Russell, P. Craig et al. American Gods. Summary “What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods From the publisher, “Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife…
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Review of “Paper Girls, Vol. 1 (Paper Girls #1) by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang (Illustrator)”
Vaughan, B., Chiang, C., Wilson, M. and Fletcher, J. (n.d.). Paper girls. Awards Harvey Awards for Best New Series (2016) Lincoln Award Nominee (2019) Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best New Series & Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (for Cliff Chiang) (2016) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2016) “I’m not…
Review of “A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge” by Josh Neufeld
“Seeing my books and comics was the hardest, it made me think that it would have been easier if a tornado simply hit the house and flung it to another city. At least then we wouldn’t have to walk atop the things I cared most about. “ Neufeld, J. (2009). A.D: New Orleans After The…
Review of “Mouse Guard Fall: 1152” by David Peterson
Petersen, D. (2007). Mouse Guard. Fort Lee, NJ: Archaia Studios Press. Awards Winner of “Best Publication for Kids” Eisner Award, for Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152. Winner of “Best Graphic Album-Reprint” Eisner Award, for Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. #87 on the Goodreads Best Comics Ever List Book Summary “Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not…
Review of “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck” by Rodolphe Töpffer
Töpffer, R., & Crayon, T. (2014). The adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck: Done with drawings by Timothy Crayon, gypsographer, 188 comic etchings on antimony. Place of publication not identified: Leopold Editions. Awards #1 in 1001 Comics to Read Before You Die Mr. Oldbuck is in love. He seeks to conquer his passion in study Book…
Review of Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Valente, Catherynne M. Space Opera. Corsair, 2018. “If he lost everything else, pride, priapism, and producer credit, Decibel Jones would never, never give up his swagger.” ― Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera Book Summary From the publisher, “IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the…
Review – Diary of An Oger by Valeria Dávila, Mónica López, Laura Aguerrebehere (Illustrator)
Change your underwear you stinky ogre.
Review of “I Killed Adolf Hitler” by Jason
Jason. I Killed Adolph Hitler. Fantagraphics, 2007. Print. Awards 2008: Eisner Award, Best U.S. Edition of International Material, for I Killed Adolf Hitler #62 on CBH Greatest Graphic Novels of all Time Book Summary From the publisher, “In this full-color graphic novel, Jason posits a strange, violent world in which contract killers can be hired to…
Review of “Scourged” by Kevin Hearne
Hearne, Kevin. Scourged. Del Rey, 2018. Content advisory: scattered F-bombs, some violence, and innuendo. (if you are a long time reader of this blog, you should be used to that.) Book Summary From the publisher, “Kevin Hearne creates the ultimate Atticus O’Sullivan adventure in the grand finale of the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles:…
Review of “The Turn” by Kim Harrison or “How to Eat a Tomato and Die.”
Kim and me, we are/were buds. No, not in real life kind of way. Entirely in the “author and rabid fan” kinda way. Her being the author and me being the rabid fan. Her writing is ordinarily fun and exciting with great characters and plot twists, and it isn’t Shakespeare. But, it doesn’t have to…
