Book Review: The Complete I, René Tardi, P.O.W. by Jacques Tardi
By Steve Geise |
Jacques Tardi grew up hearing about his father’s life as a soldier during World War II, particularly his years spent ...
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Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet
By David Wangberg |
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is one of the greatest post-apocalyptic survival stories to come out in the last 20 years ...
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Book Review: Jessica Farm by Josh Simmons: Let’s Weird Jessica to Death
By Jack Cormack |
Jessica Farm, by Josh Simmons (Fantagraphics Books), is an unconventional, sprawling, and (sometimes) bewildering journey through a landscape where nightmare ...
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Book Review: Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen
By Steve Geise |
Much like Seinfeld, Olivier Schrauwen’s latest graphic novel is a book about nothing. As described in his preface, he supposedly ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Trick or Treat” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Trick or Treat" is Volume 13 in Fantagraphics's The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...
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Book Review: Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo: Expanded Edition by Bill Morrison
By Steve Geise |
Dan DeCarlo is best known as the defining artist of Archie Comics, but he pursued other artistic endeavors throughout his ...
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Book Review: Crusher Loves Bleeder Bleeder Loves Crusher by Thomas Stemrich and Patrick Keck
By Steve Geise |
“I guess if I was asleep and something bit me real soft…well, I couldn’t really be mad about that, could ...
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Book Review: Foul Play and Other Stories
By Joe Garcia III |
Splatter up! It's midnight and the moon is high in the night sky. Most folks are sound asleep but not ...
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Watchmen Chapter 1 Blu-ray Review: Checking the Time on the Doomsday Clock
By Greg Hammond |
The twelve-issue Watchmen (1986 - 1987) comics series was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Brandon Vietti ...
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Book Review: The Farewell Song of Marcel Labrume by Attilio Micheluzzi
By Steve Geise |
I consider myself to be fairly well versed in the world’s finest cartoonists, and yet prior to this graphic novel, ...
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Book Review: Foul Play and Other Stories, Illustrated by Jack Davis
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you are a comic reader and I mention Tales From the Crypt to you, I’m sure some very clear ...
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Book Review: Ocultos by Laura Pérez
By Darcy Staniforth |
Our material and natural world is sometimes interrupted or even complimented by the supernatural. Sometimes these incidents are a one-time ...
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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 |
Fantagraphics continues their line of Disney adaptations of classic tales with this pairing of Metropolis and Faust. The comics are ...
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Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet
By Greg Hammond |
In the opening of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet, there isn’t much road to ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Mystery of the Swamp” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Mystery of the Swamp" is Volume 3 in Fantagraphics's The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The ...
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Book Review: Elise and the New Partisans by Dominique Grange and Tardi
By Steve Geise |
Shortly after a young pop singer arrives in 1950s Paris to find fame, she becomes aware of the political crisis ...
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Book Review: Delights: A Story of Hieronymus Bosch by Guy Colwell
By Kent Conrad |
The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch, is one of the most famous pieces of art in the history ...
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Book Review: What We Mean By Yesterday, Vol. 1 by Benjamin Marra
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics continues its streak of high-quality graphic art for adult audiences with What We Mean By Yesterday, Vol. 1 by ...
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Book Review: Iris: A Novel for Viewers by Lo Hartog van Banda and Thé Tjong-Khing
By Steve Geise |
Iris wants to be a pop star. Toiling away at the bottom rungs of the entertainment industry, she seizes a ...
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Book Review: Donald Duck: The 90th Anniversary Collection
By Kent Conrad |
Donald Duck is an interesting character, because he's a good guy. Only his inflated ego drives him to do bad ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 3: In the Days of the Rockets!
By Kent Conrad |
Comics does not need to mean superheroes. In America, it mostly does, but in the rest of the world, there's ...
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Book Review: Future by Tommi Musturi
By Steve Geise |
If you’re looking for a long-form graphic novel with a linear narrative, this is not the book for you. Instead, ...
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Book Review: Kommix by Charles Burns: A Black Box of Strange
By Jack Cormack |
Charles Burns’s latest creation, Kommix (Fantagraphics Books), isn’t your run-of-the-mill graphic novel. Picture it as a bizarre mixtape of 80 ...
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Book Review: Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics ventures deep into South America with this new graphic novel anthology featuring short works by 16 Brazilian artists. The ...
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Book Review: The Killing Hole by Steve Niles and Trevor Denham
By Mat Brewster |
Horror hounds are a strange breed. I know because I am one of them. We'll sit through the stupidest stuff ...
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Book Review: Mark Twain’s War Prayer, Illustrated by Seymour Chwast
By Shawn Bourdo |
By the end of his life, Mark Twain (1835-1910) had made and lost fortunes many times over. He had suffered ...
