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Book Review: Totem by Laura Pérez

By Steve Geise | Sep 16, 2023

In Laura Pérez’s beautiful, bewildering graphic novel, a flashback begets another flashback, unidentified characters drift in and out of the ...

Book Review: Eden II by K. Wroten

By Steve Geise | Sep 6, 2023

K. Wroten’s sophomore graphic novel is a sprawling, 452-page meditation on the bleak existence faced by the current twenty-something generation. ...

Book Review: Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television’s Original Genius

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 3, 2023

Ernie Kovacs was a comic pioneer in television as well as a television pioneer in comedy. During the 1950s, both ...

Book Review: Horror Unmasked: A History of Terror from Nosferatu to Nope by Brad Weismann

By Davy | Sep 1, 2023

The horror genre is still regarded by many as the bastard stepchild of film. A lot of people continue to ...

Book Review: Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas by Paco Roca

By Steve Geise | Aug 30, 2023

This is not a new graphic novel by Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca. Instead, it’s a compilation of archival autobiographical comic ...

Book Review: Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 24, 2023

Housed in a slipcase, Ian Nathan's Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work takes readers on an unofficial and ...

Book Review: Starseeds 3 by Charles Glaubitz

By Steve Geise | Aug 21, 2023

By any conventional literary measure, the Starseeds series is bewildering and left so far open to interpretation that it’s difficult ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge “Cave of Ali Baba” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 18, 2023

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge “Cave of Ali Baba” is Volume 28 in Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. It ...

Werewolf Jones Sons Deluxe Super Fun Comic

Book Review: Werewolf Jones & Sons: Deluxe Super Fun Annual by Simon Hanselmann and Josh Pettinger

By Mat Brewster | Aug 15, 2023

I am not by any means a prude, but I should have never read Werewolf Jones & Songs: Deluxe Super ...

Book Review: Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV by Ariel Waldman

By David Wangberg | Aug 14, 2023

Science fiction is a genre that has predicted many current inventions. And yet, at the time of release, certain movies ...

Book Review: Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Count Roquefort Case and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 3

By Kent Conrad | Jul 26, 2023

The third in Fantagraphics reprint series, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Count Roquefort Case and Other Stories: The Disney ...

Book Review: Scrooge McDuck: The Dragon of Glasgow by Joris Chamblain and Fabrizio Petrossi

By Kent Conrad | Jul 25, 2023

Scrooge McDuck is best known from either DuckTales, or from the 1983 Disney Short, "Mickey's Christmas Carol." There he played, ...

The Complete Peanuts Cartoon Book Front Cover in Color

Book Review: The Complete Peanuts 1987-1988: A Lovingly Curated Collection of Charles M. Schulz’ Brilliant Strips

By generaljabbo | Jul 25, 2023

For nearly 50 years, Charles M. Schulz captured the hearts and imaginations of readers with his beloved Peanuts characters. Charlie ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Operation Galleon Grab by Giorgio Cavazzano

By Kent Conrad | Jul 21, 2023

While never a major draw in the United States, comic book stories starring the main line Disney cartoon characters, Mickey ...

Book Review: Alison by Lizzy Stewart

By Steve Geise | Jul 21, 2023

Alison is a plain teenager getting by in a small English town, running out the clock on her high school ...

Book Review: Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One by Natalie Norris

By Steve Geise | Jul 15, 2023

Natalie Norris was just 16 years old when she was shipped off from the U.S. to France for a summer ...

Anais Nin A Sea of Lies by Leonie Bischoff

Book Review: Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff

By Darcy Staniforth | Jul 6, 2023

Diarist and author Anaïs Nin lived an extraordinary and controversial life. From Henry Miller to John Steinbeck, she had many lovers ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 3, 2023

Previously available from IDW/The Library of American Comics in 2016, Fantagraphics has now released their edition of Walt Disney's Silly ...

Book Review: The Planetoid and Other Stories by Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando

By Steve Geise | Jul 1, 2023

After over 30 volumes in the long-running Fantagraphics EC Artists’ Library series, Joe Orlando’s sci-fi stories return to the spotlight ...

