REVIEWS

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Written by Steve Higgins Friday, 23 July 2010 00:00

St. Louis' own Matt Kindt returns with a graphic novel following a man who alternates between two worlds—one full of workaday drudgery, the other a riot-filled dystopia—every time he wakes up.

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Written by Erin Jameson Friday, 23 July 2010 00:00

Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin turns herself into a sci-fi superheroine in this fabulously campy romp.

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Written by Justin Crouse Friday, 16 July 2010 00:00

The Bulletproof Coffin is a gust of desperately needed fresh air. It defies categorization.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 16 July 2010 00:00

This comics adaptation of the Psycho author's imagining of a Jack the Ripper still murdering in 1940s Chicago gets off to a good start.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 16 July 2010 00:00

A collection celebrating three decades of Nicole Hollander's sardonic comic strip.

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 09 July 2010 14:17

The 2009 entry into this annual collection of the best in fantasy art doesn't quite live up to its predecessors.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 09 July 2010 00:00

Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim's fantasy series is proving to be highly addictive.

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Written by Erin Jameson Friday, 02 July 2010 11:52

A comic book adaptation of the Jane Austen horror mash-up that delivers, well, pretty much exactly what its title implies.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 02 July 2010 11:16

Despite the number of colons and the "Vol. 2" in the title, the unexpected twists and imaginative art courtesy of Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe Blain make this fantasy tale an easy pick-up.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 25 June 2010 00:00

Revisiting Sarah Boslaugh's reviews of Kim Dong Hwa's tale of a young girl's coming of age in a rural Korean town to celebrate June's Manhwa Movable Feast.

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 25 June 2010 00:00

John Pham returns with another set of strips and short stories that use a cinematic style to explore the territory where bitter meets funny.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 25 June 2010 00:00

The Library Defence Force faces off against the censorship of the evil Media Betterment Committee in this mash-up of shojo manga and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 18 June 2010 14:28

A seemingly standard space academy plot gets a touchingly melancholy twist in this gem of a manga series.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 18 June 2010 00:00

Historian Catherine "C.C. Colbert" Clinton explores the motivations behind Abraham Lincoln's assassin in this historical graphic novel.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 11 June 2010 00:00

A look at a '70s sci-fi classic, courtesy of shojo manga pioneer Keiko Takemiya.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 05 June 2010 12:40

Mark E. Hogancamp shares his life's work with the world, a photo-comic that meticulously creates a mythical World War II town using scale models, as seen in the upcoming documentary film Marwencol.

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 21 May 2010 00:00

This supernatural detective story offers an interesting premise but not quite enough bang for the buck.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 14 May 2010 00:00

If you’re a fan of Japanese popular culture looking for something a little different, you’ll probably find something of interest in this anthology of manga-influenced stories, comics, and articles.

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Written by Erin Jameson Friday, 14 May 2010 00:00

Lauren Barnett illustrates her childhood diary and more in this minicomic collection of sublime vignettes.

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Written by Erin Jameson Friday, 07 May 2010 00:00

Lauren Barnett offers up a pair of funny, poignant minicomics.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 07 May 2010 00:00

The third chapter in prolific French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim's impressionistic comics diary.

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 07 May 2010 00:00

Heavy Metal artist Guido Crepax adapts the classic tale of sadism that nearly ripped apart 1950s France in this recently reissued classic of 1970s erotica.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 07 May 2010 00:00

Ian Edginton and Stjepan Sejic bring their mature reimagining of the classic Aladdin tale to a satisfying conclusion.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 30 April 2010 00:00

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 23 April 2010 00:00

A collection of Recidivist and other comic book short stories by Zak Sally, former bassist for the slowcore band Low.

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Written by Gabe Bullard Friday, 23 April 2010 00:00

Jeff Smith crafts a prequel to his Bone saga with the help of Stardust artist Charles Vess in this Scholastic reissue of the 2002 graphic novel.

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Written by Gabe Bullard Friday, 16 April 2010 00:00

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 16 April 2010 00:00

Sarah Boslaugh checks out the fanservice-laden James Bond-meets-Harry Potter Ninja Girls Vol. 1, and digs into the archives for a look at the second volume of Fuyumi Soryo's sci-fi saga ES: Eternal Sabbath.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 09 April 2010 00:00

An exploration of superheroics and George W. Bush-era politics gets revived and re-issued in this handsome hardcover collection.