It may be impossible to account for everything that describes this compelling, heartbreaking, mysterious novel in just 52 words. It’s a legal thriller, a cult thriller, very light science fiction, a bit neo-detective, and a multi-generational family saga. It’s a page turner and a meditation that features some of Winter’s best writing.  Book: 29 out… View Article

Having adapted murder ballads to comics myself, I may be a bit picky, but: This is not a good quartet of adaptations. It’s all surface—the plot, the setting. The stories don’t seem to understand anything of the subterranean mystery and power of murder ballads, nor is anything about them evoking music. Book: 28 out of… View Article

Twisted obsession is the most powerful motivation for virtually every evil character and evil deed in Junji Ito’s horror work. When it works—Uzumaki, Amigara Fault—it really, really works. Otherwise, though, and after dozens of short stories on similar themes, the repetition gets a little dulling; that’s certainly the case here.  Book: 27 out of 52