Collecting Profile: NFL Superpro
It is football season. To honor that I will blog about NFL SuperPro. This Marvel comic book came out in 1991 and lasted for 12 issues. It is about an ex-NFL player, Phil Grayfielf, who got involved in an...
“THE BEST OF WITZEND” is a Wonderful Celebration of Artistic Freedom
Fantagraphics Books Though we may currently be living in an age where comics are taken more seriously as a legitimate artistic medium, they are still perceived by many as "kids stuff." This was particularly...
Review: ‘Machete Squad’ is a Disappointing Afghan Memoir
Machete Squad could have been a great graphic novel. This 160-page memoir details the story of Brent Dulak, a US medic sent to Afghanistan to patch up wounded solders and civilians at a remote outpost located...
Review: ‘Out of Nothing’ is the Antidote to Our Sick Times
Out of Nothing is one of the most emotionally affecting graphic novels I’ve read in quite some time, and I’m having trouble explaining why it touched me so deeply. Written and illustrated by British...
Review: ‘Bizarre Romance’ Shows Rough Edges in the Early Days of a New Marriage
Eddie Campbell is one of my favorite cartoonists. His work has been a delight to me since I discovered it, even before he illustrated the sublime From Hell. So every new Campbell book is a real treat for...
Review: ‘The Furnace’ is a Fascinating Graphic Novel of Ideas and Relationships
The Furnace, the new graphic novel by Prentis Rollins from TOR Books, is a fascinating science fiction novel of ideas and of relationships. It’s about the human cost of technology and the ways in which new...
Review: ‘Apollo’ is Great with Facts, Less Great with Mythologizing
My parents used to talk all the time about the moon landing, in the same hushed tones they used to talk about the deaths of John F. Kennedy and of my maternal grandfather, who passed away a decade before I was...
‘The Art of Fantasy, Sci-fi and Steampunk’ is a Lush, Beautiful History of Fantasy Art
Like anyone who loves comics, I’m a great fan of fantasy art. I love immersing myself in complex and imaginative dreamscapes I could scarcely have imagined, worlds that could be both just outside my window...
Review: ‘Prisoner 155’ is a Remarkable Portrait of a Political Revolutionary
Prisoner 155 begins with desolation. When we first meet Simón Radowitzky, he is a solitary man trapped in a brutal prison in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. We witness him beaten savagely by indifferent guards...
‘The Smell of Starving Boys’ is a Brilliant, Haunting Western
The Smell of Starving Boys, the new graphic novel by Frederik Peeters and Loo Hui Phang, is the best graphic novel I’ve read all year. The book opens with an upside-down image of a beautifully stark cliff in...