1895, intrepid adventurer Joshua Slocum attempted to sail solo around the world, determined to become the first person to ...
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Book Review: X-Men ’97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series by James Field
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the early 1990s team from Jim Lee's tenure on the X-Men comics, X-Men: The Animated Series featured Cyclops, ...
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Book Review: Shadows of the Sea by Cathy Malkasian
By Steve Geise |
A chance meeting of two grief-stricken social outcasts leads to a healing journey and hope for a new future. Cathy ...
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Book Review: Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother by Taran Armstrong
By Jacob Matthew |
For years, those of us who obsess over the Big Brother live feeds have relied on Taran Armstrong for his ...
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Book Review: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: The Making of the Classic Film by John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto
By Gordon S. Miller |
Authors John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto have followed up their book Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” is Volume 29 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...
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Book Review: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal by Tommi Parrish
By Steve Geise |
After two lavishly painted graphic novels, Parrish takes a step back to present an archival collection of short stories rendered ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Goofy: “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Goofy “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks” collects stories from Super Goof #1-6 plus select ...
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Book Review: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez
By Steve Geise |
In Laura Pérez’s ethereal third U.S. graphic novel, characters and colors swirl through a nighttime setting with no clear dividing ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War is the 12th release in the 24-book ...
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Book Review: Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith
By Joe Garcia III |
Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West, A Graphic Biography by His Great-Grandson finds cartoonist Bill Griffith taking a ...
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Book Review: Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955: Paperback Edition by Charles M. Schulz
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Peanuts Every Sunday series was released in hardcover by Fantagraphics starting in 2013. The ten-book series released the Sunday ...
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Book Review: Rewinding the ‘80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War by John Malahy
By Lorna Miller |
I love the ‘80s; it is the decade that shaped and created my interest in movies. Rewinding the ‘80s: Cinema ...
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Book Review: Witchcraft by Sole Otero
By Steve Geise |
Sole Otero’s second release from Fantagraphics is, in a word, astonishing. Her puzzle box of a tale centers on a ...
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Book Review: Shiver As You Read!: Atlas Comics Library No. 6
By Kent Conrad |
I do not know if the introduction of the censorious Comics Code really ruined American comics. It came in around ...
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Book Review: The Spawn of Venus and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood
By Steve Geise |
If you’ve been following along with Fantagraphics’ ongoing releases in their EC Comics Artists Library series, this title might seem ...
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Book Review: Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles, Written and Edited by Brian Walker
By Gordon S. Miller |
Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles celebrates the Diamond Anniversary of Mort Walker's comic strip about the habitually lazy Private ...
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Book Review: The Avengers in the Veracity Trap! by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho
By Gordon S. Miller |
As seen on the cover of Chip Kidd and Michael Cho's The Avengers in the Veracity Trap goes back to ...
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Book Review: Death in Trieste by Jason
By Steve Geise |
Veteran Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns with an all-new collection of three short graphic stories rendered in his impeccably clear line ...
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Book Review: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir: Volume 1 by Brian M. Kane
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics kicks off a new six-volume look behind the scenes of Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant comic strip with this initial ...
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Book Review: These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Grady Hendrix & Chris Poggiali
By Gordon S. Miller |
Coming four years after its original release, the Revised and Expanded Edition of These Fists Break Bricks is a fascinating ...
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Book Review: I Like People That Can’t Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Lucinda Williams & Leonard Cohen or Leonard Cohen Buys Paul Nelson a Cheeseburger but Lucinda Williams Won’t, edited by Kevin Avery
By writeonmusic |
When rock and pop-culture critic Paul Nelson was commissioned by LA Weekly in early 1991 to profile Lucinda Williams and ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man is the 11th release in the 24-book Marvel Studios: The ...
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Book Review: Jaws: Memories From Martha’s Vineyard (Rev. and Updated) by Matt Taylor
By Shawn Bourdo |
The 50th Anniversary of Jaws (1975) has kicked the marketing machine for the film into overdrive. There have been LEGOs, ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” is Volume 1 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...
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Book Review: Buff Soul by Moa Romanova
By Steve Geise |
When Swedish cartoonist Moa Romanova gets the chance to accompany her aspiring rock-star friends on their mini U.S. tour, their ...
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Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle
By Kent Conrad |
Howard Chaykin is a comic book artist who came to his powers when the industry was in flux. He started ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” is Volume 19 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...
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Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 2 by Milo Manara
By Greg Hammond |
It is now the summer of 1606, and 14 years have passed since Caravaggio first arrived in Rome in the ...
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Book Review: Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip 1895-1915 Revised Edition
By Steve Geise |
The latest Sunday Press release through Fantagraphics revisits the first 20 years of the American comic strip, compiling over 200 ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read!
By Greg Hammond |
Seattle-based Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! The collection ...
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