REVIEWS

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Written by Catherine Bathe Friday, 09 October 2015 11:53

The video game series comes to pun-filled comic book life courtesy of Paul Tobin and Jacob Chabot.

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Written by Catherine Bathe Monday, 14 September 2015 14:34

The Tomb Raider star returns for another globe-hopping adventure.

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Written by Brent Mueller Friday, 21 August 2015 11:30

A young woman fends off an alien hoard by donning the costume of their greatest fear in this dystopian fantasy.

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Written by Steve Higgins Friday, 14 August 2015 11:40

Four incarnations of the infamous Doctor and their companions unite in this epic event series every bit as fun as the classic British TV show that inspired it.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 17 July 2015 00:00

Jessie Hartland offers up a breezy primer on the man behind the Apple.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 29 May 2015 00:00

 Zoe is a cute, directionless indie girl whose story seems destined for clichés, but French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu has far more interesting destinations in mind in this new graphic novel.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 24 April 2015 13:45

The stark imagery of the trench poets of World War I is reimagined in comics form in this thought-provoking new anthology.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 03 April 2015 00:00

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips continue their noir comics winning streak with this tale of murder in Old Hollywood.

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Written by Jim Ousley Friday, 03 April 2015 00:00

Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Comics' eternal teenager and his gang of goofy friends face off against the galaxy's greatest hunter in this surreal crossover. 

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 06 February 2015 21:57

President's Day is just around the corner, which makes it the perfect time for a well-rounded primer on that greatest of presidents, Abraham Lincoln.

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Written by Brent Mueller Friday, 06 February 2015 12:39

The creator of Understanding Comics returns to fiction with an exploration of just how far an artist will go for his art.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 30 January 2015 00:00

When the zookeeper's away, the animals will put on a play in this funny, kid-friendly (but not dumbed down) take on the Bard's classic tragedy.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 26 January 2015 13:39

Cory Doctorow enlists artist Jen Wang to adapt his short story about a girl gamer's experience when the outside world intrudes on her online life.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 August 2014 00:00

Continuing the illustrated primer to George R.R. Martin's fantasy epic.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 18 July 2014 00:00

The Goddess of Love ain't no angel in this latest volume in George O'Connor's Olympians series.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 18 July 2014 00:00

Dogs are not only man's best friend, they're also a soldier's best brother-in-arms in this trio of man-and-his-dog war stories from Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 28 February 2014 20:52

Multiple Eisner Award winner P. Craig Russell adapts a trio of Wilde's not-necessarily-kid-friendly fairy tales.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 24 January 2014 00:00

Story and art mash together in endlessly interesting ways in this collection of highlights from the second year of the inventive teen magazine Rookie.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 20 December 2013 00:00

When you start a new relationship, it's tempting to want to dig up some dirt on your new beau. But what if there was an entire organized network of ex-girlfriends eager to do the excavating for you? That's the temptation Jane must resist in The Cute Girl Network.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 29 November 2013 11:50

The latest in this series of kid-friendly art education books offers up adventure as well as instruction.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 08 November 2013 16:40

A delightful tale of adventure, derring-do, thievery and a flying ship! Also tea.

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Written by Mick Martin Friday, 11 October 2013 00:00

Paul Pope does his typically gorgeous work in breathing life into the coming-of-age tale of a young Thor-meets-Kamandi hero in his latest graphic novel.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 27 September 2013 19:45

The magic and talent behind Nickelodeon’s hit series The Legend of Korra is revealed in this art collection for the first season of the series, Book One: Air.

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Written by Mick Martin Saturday, 07 September 2013 07:51

Many a hit movie has cast the Knights Templar as would-be world conquerors, but Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has a different take in this epic graphic novel.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 30 August 2013 00:00

Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) offers up two very different perspectives on an important piece of Chinese history in this pair of new graphic novels.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 26 July 2013 11:50

Fluid storytelling and action-packed artwork are the highlights of this retelling of Greek myth from George O'Connor.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 05 July 2013 11:03

The current events of the time take over as the effects of World War II are felt on this batch of Sunday strips from the early 1940s.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 21 June 2013 15:46

Lucy Knisley captures her life in the kitchen in this food-filled memoir.

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Written by Brent Mueller Friday, 31 May 2013 13:02

In the second installment of his Siegfried series, Alex Alice weaves a tale that has all the appeal of Richard Wagner’s classic opera with the complexities and edginess of a modern fantasy epic.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 24 May 2013 09:30

A collection of Space Race-era sci-fi stories from the prolific creators of Captain America.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 10 May 2013 00:00

This must-read prequel to the upcoming video game from Naughty Dog Studio follows an orphan sent for quarantine at a military school in post-pandemic Boston.

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Written by Mick Martin Friday, 12 April 2013 15:34

 A museum director meets an otherworldly woman in the halls of the Louvre in this lavishly illustrated "graphic poem."

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

Can't stand the weekly wait to get your Westeros fix? This graphic novel adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy frachise offers a fresh way to feed your fix.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 22 March 2013 00:00

Most books on philosophy tend to be stuffy, but with her expressive cartooning, Dutch artist Margreet de Heer gets down to basics without forgetting the fun.

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Written by Brent Mueller Friday, 22 March 2013 00:00

Part artbook, part chronology, and all any fan of The Legend of Zelda video game franchise could ever ask for.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 15 March 2013 00:00

A sensational affair ends in a gruesome murder in the latest volume of Rick Geary's "Treasury of XXth Century Murder" series.