Category: Graphic Novel

Fiction, Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Translation

Okko: The Cycle of Water (a French graphic novel)

Graphic novels have gained both popular and critical attention over the last two decades.  Titles like The Watchmen, Maus, Sin City, Persepolis and Stitches: A Memoir have changed our expectations of  the comic book format – moving us increasingly farther away from good vs. evil storylines and characters defined as either superheroes or super villains. The artwork is more sophisticated, the plots weightier and the … Continue reading Okko: The Cycle of Water (a French graphic novel)

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Fiction, Graphic Novel

Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush by Luis Alberto Urrea, Artwork by Christopher Cardinale (review copy)

Tucked away in a far corner of  BEA was Cinco Puntos Press – an independent publisher based in El Paso, Texas.  They would have been easy to miss if it weren’t for the cover of this book, which sucked me into their booth even though I had to elbow my way past a few other attendees to get at it.  I glanced through the artwork … Continue reading Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush by Luis Alberto Urrea, Artwork by Christopher Cardinale (review copy)

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Fiction, Graphic Novel, Mystery

The Way They Were: The Sad, Original, Ultimately Stereotypical and Inavoidably Doomed Love Affair of Lenore Doolan & Harold Morris

Not all mysteries have to revolve around crimes and murders.   Sometimes it’s a simple matter of piecing together a series of clues until you arrive at a solution.  Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton is a 2009 auction catalog put out by the fictional Strachan & Quinn Auctioneers.  … Continue reading The Way They Were: The Sad, Original, Ultimately Stereotypical and Inavoidably Doomed Love Affair of Lenore Doolan & Harold Morris

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