REVIEWS

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 26 November 2009 17:00

The 1922 death of a Hollywood heavy forms the basis for this real-life murder mystery, the latest in Rick Geary's series "A Treasury of XXth Century Murder."

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 26 November 2009 17:00

A 10th anniversary edition of Tommy Kovac's hilarious, insightful, and sometimes scary tale of a ragdoll and his fellow misfit toys.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:00

Rick's becoming a literal (or is that metaphorical?) zombie in this new graphic novel from Shane White (North Country, The Overman).

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 19 November 2009 17:00

This collection of works by Paul Hornschemeier is half-short stories, half-sketchbook, and all worth reading.

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Written by Erin Jameson Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:00

This new manga from the creator of Venus Versus Virus starts out cleanly enough, but those looking at subtext will get more than a few pings from their Squick Radar.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:00

Two young singles on the road to romance deal with both literal and metaphorical ghosts in this mostly tedious romantic comedy.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 05 November 2009 17:00

Three high school friends with fathers in Iraq struggle to win the war at home.

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Written by Ryan Parker Thursday, 05 November 2009 17:00

Former Spawn writer David Hine brings you pretty much exactly what the title of his new series suggests.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 05 November 2009 17:00

I really love comics. Reading a collection like Joe Daly's Red Monkey Double Happiness Book, I'm reminded of just why.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 29 October 2009 17:00

Horror master Clive Barker (Hellraiser) returns to comics with a one-shot in eye-popping 3D.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 29 October 2009 17:00

British YA writer Chris Wooding uses a blend of prose and comics to bring the creepy world-within-a-comic of Malice to life.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:00

Bruce Paley teams up with his artist wife Carol Swain for a memoir documenting his years of hippie/punk excess and his friendship with New York Doll Johnny Thunders.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:00

A quirky fantasy setting and distinctive art highlight this latest volume in Grady Klein's ongoing tale of an unnamed and uncharted island in pre-Civil War America.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:00

Réunion Island is a place where the naïve get wised up in this new historical graphic novel from Lewis Trondheim (Little Nothings) and Appollo.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:00

Sarah Boslaugh checks out the Cartoon Network adaptation The Secret Saturdays: The Kur Stone Part 1 and Frank Cammuso's kid-friendly King Arthur update Knights of the Lunch Table Vol. 2: The Dragon Players.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 08 October 2009 17:00

The final volume in Kim Dong Hwa's "Color" trilogy completes Ehwa's transformation from young girl to woman and wife.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 08 October 2009 17:00

What would you do if you knew you only had 24 hours left to live?

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Written by Erin Jameson Thursday, 08 October 2009 17:00

This historical drama may not live up to the promise of it's "Mature Audiences" warning, but with its pretty art and Jane Austen-y snarkiness, it has its own unique charms.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 02 October 2009 11:09

Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and Invincible/Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman team up to create Image's latest horror-tinged hero.

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Written by Ryan Parker Thursday, 01 October 2009 17:00

Elephantmen artist Marian Churchland's first solo effort offers eye-pleasing art and a solid story that doesn't quite connect. 

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 01 October 2009 17:00

Max Brooks brings his "Zombie Survival Guide" series to comics with this bit of historical fiction that follows the walking undead from throughout the ages.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 24 September 2009 17:00

A quick look at the first volumes of three new manga series for the 16-and-up crowd: Gakuen Prince, Yokai Doctor, and Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 24 September 2009 17:00

This latest primer in the For Beginners series offers a flyover view of art theory with a heaping helping of historical context.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 24 September 2009 17:00

Soichi is a mild-mannered singer-songwriter by day and a death metal god by night in this manga-fied cousin of Metalocalypse.

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Written by Steve Higgins Friday, 11 September 2009 01:38

Reviewer Steve Higgins returns after almost a year with an extensive critique of the book that nearly broke him, a graphic memoir by Alissa Torres on life after the loss of her husband on 9/11.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 10 September 2009 17:00

The life of a mother of two becomes a hero(ine)'s journey in this unusual mix of Mommy memoir and graphic novel.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 10 September 2009 17:00

This exercise in comics minimalism proves to be minimally exceptional.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 10 September 2009 17:00

The first volume in a straightforward adaptation of Jim Butcher's supernatural detective series.

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Written by Jim Ousley Thursday, 03 September 2009 17:00

Nick Simmons makes a bloody splash with his debut, a manga-styled vampire miniseries.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 03 September 2009 17:00

Hotwire offers electronic zombies and Mercy Thompson offers a midriff-baring coyote shapeshifter, but it's the fully-painted art that is both series' biggest draw.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 27 August 2009 17:00

Josh Neufeld gets to the heart of what happened in New Orleans post-Katrina by making things personal.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 27 August 2009 17:00

This Xeric Grant-winning title from Sophia Wiedeman is one strange, haunting little comic.

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Written by Gabe Bullard Thursday, 20 August 2009 17:00

Joe Sacco-style comics-as-news-reports attempt to rescue traditional journalism in this collection of true life stories.

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Written by Byron Kerman Friday, 14 August 2009 02:31

This sure-to-be-award-winning new work from David Mazzucchelli (Batman: Year One, City of Glass) puts the "novel" back in "graphic novel."

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 13 August 2009 17:00

A down-on-his-luck luchador tracks down black market organ dealers with a superhero's sense of right and wrong.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 13 August 2009 17:00

This second volume in Kim Dong Hwa's Color Trilogy and continues the story of Ehwa, a young girl living with her widowed mother in a rural Korean village.