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Book Review: Petar & Liza by Miroslav Sekulic-Struja
By Greg Hammond |
In Miroslav Sekulic-Struja’s Petar & Liza, a graphic novel translated by Jenna Allen, the former country of Yugoslavia is awash ...
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Book Review: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris
By Steve Geise |
After a seven-year gap, Emil Ferris returns with the eagerly anticipated conclusion of the story of Karen Reyes, a monster-obsessed, ...
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Book Review: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris
By Mat Brewster |
With her debut graphic novel, My Name is Monsters, Emil Ferris created something beautiful, and strange, daring, and utterly unique. ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus Vol. 2
By Kent Conrad |
Venus tells a very revealing story - not about its characters or world, but about the world of comic book ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge “Only a Poor Old Man” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge “Only a Poor Old Man” is Volume 12 in Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...
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Book Review: Blessed Be by Rick Altergott
By Greg Hammond |
In the opening of Rick Altergott’s first graphic novel, Blessed Be, a Flowertown judge sentences Tommy Cottonwood, a local drug ...
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Book Review: How War Begins: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Invasion by Igort
By Steve Geise |
Italian cartoonist Igort began serializing reports from Ukrainian citizens in the early days of their ongoing invasion by Russian forces. ...
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Book Review: Anna by Mia Oberländer
By Steve Geise |
Anna is tall. Like, freakishly tall, with legs so long she’s able to stride over small mountains in a single ...
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Book Review: Tender by Beth Hetland
By Greg Hammond |
Tender, Beth Hetland’s first graphic novel, is a psychological thriller with a big dose of body horror. It is meant ...
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Book Review: The N-Word of God by Mark Doox
By Greg Hammond |
Two-thirds of the way through Mark Doox’s The N-Word of God, the character Saint Sambo asks if you consider yourself ...
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Book Review: Reading Love and Rockets by Marc Sobel
By Steve Geise |
Continuing their celebration of four decades of Love and Rockets, Fantagraphics presents this comprehensive overview of the first 50 issues ...
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Book Review: Return to Eden by Paco Roca
By Steve Geise |
Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca returns with his most personal graphic novel to date, a nostalgia-soaked ode to the Franco-era Valencia ...
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Book Review: Long Haul by Cullen Bunn and Heath Amodio
By Greg Hammond |
Long Haul is the latest graphic novel from Sandy Carpenter’s Storm King Comics’ Dark & Twisted line which focuses on ...
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Book Review: Hypericum by Manuele Fior
By Steve Geise |
Italian cartoonist Manuele Fior’s latest graphic novel, his sixth picked up for U.S. release by Fantagraphics, follows two distinct stories ...
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Book Review: The Bitter End and Other Stories, Illustrated by Reed Crandall
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics presents yet another unparalleled collection in their EC Artists series with The Bitter End and Other Stories. This time ...
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Book Review: Atlas Artist Edition No. 1: Joe Maneely: “The Raving Maniac” and Other Stories
By Steve Geise |
Before Marvel Comics was Marvel Comics, it was Atlas Comics. Fantagraphics kicks off a new archival series in their ongoing ...
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Book Review: Smoking Kills by Thijs Desmet
By Greg Hammond |
Smoking Kills by Thijs Desmet has a simple premise. Though we don’t know how long he has been in the ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Maharajah Donald” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Maharajah Donald” is Volume 4 in Fantagraphics’ The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book collects ...
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Book Review: Milky Way by Miguel Vila
By Greg Hammond |
Milky Way by Miguel Vila is a truly exceptional graphic novel for adults who aren’t bothered by artistic nudity and ...
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Book Review: In Search of Gil Scott-Heron by Thomas Mauceri and Seb Piquet
By Steve Geise |
Less a biography than a MacGuffin hunt, writer Thomas Mauceri details his years-long quest to track down and interview the ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 1: Adventures into Terror Volume 1
By Kent Conrad |
The mainstream American comic book is the home of the super-hero. But that was just its final evolution. While the ...
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Book Review: Time Under Tension by M.S. Harkness
By Steve Geise |
After a three-year gap, M.S. Harkness returns with her third autobio graphic novel, and first for Fantagraphics. She continues her ...
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Book Review: Monica by Daniel Clowes: Trip the Trauma Fantastic
By Jack Cormack |
In Daniel Clowes’s new graphic novel, Monica (his first in seven years), the titular hero goes on a flippin’ strange ...
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Book Review: Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Les Misérables and War and Peace by Giovan Battista Carpi
By Greg Hammond |
Disney presents a new addition to the Fantagraphics series of collected cartoons. In this volume we get both “The Secret ...
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