Try the Sampler Platter

My latest trip to the library not only yielded me around $20 in overdue fines (damn the man!) but also a stack of about 20 tpb/graphic novels to consume. I’m going to forego lengthy blogs about each for a review snack pack of three books in particular.
#1
American Born Chinese written and illustrated by Gene Luen [...]

Nabbing The Goon

I picked up this comic book for Dan because it was published by Dark Horse (publisher of Hellboy and BPRD to name a few ). I also remembered reading a little blurb about it in Wizard a few years ago. The cover caught my eye, and it seemed amusing in a bizarre way, which is [...]

Warming up to Wall-E

I was not pleased to be pestered by my husband at 6:00pm on a Friday evening to go watch a Kid’s movie with my three nephews, and entire family in tow.
“But it’s Pixar!” he pleaded, not realizing my lack of caring.
I told him fine - if we could sneak into a double feature and I [...]

Out of the Ashes

I’m back. Took a mini-vacation during the spring and summer term break, cause I really needed it. Spent a lot of that time compiling super geeky fan-vids. I would link to them, but I’m too embarrassed. I’d rather leave them to the seeming anonymity of random youtubers. I’ll give you a few hints though - [...]

Jar of Fools

What’s with graphic novels and magicians/escapists anyway? This is the third comic book (or novel about comic books) that I’ve read in the past few months dealing with escape artists.
Am I missing something?
But I digress, what I’m here to do is review Jar of Fools written and drawn by Jason Lutes.

There is a test that [...]

The Hulk’s Incredible OR The Incredible Hulk

I watched The Incredible Hulk last night - with the expectation that I never envisioned Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (but to be honest, I don’t do much envisioning of Bruce Banner period) and also understanding that Iron Man was good, but not my personal favorite comic book movie. Basically - the expectations were low-ish, [...]

Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums is the red-headed step child of Persepolis - a 2006 release written, drawn and inked by Marjane Satrapi.

My first assumption without reading another review to determine what the public at large thinks - is that most people will start out saying “This isn’t nearly as good as Persepolis.”
Well sure - but this [...]

Love and The Apocalypse

It’s a Saturday two-fer.

In the Small by writer/artist Michael Hague is gorgeously conceived with delicious color and picturesque panels. The concept and plot are amazing too - a sudden and bizarre “flash” changes the entire world population into pint-sized versions of themselves. This seemingly eradicates a good chunk of humanity - those who are trapped [...]

Of Maus and Men

I’ve been promising this bad boy for awhile now, and then other, more pressing/interesting books crossed my path. But now I’m feeling anxious about having NOT said anything in regards to this book - or rather, books. The version I read collected Books I and II.

Maus, I figured, could wait…because it’s a freaking Pulitzer Prize winning [...]

Elk’s Run

The latest comic book/graphic novel I perused from the shelves of my local library branch - “Elk’s Run” is penned by Joshua Hale Fialkov, with art by Noel Tuazon and colors by Scott A. Keating.

The tale follows a group of Vietnam Vets who build their own safe haven from the rest of the world and [...]