Book Review: Nudism Comes to Connecticut by Susan Schade and Jon Buller

By Steve Geise | Jun 27, 2023

Imagine having a scandalous but fascinating tale buried deep within the branches of your family tree. Then imagine having the ...

Book Review: Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir: A Complete Package

By Darcy Staniforth | Jun 19, 2023

Dark corners. Quiet conversations. Secrets that get spilled after a few too many. This could be a scene from a ...

Book Review: Listen, Beautiful Márcia by Marcello Quintanilha

By Steve Geise | Jun 7, 2023

Brazilian favelas typically evoke images of poverty, drugs, and desperation, as most notably explored in the film City of God. ...

Book Review: Doris Danger: Giant Monsters Amok by Chris Wisnia & Ricky Sprague

By Kent Conrad | Jun 1, 2023

As the American comic book industry developed in the '60s, it became significantly less diverse. Superheroes eventually became, essentially, the ...

Book Review: Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades by David Steinberg

By Greg Hammond | May 29, 2023

David Steinberg is a man of many talents. He performed improv at Second City before becoming a stand-up comedian known ...

Book Review: Out of My Head: The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué by Brian Chidester

By David Wangberg | May 28, 2023

Josep Baqué was an artist with whom very few are familiar. His artwork went mostly unknown, as he never shared ...

Book Review: Salome’s Last Dance by Daria Tessler

By Mat Brewster | May 22, 2023

Portland artist Daria Tessler's second comic book published by Fantagraphics is a short, strange trip that finds influences from such ...

Book Review: Sydney Pollack: A Subliminal Existentialist by Wes D. Gehring

By Davy | May 22, 2023

Director/producer/actor Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) was one of the unsung heroes of cinematic and popular culture. His films ranged from Depression-era ...

Book Review: Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit

By Steve Geise | May 18, 2023

When a determined young adventurer sets out into the wilderness in search of gold, she quickly encounters threats from the ...

Book Review: Jessica Lange: An Adventurer’s Heart by Anthony Uzarowski

By Davy | May 17, 2023

Being a film lover, I have read a few actor/actress biographies in my time, but I've rarely come across one ...

Book Review: Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir

By Davy | May 3, 2023

I am not a drinker whatsoever, but I do love film noir. So, Noir Bar, the delightful new photo-book by ...

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Book Review: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca

By Greg Hammond | Apr 20, 2023

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Bram Stoker Award Finalist Eric LaRocca is a collection of “literary dark ...

Book Review: Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen

By Mat Brewster | Apr 18, 2023

On more than one occasion I've had a dream where I woke up, got up from bed, and went to ...

Book Review: Fools Die on Friday by Erle Stanley Gardner

By Kent Conrad | Mar 31, 2023

Donald Lam knows the girl's a phony. He knows from the second he sees the monogram on her cigarette case ...

Book Review: The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

By Steve Geise | Mar 28, 2023

A young girl is tasked with a seemingly impossible quest: to hunt down and destroy 999 black eggs closely held ...

Book Review: Ephemera: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn

By Steve Geise | Mar 21, 2023

Briana Loewinsohn’s debut graphic novel heralds the arrival of an intriguing new talent already operating at a masterful level. Her ...

Book Review: Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Eddie Muller

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 20, 2023

Author Eddie Muller, founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and host of TCM's Noir Alley, once again serves ...

Book Review: Tts & Clts 1972-1987: An Underground, Women-made Comix Gets the Fantagraphics Touch

By Joe Keaton | Mar 20, 2023

Out this month, Tits & Clits 1972-1987 (Fantagraphics Books) compiles for the first time (in a single, handsome volume) all ...

Book Review: Mickey and Donald: For Whom the Doorbell Tolls

By Steve Geise | Mar 18, 2023

In 1999, a teacher at Disney’s Italian school for cartoonists presented his students with a prompt: select a short story ...

Book Review: Evita: The Life and Work of Eva Perón by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto and Enrique Breccia

By Steve Geise | Mar 13, 2023

Fantagraphics continues their series of Alberto Breccia releases with this graphic biography of the polarizing Argentine icon, Eva Perón, popularly ...