Category: Blog
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My Daughter the Artist
I don’t want to brag, but my four-year old daughter made this picture of Batman at preschool today, and it is awesome.
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New Neil Gaiman Novel In June
I just learned that Neil Gaiman has a new novel due out on June 18th, and this excites me. Gaiman won me over for life with his Sandman comic book series, and some of his books such as American Gods are splendid. Amazon has only this to describe the book: “This bewitching and harrowing tale…
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The Fault In Our Stars by John Green – A Book Review
The Fault In Our Stars is a must-read, and I don’t use that term lightly. There are some books that simply must be experienced, and this is one of them. From now on, when anyone asks me for a book recommendation, this book will be at the top of my list. I say this not…
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Wonder Woman: Guts by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang – A Book Review
Guts is the second volume of Wonder Woman’s New 52 iteration. Now, I have to admit, I’ve never particularly been a Wonder Woman fan. I mean, sure, as a young boy, I liked her just as much as the next young boy, but I never read her comics. But, when DC decided to (sort of)…
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Justice League Dark: Into The Dark by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin – A Book Review
Justice League Dark has a fantastic premise. I have to admit, when I heard about this book, I became giddy. I’ve always loved DC’s magical characters, especially those with a bit of an edge. And while I love their depictions at Vertigo, a part of me rejoiced that they were rejoining DC proper. Furthermore, by…
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Chew: Space Cakes by John Layman – A Book Review
I’ve been a huge fan of Chew since I ran across it in the public library soon after the first volume’s release. An intelligent, action-packed, wickedly funny epic, Chew is the story of Tony Chu, a cop who can basically see the past of anything he eats – and I do mean anything. By this…
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Saga, Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Writing cosmic stories must be incredibly difficult. On the one hand, it seems a nearly impossible challenge to execute a storyline that doesn’t borrow from Star Wars, Star Trek, John Carter of Mars, etcetera. On the other hand, if an author does somehow deliver an original plot, the characters must also seem familiar yet different. …
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