The Building, by Will Eisner
December 18, 2008 2:22 amEisner has a claim on the title “the father of the graphic novel? thanks to books like this, which examines... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
Cat-Eyed Boy, Vol. 1, by Kazuo Umezu
December 16, 2008 2:21 amUmezu is a treasure ? he’s been making comics for 40 years, created some of the greatest horror comics (he’s... View Article
House, by Josh Simmons
December 14, 2008 2:20 amI usually avoid wordless comics. They feel too flimsy, lacking serious characters or story. Not so House. This wordless horror... View Article
100 Bullets, Vol. 12: Dirty
December 12, 2008 2:18 amby Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 100 Bullets is perhaps the greatest crime series in comics history. Each installment is... View Article
Cerebus, Vol. 16: The Last Day
December 10, 2008 3:20 amby Dave Sim and Gerhard Nearly 200 pages of comics about a day or so, ending on two of notes... View Article
Civilwarland in Bad Decline, by George Saunders
December 5, 2008 3:19 amA terrific short story collection about how we use work to mask our pain, but also the ways in which... View Article
Criminal Vol. 2: Lawless
December 3, 2008 3:18 amby Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Brubaker and Philips chronicle the quest for the truth about his brother’s death by... View Article
Cerebus, Vol. 15: Latter Days
November 29, 2008 3:17 amby Dave Sim and Gerhard Fascinating in that it touches on something comics rarely does: personal religious conversion/revelation. However, in... View Article
Ex Machina, Vol. 7: Ex Cathedra
November 27, 2008 11:41 amBy Brian K. Vaughn and Tony Harris The ongoing exploits of Mitchell Hundred, the ex-superhero mayor of New York. This... View Article
Stiff, by Mary Roach
November 25, 2008 11:37 amA book about the many fascinating uses of human cadavers. Packed so full of interesting scientific and historical trivia that... View Article