Showing posts with label Best of 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of 2017. Show all posts
Monday, January 1, 2018

My Favorite GNs of 2017

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It's that time of year again, when I single out what I feel are the best graphic novels I've read that were published in the last ye...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Rock Candy Mountain, Volume One: No Exit

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First off, if you have been reading my blog for long, you'll know that I am totally in the bag for whatever Kyle Starks creates. I ha...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Spinning

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Spinning is a beautiful, spare, and painful book. It is an autobiographical memoir about a young girl growing up, with one of the few con...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Abominable Mr. Seabrook

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I was a big fan of Joe Ollmann 's Mid-Life , and when I saw he was publishing a new book, I was excited to read it. Whereas Mid-Life w...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector

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I went into reading this book thinking it would be a light, breezy read about the history of dogs. I was right about the first part, becau...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

Demon, Volume 2-4

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As I've written before, I seek out Jason Shiga 's work. It is usually fun, funny, and cerebral, full of puzzles, strange gadgets, an...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Fantasy Sports Number 3: The Green King

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This just in: Comics creator Sam Bosma , who is also known for his work as an artist on the cartoon show Steven Universe , has created ano...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities

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As you might guess from the cover, depicting a buff Horus kicking his uncle Set square in the family jewels, this is not your typical tak...
Friday, August 25, 2017

The Best We Could Do

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Parenthood changes a person, and it is the framing sequence of The Best We Could Do , a complex, heartfelt, and evocative book that touche...
Friday, May 5, 2017

Real Friends

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Real Friends is a memoir about the trials and tribulations of friendship in elementary school. The story here follows Shannon from her da...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

My Favorite Thing is Monsters

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Holy cow, how do I start reviewing this book? It's a masterpiece. One of the best books I have read. Period. It is full of beautiful e...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & the Papas

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“Pénélope Bagieu…can turn paper into flesh. And ink becomes lifeblood. Because within several pages of a work like Exquisite Corpse , ...