Showing posts with label Best of 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of 2015. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2016

My Favorite Graphic Novels of the Year

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Well, it's that time of year again. 2015 was an eventful year for me personally. I became a dad; I got married; I got a book contract, a...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist

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Bill Griffith has been making comics since 1969, and he was involved in producing a good number of underground comix. But he is best know...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Russian Olive to Red King

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The last book I read by these creators, Moving Pictures , was a very mature and serious look at art, life, and the lengths that people wil...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sequel Sunday!

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Today, I am going to check in with the latest entries in a couple of promising series to see how they are progressing and if they are living...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Omaha Beach on D-Day

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This book is a unique one, an auspicious beginning of a series of books that are part graphic novel, part photo-essays, and part historica...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The Underground Abductor

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If you have been reading my blog and paying attention, you pretty much know that I think Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are some of th...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Tim Ginger

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I think if there is any question that we are living in a great age for graphic novels, Tim Ginger would settle it. This beautiful, spare,...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Fantasy Sports No. 1

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Usually, I try to be academic and critical when I review a graphic novel, but I have to tell you that this book, Fantasy Sports No. 1 , ma...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Divine

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The Divine was inspired by God's Army , a group of Burmese dissidents led by twin 12-year-old boys, but it takes that seed of truth a...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Last Man, Book 2: The Royal Cup

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The first volume of this series ended with a cliffhanger, which is resolved here in dramatic and exciting fashion. The formerly overmatch...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Nimona

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Nimona tells the tale of heroes, villains, intrigue, adventure, dragons, magic, and science. It looks like a sword and sorcery yarn, but ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Moose

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Originally published as a series of 14 mini-comics by Oily Comics , Moose tells the story of Joe, a put upon high school student who has ...