Runaways 1-4 by Brian K. Vaughn
It’s that time of the semester again, when school and work and commuting are leaving me totally burned out. I can’t read anything but fun things. I don’t want any books that make me think, I want...
View Article2011, welcome to my life.
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our...
View ArticleComic-A-Week March 6-12 – Owly: The Way Home and The Bittersweet Summer
Listen, there is a time and place for me to be concerned with the state of comics and what makes a great one, a good one and an okay one. There is a time when I can hem and haw about how I felt about...
View ArticleComic-A-Week March 13-19: Essex County by Jeff Lemire
I’ve been hearing good things about Essex County for a long time, so finally reading it almost felt like coming home to something I’d been missing. I can think of so many adjectives to describe Essex...
View ArticleGNF 2 – Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
I’ve always wanted brothers. Not just brothers, but older brothers, which was, obviously, impossible from the minute I was born. I have this romantic idea of what it would be like to have an older...
View ArticleGNF 5 – Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot
Something that has helped me find new comics to read this month has been really paying attention to the publishers and imprints. After reading and loving Friends With Boys, I immediately requested a...
View ArticleGNF 8 – Locke & Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
Locke & Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW, 2008) Isn’t it funny how one post can really derail you? I’ve been working on a review of another comic that I...
View ArticleWrapping Up Graphic Novels February, Hello to March Food & Gardening!
Thanks to Debi, I spent February reading a lot of comics. You see, Debi is picking a theme for each month of reading and I liked the plan so much that I’m joining her. I know that Chris and Heather are...
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