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Book Review: The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films by Adam Woodward

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 31, 2024

In his Introduction, The Worlds of Wes Anderson author Adam Woodward states that this book “is not intended to be ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Thor: The Dark World by Marie Javins & Stuart Moore

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 29, 2024

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Thor: The Dark World is the seventh release in the 24-book ...

Book Review: The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick by John Bleasdale

By David Wangberg | Dec 27, 2024

Terrence Malick is one of the most revered – and divisive – directors in cinematic history. Whether it’s in his ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1

By Kent Conrad | Dec 21, 2024

Before they more or less solidified as an superheroes only medium, American comics were always trend chasing, finding something new ...

Book Review: Macanudo: The Way of the Penguin by Liniers

By Steve Geise | Dec 19, 2024

Argentinian cartoonist Liniers returns with his third Fantagraphics collection of his ongoing comic strip, Macanudo. As always, the full-color strip ...

Book Review: War on Gaza by Joe Sacco

By Greg Hammond | Dec 17, 2024

It is highly doubtful that anybody’s mind will be changed too dramatically after experiencing Joe Sacco’s War on Gaza, but ...

Book Review: Disney Comics: Around the World in One Hundred Years: Deluxe Edition

By Steve Geise | Dec 17, 2024

While The Walt Disney Company has been around since 1923, the comics didn’t get their start until Mickey Mouse’s first ...

Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 1 by Milo Manara

By Greg Hammond | Dec 16, 2024

It is the end of summer in 1592, and the great graphic novelist Milo Manara imagines the young artist Michelangelo ...

Book Review: Life Sucks by Jessica Abel

By Greg Hammond | Dec 10, 2024

Life Sucks is a vampire drama written and drawn by Jessica Abel (La Perdida), Gabe Soria (Midnight Arcade), and Warren ...

Book Review: Godzilla: The Official Cookbook by Kayce Baker

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 9, 2024

While Godzilla is definitely known for being a creature who causes destruction, what about the idea that he can be ...

Book Review: Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund by Caitlin McGurk

By Steve Geise | Dec 5, 2024

Barbara Shermund was a pioneering female cartoonist and feminist in an era when both were exceedingly rare. Twice married but ...

Book Review: The Complete I, René Tardi, P.O.W. by Jacques Tardi

By Steve Geise | Nov 25, 2024

Jacques Tardi grew up hearing about his father’s life as a soldier during World War II, particularly his years spent ...

Book Review: The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen by Jeff Bond

By Davy | Nov 20, 2024

There were so many reasons why the legendary film and television producer and director Irwin Allen (1916-1991) was one of ...

Book Review: Star Trek: The Art of Glenn Hetrick’s Alchemy Studios

By Darcy Staniforth | Nov 18, 2024

Since 1966, Star Trek has been taking its viewers along as Starfleet has explored "Space, the final frontier." In 2017, Star ...

Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet

By David Wangberg | Nov 14, 2024

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is one of the greatest post-apocalyptic survival stories to come out in the last 20 years ...

Book Review: Jessica Farm by Josh Simmons: Let’s Weird Jessica to Death

By Jack Cormack | Nov 1, 2024

Jessica Farm, by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books), is an unconventional and sprawling journey through a landscape where nightmare and absurdity ...

Book Review: Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen

By Steve Geise | Oct 29, 2024

Much like Seinfeld, Olivier Schrauwen’s latest graphic novel is a book about nothing. As described in his preface, he supposedly ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Trick or Treat” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 25, 2024

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Trick or Treat” is Volume 13 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...

Book Review: Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo: Expanded Edition by Bill Morrison

By Steve Geise | Oct 22, 2024

Dan DeCarlo is best known as the defining artist of Archie Comics, but he pursued other artistic endeavors throughout his ...

Book Review: Disney In-Between: The Lost Years 1966–1986 by Stephen Anderson

By Sombrero Grande | Oct 13, 2024

Sometimes, you have to fall before you can rise. That’s the premise floated by Stephen Anderson’s new book, Disney In-Between: ...

Book Review: Crusher Loves Bleeder Bleeder Loves Crusher by Thomas Stemrich and Patrick Keck

By Steve Geise | Oct 10, 2024

“I guess if I was asleep and something bit me real soft…well, I couldn’t really be mad about that, could ...

Book Review: Foul Play and Other Stories

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 10, 2024

Splatter up! It's midnight and the moon is high in the night sky. Most folks are sound asleep but not ...

Book Review: Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 7, 2024

This new book is an unauthorized and unofficial study of one of the most universally admired directors to ever put ...

Book Review Godzilla: The Encyclopedia by Shinji Nishikawa

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 3, 2024

Setting aside the book is already in need of an update with the release of last year's Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus ...

Watchmen Chapter 1 Blu-ray Review: Checking the Time on the Doomsday Clock

By Greg Hammond | Sep 25, 2024

The twelve-issue Watchmen (1986 - 1987) comics series was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Brandon Vietti ...

Book Review: The Farewell Song of Marcel Labrume by Attilio Micheluzzi

By Steve Geise | Sep 24, 2024

I consider myself to be fairly well versed in the world’s finest cartoonists, and yet prior to this graphic novel, ...

Book Review: Foul Play and Other Stories, Illustrated by Jack Davis

By Darcy Staniforth | Sep 19, 2024

If you are a comic reader and I mention Tales From the Crypt to you, I’m sure some very clear ...

Book Review: Ocultos by Laura Pérez

By Darcy Staniforth | Sep 18, 2024

Our material and natural world is sometimes interrupted or even complimented by the supernatural. Sometimes these incidents are a one-time ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald and Mickey in Metropolis and Faust by Francesco Artibani, Paolo Mottura, Carlo Chendi, and Luciano Bottaro

By Steve Geise | Sep 17, 2024

Fantagraphics continues their line of Disney adaptations of classic tales with this pairing of Metropolis and Faust. The comics are ...

Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet

By Greg Hammond | Sep 17, 2024

In the opening of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet, there isn’t much road to ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Mystery of the Swamp” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 16, 2024

Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Mystery of the Swamp" is Volume 3 in Fantagraphics's The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The ...

Book Review: Total Recall: The Official Story of the Film by Simon Braund

By Kent Conrad | Sep 13, 2024

Total Recall is one of those movies whose spectacle convinced critics it was dumber than it was. It's a brash ...

Book Review: Elise and the New Partisans by Dominique Grange and Tardi

By Steve Geise | Sep 11, 2024

Shortly after a young pop singer arrives in 1950s Paris to find fame, she becomes aware of the political crisis ...

Book Review: The De Palma Decade by Laurent Bouzereau: A Breezy Tribute to a Master Provocateur

By Jack Cormack | Sep 10, 2024

Laurent Bouzereau’s The De Palma Decade (Running Press) is a valentine to director Brian De Palma’s provocative 1970s run. Divided ...

Book Review: Pinocchio: An Illuminated Edition by Carlo Collodi, Mike Mignola, and Lemony Snicket

By Steve Geise | Sep 7, 2024

If you’re unfamiliar with the ongoing series of Illuminated Editions published by Beehive Books, they’re gloriously oversized, slipcased, and boxed ...