Book Review: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago, A 30th Anniversary Celebration by Brian Smith
By Chad Derdowski |
I struggled for what felt like an eternity with the opening to this review. It would've been easy to paraphrase ...
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Book Review: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930
By Greg Barbrick |
The new Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930 from the Library of American Comics is a fond look ...
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Book Review: Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics by Van Morrison: You’ve Heard the Songs, Now Read the Lyrics
By Mat Brewster |
That Van Morrison is one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the whole of pop music there is no doubt. That ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 1 & Issue #3 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions of the Original Series Enterprise crew in the form of ...
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Book Review: Percy Crosby’s Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933: Long-forgotten Magic
By Mat Brewster |
Skippy was created by Percy Crosby and ran from 1923 to 1945. In its time it was hugely popular, highly ...
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Book Review: Owsley and Me: My LSD Family by Rhoney Gissen Stanley with Tom Davis
By Mat Brewster |
Owsley Stanley is not a household name, but he probably should be. He was financier and soundman of the Grateful ...
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Book Review: The Art of John Alvin by Andrea Alvin
By Gordon S. Miller |
I consider myself a serious cinephile, so much so that I don't mind describing myself with the pretentious word "cinephile." ...
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Book Review: The Wizard of Oz FAQ by David J. Hogan: Over the Rainbow and Beyond
By Elizabeth Periale |
The Wizard of Oz is an enduring and endearing classic. Who hasn't seen it, perhaps even multiple times? It made ...
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Book Review: The Art of Greg Spalenka by Greg Spalenka
By Greg Barbrick |
The name Greg Spalenka may or may not be a familiar one to you, but once you have seen his ...
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Book Review: Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide: The End of an Era
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Leonard Maltin appears in the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch, lampooning his own negative review ...
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Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s America by Murray Pomerance: Not for the Faint of Heart
By Mat Brewster |
In 1939, at the age of 40, Alfred Hitchcock moved to America. He'd had huge success as a filmmaker in ...
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Book Review: Brainquake, Samuel Fuller’s Lost Novel
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by S. Edward Sousa Best known for provocative films such as Shock Corridor, The Crimson Kimono, or The Big ...
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Book Review: The Art of Neil Gaiman by Haley Campbell
By Gordon S. Miller |
I was first introduced to Neil Gaiman through his Sandman comics at a time when most people were introduced to ...
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Rip Kirby: The First Modern Detective: Complete Comic Strips Volume 7, 1962-1964 by John Prentice
By Chad Derdowski |
I can't remember a time when sequential art didn't play a huge role in my life. Whether it was riding ...
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Book Review: Steven Spielberg’s America by Fredrick Wasser
By Davy |
There are tons of books about film and film directors that actually miss the mark, but Fredrick Wasser's Steven Spielberg's ...
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Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History by Andrew Farago
By Gordon S. Miller |
Regardless of what one may think about the vast assortment of various products that have been spun off, it's amazing ...
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Book Review: The Killing: Uncommon Denominator by Karen Dionne
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Cheryl Shainmark Fans of AMC's The Killing who are jonesing for more are in luck: as Stephen Holder, ...
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Book Review: Overlooked / Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention by Greg Prato
By Kit O'Toole |
Writing a book entitled Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention is fraught with difficulty. The selections are based purely ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: In the City of Gold: The Complete Burne Hogarth Comic Strip Library
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tarzan of the Apes, author Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary creation, first appeared in the October 1912 issue of The All-Story. ...
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Book Review: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide by John Grant
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author John Grant has assembled a massive tome cataloging film noir that rightly deserves to be called a “comprehensive encyclopedia.” ...
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Book Review: Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris
By Adam Blair |
Five seems to be a lucky number for author Mark Harris. His previous book, Pictures at a Revolution, artfully captured ...
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Book Review: Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Vol. 4: 1942-1944 by Alex Raymond
By Gordon S. Miller |
This fourth and final volume of The Library of American Comics' series reprinting Alex Raymond's Sunday strips of Flash Gordon ...
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Book Review: Archie: Daily Newspaper Comics – The Swingin’ Sixties, Volume Two: 1963-1965 by Bob Montana
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Almost anyone can name the first comic book they ever read. For many, it's some type ...
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Book Review: Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell
By Chad Derdowski |
Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth is the third and final chapter in the Library of American Comics' ...
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Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Ten: The Junior Commandos by Harold Gray
By Mat Brewster |
Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created, written, and drawn by Harold Gray. It began in August 1924 ...
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Books Review: Starting Point: 1979-1996 and Turning Point: 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki: Unique Memoirs from an Animation Genius
By Kent Conrad |
Hayao Miyazaki's downbeat personal sensibility, constant self-doubt, and pessimism are nearly absent from his works. My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery ...
