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I recently reviewed a favorite non-fiction comic by Scott McCloud, Reinventing Comics, and am currently reading his previous Understanding Comics. Having fallen in love with this guy’s work and mind, I thought I’d try the only graphic novel of his … Continue reading
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How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form As we near the end of the year, I’m starting to look back on all the books I’ve read and things I’ve learned, trying to recognize the cream that’s risen to … Continue reading
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You may notice in the coming months a small uptick on this site of comic-book and graphic-novel reviews. Namely this results from a $1 purchase I made at Goodwill a few weeks ago, a copy of Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics, … Continue reading
New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Tarshis; Art by Haus Studio The family and I went on a short kick a few years ago of reading through a handful of the I Survived books by Lauren Tarshis. While I had … Continue reading
Adapted by Charles Santino; Script by Beau L’Amour and Katherine Nolan; Based on the short story by Louis L’Amour; Produced by Beau L’Amour; Illustrated by Thomas Yeates. I recently read Louis L’Amour‘s memoirs, The Education of a Wandering Man, in … Continue reading
It was about this time last year that I read Brian Selznick’s Caldecott Medal winning book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and at that time I swore I’d have to read his other epic volumes too. It must be the … Continue reading
If you’ve read much of my stuff before, you know that I have a soft spot in my heart for Earnest Shackleton and his crew’s experience aboard—and ultimately offboard—his Antarctic ship The Endurance way back in 1914-1916. I’ve gushed over … Continue reading
Along the road of looking for pleasant graphic novels at my local library, I came across the simple yet profound gem tucked inside in a Little Free Library. I had never before heard of singer and actress Stéphanie Lapointe or … Continue reading
When I requested this book from my local library, I had no idea how massive a volume it was—432 pages of hand-drawn graphics by Guy Delisle, my favorite French, travelogue-focused graphic-novelist (of this century). I recently finished reading Jerusalem because … Continue reading
The Graphic Novel adapted by Georgia Ball and illustrated by Alvaro Sarreseca This book has scratched all my latest itches—WWII-era, survival, graphic novel, and youth-related. I’m so glad that Lauren Tarshis is allowing her hit I Survived series to experience … Continue reading
