Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2026

Heaven

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A new Katie Skelly book is always cause for celebration. I have read pretty much every book she's made, including  My Pretty Vampire , ...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

Sleep

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Let me start off by saying that Zander Cannon is one of my favorite comics makers, and I have reviewed almost every book he's drawn. H...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Billy Bat, Volume 1

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Set in 1949,  Billy Bat  tells the tale of Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese-American artist who has hit it big with his popular new series  Billy ...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Abbott 1973

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Sometimes when I read a book, I am struck by how much some things change and how much other things stay about the same, especially regarding...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Where the Body Was

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I am a big fan of and have read and reviewed pretty much every series or book that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have collaborated on, bu...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees

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I read this series on the Global Comix app, and it's also now available in a handy trade paperback. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams

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Being contacted by the Louvre , one of the most well known and prestigious museums in the world, to collaborate on a comic seems a highly un...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The Great British Bump-Off

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I am a big fan of The Great British Bake Off and murder mysteries, and boy was I excited when this series was solicited.  The Great British...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Crowded, Volume 1

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Crowd-sourcing is ubiquitous nowadays, but "10 minutes" in the future it will be even more pervasive. Crowded depicts this world i...
Monday, October 30, 2023

Hell Phone: Book One

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Sometimes, I just have to read a good, creepy story, and Hell Phone fits the bill perfectly. It's the story of a couple of hip (my word...
Monday, January 10, 2022

Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor

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There is an avalanche of true crime and mystery narratives lately, but Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor stands out for...
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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Friday Book One: The First Day of Christmas

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The holidays can be a tough time of year for many people. This is especially true for Friday Fitzhugh, a young woman who comes home to her s...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Losing the Girl

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Losing the Girl is one of those books that has been on my to-read list for way to long, and I am very glad to have finally read it. It is th...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Ghostwriter

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Ghostwriter is a gorgeously illustrated, stylized murder mystery set in 1943 Barcelona. It features a fascinating cast of characters and a ...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

In a Glass Grotesquely

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2020 has been a turbulent year, full of turmoil and tragedy. One of this year's biggest losses for me in the world of comics was the sud...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Something is Killing the Children, Volume One

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A million years ago when I was a wee ankle-biter in a comic shop, I remember Vic Bertini, the owner of Iron Vic Comics ("He rules Pough...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

Investigators

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As a professor at UTK and a grad of UGA , I have an antipathy for gators. But Investigators is utterly charming and hilarious, and 5-year-...