Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume Three
By Gordon S. Miller |
As mentioned in reviews of the previous volumes in the series, Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales was a Sunday ...
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Book Review: Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
By Mark Buckingham |
How much you come away from a story loving or loathing a character is a testament to how well they ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita by Tipton, Tipton, Shasteen, Hernandez, Nieto
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1944-1947)
By generaljabbo |
Superman's adventures have been written about for 80 years now — a remarkable number for any character. He has been ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken by Tipton, Tipton, Woodward, Kirchoff
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which ...
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Book Review: Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young
By Mat Brewster |
While talking to fellow filmmaker Francois Truffaut, director Alfred Hitchcock noted that he made his films with women in mind. ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 8: 1961-1962 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Library of American Comics continues publishing the adventures of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon with Volume 8, which presents the ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 2
By Gordon S. Miller |
In IDW/The Library of Amercian Comics' on-going presentation of the Star Wars newspaper comics, Volume 2 presents eight stories that ...
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Book Review: The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir
By Jade Blackmore |
Field of Dreams, The Natural, and Bull Durham may be the first movies that come to mind when you think ...
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Book Review: Al Capp’s Li’l Abner, Volume Nine: Complete Sundays and Dailies 1951-1952
By generaljabbo |
Al Capp's Li'l Abner had the kind of success most comic strips only dream of. Running for 43 years, it ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 6 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my previous reviews of this book series, "John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions ...
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Book Review: Movie Nights with the Reagans by Mark Weinberg
By David Wangberg |
During their eight years in office, Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, watched a total of 363 movies during their ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 3 (1956-1959): A Wonderful Time Capsule for Fans of the Man of Steel
By generaljabbo |
When it comes to comic book heroes, Superman remains one of, if not the biggest pillars in the industry. With ...
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Book Review: The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist by Syd Mead & Craig Hodgetts
By Chad Derdowski |
If you're a fan of science fiction films, there's a pretty good chance you're a fan of Syd Mead. Even ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 23: 1966-1967 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: The Art of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie by Ramin Zahed
By Chad Derdowski |
We can all agree that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie was pretty sweet, right? It was cute, it was ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume Two: 1978-1979 by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I've never seen anything quite like Gil Kane and Ron Goulart's Star Hawks. And yeah, I ...
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Book Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The Art of the Film by Mark Salisbury
By Chad Derdowski |
I don't know you, but I'm going to make a bold assumption about the type of person you are. You ...
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Book Review: Disney’s Christmas Classics
By Gordon S. Miller |
Considering how beloved Disney characters and Christmas are by children, it was surprising to learn in Alberto Becattini's introductory essay ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: On the Front Lines by Daniel Wallace
By Chad Derdowski |
The Star Wars universe is defined by conflict. Whether it's the internal struggle of a young Jedi finding his way ...
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Book Review: Silly Symphonies Volume 3: The Complete Disney Classics 1939-1942
By Steve Geise |
The Silly Symphonies comic strip started as a venue for adaptations of Disney's long-running series of animated shorts, but by ...
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Book Review: Justice League: The Art of the Film by Abbie Bernstein
By Chad Derdowski |
Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: I haven’t seen Justice League. Nor do I ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume Two
By Gordon S. Miller |
While Disney had previously run newspaper comic strips before it, their Treasury of Classic Tales was a Sunday strip that ...
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Book Review: Tangled: The Series: Adventure is Calling
By Mat Brewster |
In my family, Tangled is one of the better movies to come out of Disney's classic animation studios in a ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 5 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my previous reviews of this book series, "John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume One (1979-1982) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
Since Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse launched in 1979, it has been syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers worldwide ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume Three (1972-1979)
By Mat Brewster |
I have no doubt that when he created Star Trek: The Original Series Gene Roddenberry was hoping for a smash ...
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Book Review: The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard, edited by David A. Goodman
By David Wangberg |
Following the success of The Autobiography of James T. Kirk, David A. Goodman explores the background of another well-known and ...
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Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Fourteen (1948-1950): Sunshine and Shadow by Harold Gray
By Mat Brewster |
When I last checked in with Little Orphan Annie (in Volume Ten), she was busy fighting the war (World War ...
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Book Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
By Mat Brewster |
You first notice the long, straight black hair. Then you see her body: thin, straight, erect. You look past the ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 22: 1964-1965 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Ghost in the Shell by Andrew Osmond
By Mat Brewster |
Ghost in the Shell began life as a manga series that lasted from 1989 to 1997. In 1995, Marmoru Oshii ...
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Book Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
By Kent Conrad |
To much of the post-Millennium western cinematic audience, Meiko Kaji was introduced with her voice. Both the theme songs from ...
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Book Review: A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Edited by Zachary Auburn
By Rons Reviews |
It's rare these days to get your expectations exceeded. Even rarer is to come upon a treasure that elicits both ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island by Simon Ward
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author Simon Ward takes viewers to and behind the scenes of Kong: Skull Island in his book that looks at ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 7: 1959-1960 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon ran from January 13, 1947 until June 4, 1988. The strip's titular hero served as an ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 4, 1983-1984 by Stan Lee, Fred Kida, and Floro Dery
By Steve Geise |
With Fred Kida in control on daily art duties, Stan Lee started his writing chores in 1983 with nearly four ...
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Book Review: Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film by Sharon Gosling
By Chad Derdowski |
With a history dating back to 1941 and a variety of interpretations in comics, prose, and television, Wonder Woman is ...
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Book Review: Aliens: Bug Hunt, Edited by Jonathan Maberry
By Mark Buckingham |
Each film in the original Alien trilogy represents a unique approach to science fiction. Alien took sci-fi and suspense and ...
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Book Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 4 (1945-1947)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Jeff Provine Everything old is new again with the upcoming reboot of Duck Tales on Disney XD, which ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume One
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney was a savvy businessman. With a staff of talented writers and artists employed to create films, he was ...
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Book Review: Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series by Bob Garcia and Joe Desris
By Gordon S. Miller |
Given its own yellow utility belt, Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series is a marvelous compendium about the ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 1
By Gordon S. Miller |
Before The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980, Star Wars fans who wanted more stories from George Lucas' “galaxy ...
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Books Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics, Volume 3 and The Complete Sunday Newspaper Comics, Volume 2 (1943-1945)
By Steve Geise |
There's something decidedly comforting about reading old Disney comic strips, as they're reliably funny, relatable, and finely crafted. These latest ...
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Book Review: The Marvel Vault by Thomas, Sanderson, and Manning
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally published in 2007, Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson's The Marvel Vault was clearly in need of Matthew K. Manning's ...
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Book Review: Red Barry: Undercover Man, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) by Will Gould
By Mat Brewster |
I adored newspaper comic strips as I was growing up. My parents took in the Tulsa World, which was a ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume One: 1977-1978 by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart
By Mat Brewster |
In early 1977, right at the start of the cultural science-fiction boom of the late '70s, the newspaper syndicate NEA ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1942-1944)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Tim Gebhart Imagine the conundrum. America recently entered World War II, a war the government pronounces a battle ...
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Book Review: James Bond: SPECTRE: The Complete Comic Strip Collection
By Gordon S. Miller |
Having previously collected and released the James Bond newspaper comic-strip adventures that ran in British newspapers, including in Omnibus Volumes ...
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Book Review: Film Noir Light and Shadow: Shedding Light on Dark Films
By Mat Brewster |
Much like the Supreme Court with pornography, I find "film noir" difficult to define, but I know it when I ...
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