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Book Review: Borderline Is Lawrence Block’s Pulp Fiction
By Elizabeth Periale |
Lawrence Block is one of the country's best-known and successful mystery and crime novelists (8 Million Ways to Die, When ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 16: 1954-1956 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 and continues today under the creative team of by ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 4: 1953-1954 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 1946, cartoonist Milton Caniff ended a successful 12-year run on the adventure comic strip Terry and the Pirates for ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies, Volume 2: 1961-1963: Super-Ridiculous, Super-Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Created in 1933, Superman has gone on to become one of the most popular and successful comic-book characters in the ...
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Book Review: Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics, Volume One: 1986-1989 by Bobby London: Absolutely Fabulous
By Greg Barbrick |
When it comes to reprints of classic comics, The Library of American Comics from IDW Publishing are the absolute gold ...
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Book Review: Weird Fantasy, Volume 1: Glossy Reprint of Classic SF Comic
By Kent Conrad |
EC Comics holds a special place in comic book history. After all, it was EC comics in particular that were ...
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Book Review: Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics, Volume One: 1966-1967
By Gordon S. Miller |
IDW's Library of American Comics and DC Entertainment have teamed up to release Batman's Silver Age newspaper strips, which debuted ...
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Book Review: Grimm: Below the Surface: The Insider’s Guide to the Show
By Elizabeth Periale |
Grimm is a television show that has been running on NBC since the 2011 fall season. Part procedural cop show, ...
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Book Review: The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z by Alain Silver and James Ursini
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once, years ago, the living dead were revered to by many as something almost legendary. George A. Romero's original trilogy ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Two: 1969-1971, Edited by Dean Mullaney
By Gordon S. Miller |
The second installment of Russ Manning's complete Tarzan newspaper strips from what will be a four-book series published by the ...
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Book Review: 300: Rise of An Empire: The Art of the Film by Peter Aperlo
By Gordon S. Miller |
Peter Aperlo takes readers inside the making of Noam Murro's 300: Rise of an Empire, which expands upon Zack Snyder's ...
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Book Review: Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays, Volume One 1920-1922 by Frank King
By Kent Conrad |
Reading archives of old comic strips can be odd, because not only were these never meant to be perennial entertainment, ...
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Book Review: Hellboy: The First 20 Years by Mike Mignola
By Kent Conrad |
Hellboy: The First 20 Years is a celebration, not necessarily of the character, but of the artist and writer who ...
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the World’s Greatest Private Detective by Dave Thompson
By Mat Brewster |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle penned only four novels and 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes, the last of which appeared ...
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Book Review: Max Steel, Volume 2: Hero Overload by B. Clay Moore & Alfa Robbi
By Todd Karella |
Originally based on a line of toys produced by Mattel, Max Steel became an animated series made for television. Just ...
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Book Review: Snowpiercer Vol. 1 & 2 by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette
By Steve Geise |
This French comic is currently receiving renewed international attention thanks to its use as the source material for a new ...
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London by Sylvain Cordurie and Laci
By Steve Geise |
With all of the Sherlock Holmes revisionism in movies and TV over the past few years, it's become confusing to ...
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Book Review: Hidden Horror by Aaron Christensen
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I jump at the opportunity to read and review movie guides devoted to spotlighting movies off ...
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Book Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
By Mark Buckingham |
Tim Lebbon's Alien: Out of the Shadows kicks off a trilogy of books set around the events of the Alien ...
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Book Review: Captain Midnight: Volume 1: On the Run by Joshua Williamson and Fernando Dagnino
By Steve Geise |
A patriotic Nazi-fighting U.S. superhero who disappeared in the 1940s suddenly appears in the present day, seemingly not a day ...
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Book Review: The Wrong Quarry by Max Allan Collins
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a fan of author Max Allan Collins and have ...
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Book Review: The Filmmaker Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom, compiled & edited by Jamie Thompson Stern
By Gordon S. Miller |
Editor Jamie Thompson Stern informs in the preface she has compiled and arranged (unsourced) quotes about filmmaking from “directors, screenwriters, ...
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Book Review: Grimm: Aunt Marie’s Book of Lore: A Novel Idea for a Very Limited Audience
By Todd Karella |
Based on the Grimm's Fairy Tales, the TV series Grimm follows Nick (David Giuntoli) as he finds out about his ...
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Book Review: The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk
By Greg Barbrick |
The 2013 reprint of Dave Van Ronk's (1936 -2002) autobiography The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2004) has a cover blurb ...
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