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Book Review: Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ by Tom DeMichael

By Cinema Sentries | Dec 14, 2014

Written by Anastasia Klimchynskaya The author purports to make a relatively comprehensive guidebook to sci-fi films since the '70s- with ...

Book Review: Popeye: Classic Newspaper Comics, Volume Two 1989-1998: A Surprisingly Modern and Adult Take On The Classic Character

By Mat Brewster | Dec 11, 2014

Popeye is not something I've ever cared about. No wait, scratch that, I loved the Robert Altman movie starring Robin ...

Book Review: Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin

By Rons Reviews | Dec 8, 2014

In 1993, the legendary entertainer Bob Hope and his wife Delores welcomed TV viewers, and some celebrities of the time, ...

Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Sundays (1946-1949)

By Chad Derdowski | Nov 23, 2014

It wasn't long after his 1938 debut in Action Comics #1 that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's most famous creation ...

Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 17: 1956-1957 by Chester Gould

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 22, 2014

The Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing are publishing The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould. Volume 17 is ...

Book Review: DC Comics Super-Villains: The Complete Visual History by Daniel Wallace

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 14, 2014

With its origins in National Allied Publications, which was founded in 1934, DC Comics has had a long and varied ...

Book Review: Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Volume 2

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 10, 2014

On its way to becoming a multimedia franchise, Star Trek first entered the world of comics by way of Gold Key, ...

Book Review: Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show by Tara Bennett

By Cinema Sentries | Nov 7, 2014

Written by Anastasia Klimchynskaya It's been said that we're living in the Golden Age of Television - a fact that's ...

Book Review: Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be!: Political Cartooning at its Finest

By Mat Brewster | Nov 3, 2014

Political cartoons have been around since the early 1700s though they didn't really come into their own until the later ...

Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Three: 1971-1974, Edited by Dean Mullaney

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 3, 2014

Volume Three of the Library of American Comics' Eisner Award-winning, four-part collection of Russ Manning's complete run of Tarzan newspaper ...

Book Review: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago, A 30th Anniversary Celebration by Brian Smith

By Chad Derdowski | Nov 2, 2014

I struggled for what felt like an eternity with the opening to this review. It would've been easy to paraphrase ...

Book Review: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930

By Greg Barbrick | Nov 1, 2014

The new Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930 from the Library of American Comics is a fond look ...

Book Review: Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics by Van Morrison: You’ve Heard the Songs, Now Read the Lyrics

By Mat Brewster | Oct 22, 2014

That Van Morrison is one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the whole of pop music there is no doubt. That ...

Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 1 & Issue #3 by John Byrne

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 22, 2014

John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions of the Original Series Enterprise crew in the form of ...

Book Review: Percy Crosby’s Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933: Long-forgotten Magic

By Mat Brewster | Oct 21, 2014

Skippy was created by Percy Crosby and ran from 1923 to 1945. In its time it was hugely popular, highly ...

Book Review: Owsley and Me: My LSD Family by Rhoney Gissen Stanley with Tom Davis

By Mat Brewster | Oct 18, 2014

Owsley Stanley is not a household name, but he probably should be. He was financier and soundman of the Grateful ...

Book Review: The Art of John Alvin by Andrea Alvin

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 10, 2014

I consider myself a serious cinephile, so much so that I don't mind describing myself with the pretentious word "cinephile." ...

Book Review: The Wizard of Oz FAQ by David J. Hogan: Over the Rainbow and Beyond

By Elizabeth Periale | Sep 30, 2014

The Wizard of Oz is an enduring and endearing classic. Who hasn't seen it, perhaps even multiple times? It made ...

Book Review: The Art of Greg Spalenka by Greg Spalenka

By Greg Barbrick | Sep 27, 2014

The name Greg Spalenka may or may not be a familiar one to you, but once you have seen his ...

Book Review: Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide: The End of an Era

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 8, 2014

Written by Chris Morgan Leonard Maltin appears in the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch, lampooning his own negative review ...

Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s America by Murray Pomerance: Not for the Faint of Heart

By Mat Brewster | Sep 5, 2014

In 1939, at the age of 40, Alfred Hitchcock moved to America. He'd had huge success as a filmmaker in ...

Book Review: Brainquake, Samuel Fuller’s Lost Novel

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 3, 2014

Written by S. Edward Sousa Best known for provocative films such as Shock Corridor, The Crimson Kimono, or The Big ...

Book Review: The Art of Neil Gaiman by Haley Campbell

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 3, 2014

I was first introduced to Neil Gaiman through his Sandman comics at a time when most people were introduced to ...

Rip Kirby: The First Modern Detective: Complete Comic Strips Volume 7, 1962-1964 by John Prentice

By Chad Derdowski | Sep 2, 2014

I can't remember a time when sequential art didn't play a huge role in my life. Whether it was riding ...

Book Review: Steven Spielberg’s America by Fredrick Wasser

By Davy | Aug 29, 2014

There are tons of books about film and film directors that actually miss the mark, but Fredrick Wasser's Steven Spielberg's ...

Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History by Andrew Farago

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 7, 2014

Regardless of what one may think about the vast assortment of various products that have been spun off, it's amazing ...

Book Review: The Killing: Uncommon Denominator by Karen Dionne

By Cinema Sentries | Aug 4, 2014

Written by Cheryl Shainmark Fans of AMC's The Killing who are jonesing for more are in luck: as Stephen Holder, ...

Book Review: Overlooked / Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention by Greg Prato

By Kit O'Toole | Jul 25, 2014

Writing a book entitled Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention is fraught with difficulty. The selections are based purely ...

Book Review: Tarzan: In the City of Gold: The Complete Burne Hogarth Comic Strip Library

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 22, 2014

Tarzan of the Apes, author Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary creation, first appeared in the October 1912 issue of The All-Story. ...

Book Review: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide by John Grant

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 19, 2014

Author John Grant has assembled a massive tome cataloging film noir that rightly deserves to be called a “comprehensive encyclopedia.” ...

Book Review: Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris

By Adam Blair | Jul 10, 2014

Five seems to be a lucky number for author Mark Harris. His previous book, Pictures at a Revolution, artfully captured ...

Book Review: Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Vol. 4: 1942-1944 by Alex Raymond

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 8, 2014

This fourth and final volume of The Library of American Comics' series reprinting Alex Raymond's Sunday strips of Flash Gordon ...

Book Review: Archie: Daily Newspaper Comics – The Swingin’ Sixties, Volume Two: 1963-1965 by Bob Montana

By Cinema Sentries | Jul 7, 2014

Written by Kristen Lopez Almost anyone can name the first comic book they ever read. For many, it's some type ...

Book Review: Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell

By Chad Derdowski | Jun 19, 2014

Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth is the third and final chapter in the Library of American Comics' ...

Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Ten: The Junior Commandos by Harold Gray

By Mat Brewster | Jun 18, 2014

Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created, written, and drawn by Harold Gray. It began in August 1924 ...

Books Review: Starting Point: 1979-1996 and Turning Point: 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki: Unique Memoirs from an Animation Genius

By Kent Conrad | Jun 9, 2014

Hayao Miyazaki's downbeat personal sensibility, constant self-doubt, and pessimism are nearly absent from his works. My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery ...