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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 | 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 Joe Keaton | 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: Reflections on Cinematography by Roger Deakins

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 11, 2025

For those interested in how movies look, the cinematographer, or director of photography, is an integral crew member in helping ...

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 ...

Book Review: Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955: Paperback Edition by Charles M. Schulz

By Shawn Bourdo | Oct 20, 2025

The Peanuts Every Sunday series was released in hardcover by Fantagraphics starting in 2013. The ten-book series released the Sunday ...

Book Review: Rewinding the ‘80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War by John Malahy

By Lorna Miller | Oct 11, 2025

I love the ‘80s; it is the decade that shaped and created my interest in movies. Rewinding the ‘80s: Cinema ...

Book Review: Witchcraft by Sole Otero

By Steve Geise | Oct 9, 2025

Sole Otero’s second release from Fantagraphics is, in a word, astonishing. Her puzzle box of a tale centers on a ...

Book Review: Shiver As You Read!: Atlas Comics Library No. 6

By Kent Conrad | Oct 9, 2025

I do not know if the introduction of the censorious Comics Code really ruined American comics. It came in around ...

Book Review: The Spawn of Venus and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood

By Steve Geise | Oct 2, 2025

If you’ve been following along with Fantagraphics’ ongoing releases in their EC Comics Artists Library series, this title might seem ...

Book Review: Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles, Written and Edited by Brian Walker

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 25, 2025

Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles celebrates the Diamond Anniversary of Mort Walker's comic strip about the habitually lazy Private ...

Book Review: The Avengers in the Veracity Trap! by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 18, 2025

As seen on the cover of Chip Kidd and Michael Cho's The Avengers in the Veracity Trap goes back to ...

Book Review: Death in Trieste by Jason

By Steve Geise | Sep 15, 2025

Veteran Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns with an all-new collection of three short graphic stories rendered in his impeccably clear line ...

Book Review: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir: Volume 1 by Brian M. Kane

By Steve Geise | Sep 10, 2025

Fantagraphics kicks off a new six-volume look behind the scenes of Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant comic strip with this initial ...

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 | Sep 9, 2025

Coming four years after its original release, the Revised and Expanded Edition of These Fists Break Bricks is a fascinating ...

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 | Sep 8, 2025

When rock and pop-culture critic Paul Nelson was commissioned by LA Weekly in early 1991 to profile Lucinda Williams and ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man by Jacob Johnston

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 4, 2025

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man is the 11th release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: The ...

Book Review: Jaws: Memories From Martha’s Vineyard (Rev. and Updated) by Matt Taylor

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 2, 2025

The 50th Anniversary of Jaws (1975) has kicked the marketing machine for the film into overdrive. There have been LEGOs, ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 31, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” is Volume 1 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...

Book Review: Buff Soul by Moa Romanova

By Steve Geise | Aug 25, 2025

When Swedish cartoonist Moa Romanova gets the chance to accompany her aspiring rock-star friends on their mini U.S. tour, their ...

Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle

By Kent Conrad | Aug 22, 2025

Howard Chaykin is a comic book artist who came to his powers when the industry was in flux. He started ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 21, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” is Volume 19 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...

Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 2 by Milo Manara

By Greg Hammond | Aug 13, 2025

It is now the summer of 1606, and 14 years have passed since Caravaggio first arrived in Rome in the ...

Book Review: Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip 1895-1915 Revised Edition

By Steve Geise | Jul 30, 2025

The latest Sunday Press release through Fantagraphics revisits the first 20 years of the American comic strip, compiling over 200 ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read!

By Greg Hammond | Jul 26, 2025

Seattle-based Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! The collection ...