What Happens Next, by Marc Norman
April 5, 2008 2:11 amAn excellent history of Hollywood sceenwriting, and as a result, of Hollywood itself. Especially valuable for its insights into Hollywood’s... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
Body Brokers, by Annie Cheney
April 3, 2008 2:59 amFascinating expose of the U.S. funeral industry that shows that donated bodies are nearly as likely to be sold piecemeal... View Article
MPD Psycho Vol. 3
April 1, 2008 2:59 amby Eiji Otsuka and Sho-u Tajima I’m glad not to be reading this series beyond this installment. The violence in... View Article
Runoff Vol. 3, by Tom Manning
March 30, 2008 1:03 pmThe concluding volume of Manning’s small-town-strangeness series. A case of diminishing returns. The comedy bits feel like padding and the... View Article
Chronicles, Vol. 1, by Bob Dylan
March 18, 2008 2:31 amFascinating and frustrating. Frustrating: he rarely talks about his music, and when he does, doesn’t always do so by name.... View Article
Runoff Vol. 2
March 16, 2008 3:34 pmby Tom Manning This installment veers from quirky small-town life mixed with terror to include those things plus Bloom Country-style... View Article
Atomised, by Michel Houellebecq
March 7, 2008 2:01 amAKA “Elementary Particles,” which is a much better title. No idea why the UK got this foolish title. Surprisingly compelling... View Article
Dragon Head Vol. 9, by Minetaro Mochizuki
March 6, 2008 2:01 amOK, I’m done. I’m so sick of this series that I’m not even going to buy the last volume to... View Article
Alias, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos
March 4, 2008 3:59 pmA hardcover collection of the first nine issues of this “Private Eye in the Marvel Universe? series. Not quite as... View Article
Taking Things Seriously, by Joshua Glenn and Carol Hayes
February 26, 2008 2:25 amA holiday gift from Josh. A fun little volume of short essays and photos about treasured objects from a host... View Article