GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK Autumnlands, Volume One: Tooth and Claw is a delightfully strange new graphic novel series by Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey. Set in a different world where magic brought sentient life to the animal kingdom and most animals live in floating cities, the animals face a catastrophe as their magic fading and with… Continue reading

Sometimes you read something and you wonder why anyone thought it was a good idea to proceed.  This is one of those instances. Richard Matheson’s novel of The Shrinking Man is a classic and anyone interested in the genre has likely either read the original or seen the film that was a Hugo winner in 1958… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK Over the course of the last two, or even three decades, I can think of only two comic book series that people would comment on or reflect upon.  One of those was Watchmen, the other, Sandman.  In many ways, I believe Sandman helped propel creator/author Neil Gaiman to some prominence (though his… Continue reading

“The neighborhood was a maze. And now it had its minotaur…”  This line, from relatively early in the book, had me hooked to this story, and the artwork by Jean-Charles Poupard is beautiful. The title says it all.  This is a Jack the Ripper story, but the twist to it is the connection author François Debois… Continue reading

A word that I probably haven’t used yet in any of my descriptions of a book, but one I will use here: This is a quaint little story. Once I opened this book, I didn’t expect to enjoy it very much.  I think that the artwork is … lacking.  It is flat, more sketch-like than… Continue reading

This is the third Dresden Files graphic novel that I’ve had the pleasant opportunity to read and review.  I’ve noticed two things in regards to the series, based on these three books. 1) The writing is crisp.  The storytelling is very good, with plots that intrigue and a good command of the special needs for… Continue reading