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Book Review: The Atlas Creator Collection No. 3: Bill Everett Vol. 1: “One Head Too Many!” and Other Weird Horror Stories

By Steve Geise | Apr 25, 2026

Bill Everett created Marvel superheroes before Marvel even existed, most notably Namor, the Sub-Mariner in 1939. When superhero characters fell ...

Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: “A Little Something Special” and Other Tales of Fiendish Foes: Disney Greatest Comics Collection Vol. 1

By Steve Geise | Apr 23, 2026

The latest Disney comics collection from Fantagraphics kicks off a new giant-size series of reprints from fan-favorite U.S. and European ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Balloonatics” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 12, 2026

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Balloonatics” is Volume 25 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. This book collects comic-book ...

Book Review: Family Movie Night Menus: Recipes & Films for Unforgettable Times Together by Leonard Maltin & Jessie Maltin

By Shawn Bourdo | Apr 10, 2026

TCM in their partnership with Running Press have teamed up with film critic and movie historian, Leonard Maltin and his ...

Book Review: Fungae by Wojtek Wawszczyk and Tomasz Lew Lesniak

By Greg Hammond | Mar 27, 2026

Fungae is a graphic novel published by F. U. Press, a unit of Fantagraphics Books that showcases the talents of ...

Book Review: Martin Scorsese: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 23, 2026

Martin Scorsese: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work explores the career of a man, who author Ian Nathan refers to ...

Book Review: All the Living by Roman Muradov

By Steve Geise | Mar 9, 2026

Roman Muradov’s second graphic novel for Fantagraphics starts off with a bang, as a young woman plummets to hell after ...

Book Review: Disney Epic Mickey: The Comics Collection

By Greg Hammond | Feb 27, 2026

Disney has produced two high-calibre video games starring Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Disney Epic Mickey and Disney ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck: Disney Masters Vol. 26

By Kent Conrad | Feb 27, 2026

What makes Donald Duck an interesting foil in any adventure is his combination of absolute confidence, a hair-trigger temper, and ...

Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s

By Steve Geise | Feb 27, 2026

Fantagraphics continues their series of archival Marvel reprints with the largest entry to date, a whopping 544-page monstrosity that reprints ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 by Jacob Johnston

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 24, 2026

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 14th release in ...

Book Review: A Book (Expanded Edition) by Desi Arnaz

By Joe Garcia III | Feb 23, 2026

A Book by Desi Arnaz has finally been republished after 50 years by the good folks at Running Press. This ...

Book Review: The Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J. Mann

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 28, 2026

Elizabeth Short was murdered and her case is still unsolved. On January 15th of 1947, in the early morning hours, ...

Book Review: The Pass by Katriona Chapman

By Steve Geise | Jan 26, 2026

Katriona Chapman’s third graphic novel takes a stunning leap in artistry over her prior works, announcing the arrival of a ...

Comic Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: Issue #04: The McDuck Journals: The Klondike Years by Kari Korhonen

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 23, 2026

As explained in editor David Gerstein' note to readers, “Finnish writer/artist Kari Korhonen began The McDuck Journals—a new series of ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 8: SNAFU: The Funniest Magazine in the World!

By Greg Hammond | Jan 21, 2026

Fantagraphics continues its phenomenal series in collaboration with Marvel Comics by publishing its eighth entry in the Atlas Comics series, ...

Book Review: Ducktales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 06

By Kent Conrad | Jan 15, 2026

This is the latest of the Fantagraphics hardcover collections of reprinted Disney comics based on the block of cartoons that ...

Book Review: The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat by R. Crumb

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 13, 2026

According to the book's copyright page, “The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat collects R. Crumb's major Fritz the ...

Book Review: Petra Chérie by Attilio Micheluzzi

By Steve Geise | Jan 10, 2026

Collected in English for the first time, Fantagraphics’ second Micheluzzi book compiles the complete serialized adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, ...

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 | Jan 5, 2026

In his Foreword, director John Carpenter, who describes himself as “one of the original, hardcore fans of...Godzilla,” says Godzilla: The ...

Book Review: A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap by Rob Reiner et al.

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 3, 2026

The Story of Spinal Tap is presented in two stories. In two-thirds of the book, A Fine Line Between Stupid ...

Book Review: Winnie the Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection: Volume 1

By Steve Geise | Jan 1, 2026

A.A. Milne’s silly old bear has been a comic book star around the world since 1977, but the comics are ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Doctor Strange by Jacob Johnston

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 31, 2025

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Doctor Strange is the 13th release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Christmas in Duckburg” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 23, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Christmas in Duckburg” is Volume 21 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...

Book Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night by Armando Muñoz

By Rock London | Dec 14, 2025

Last Friday, the remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night—Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s 1984 original scripted by Michael Hickey—hit theaters. By ...

Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 30: 1995-1996 by Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy

By Steve Geise | Dec 11, 2025

Nearly 60 years after its debut, the Prince Valiant strip still managed to surprise in the ‘90s with its biggest ...

Book Review: Lost & Found by Mia Wolff

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 11, 2025

Art and grief are close friends. So it is no surprise that an artist would use her medium to process ...

Book Review: The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 10, 2025

Ephemerata, also known as ephemera, refers to temporary items. Think flyers, movie tickets, or postcards. These items are only in ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics

By Greg Hammond | Dec 9, 2025

Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics The collection contains Girl Comics ...

Book Review: David Lynch: His Work, His World by Tom Huddleston

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 8, 2025

In his Introduction to David Lynch: His Work, His World, author Tom Huddleston acknowledges that “our world will be a ...

Book Review: Wes Anderson All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short by Christophe Narbonne

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 6, 2025

Although the debut of The Phoenician Scheme in May meant the book already required an update before its release, Christophe ...

Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum and Jon Buller

By Steve Geise | Dec 4, 2025

In 1895, intrepid adventurer Joshua Slocum attempted to sail solo around the world, determined to become the first person to ...

Book Review: X-Men ’97: The Art and Making of the Animated Series by James Field

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 29, 2025

Based on the early 1990s team from Jim Lee's tenure on the X-Men comics, X-Men: The Animated Series featured Cyclops, ...

Book Review: Shadows of the Sea by Cathy Malkasian

By Steve Geise | Nov 27, 2025

A chance meeting of two grief-stricken social outcasts leads to a healing journey and hope for a new future. Cathy ...

Book Review: Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother by Taran Armstrong

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 24, 2025

Written by M. J. Washington For years, those of us who obsess over the Big Brother live feeds have relied ...

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 | Nov 23, 2025

Authors John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto have followed up their book Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 20, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” is Volume 29 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...

Book Review: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal by Tommi Parrish

By Steve Geise | Nov 13, 2025

After two lavishly painted graphic novels, Parrish takes a step back to present an archival collection of short stories rendered ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Goofy: “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks”

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 6, 2025

Walt Disney’s Goofy “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks” collects stories from Super Goof #1-6 plus select ...

Book Review: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez

By Steve Geise | Nov 4, 2025

In Laura Pérez’s ethereal third U.S. graphic novel, characters and colors swirl through a nighttime setting with no clear dividing ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War by Jacob Johnston

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 2, 2025

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War is the 12th release in the 22-book ...

Book Review: Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 21, 2025

Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West, A Graphic Biography by His Great-Grandson finds cartoonist Bill Griffith taking a ...