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Short Novel Review: ‘Gravitas: Valkyrie in the Forbidden Zone’ by Lynne Murray
A fun read for those who love a good stranger in a strange land yarn.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Dungeon: Twilight, Volume Four, The End of Dungeon’ by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Alfred and Mazan
The final entry in the multi-volume French GN comic fantasy series should prove satisfying for its fans, if perplexing to newcomers..
Read More »Book Review: ‘Spring Tide,’ A Swedish Crime Thriller by Cilla & Rolf Borjlind
A smart and twisty Swedish police procedural introduces us to a fresh detecting duo.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strip, 1944-1945’ by William Marston and H.G. Peter
The Amazon princess’ short-run as a newspaper strip heroine gets a sharp hardcover collection.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Brainquake,’ The Last Pulp Crime Novel by Filmmaker Samuel Fuller
The late expatriate American moviemaker’s last pulp novel gets its long-deserved English language publication.
Read More »Comics Collection Review: ‘The Worst of Eerie Publications,’ A Horror Comics Anthology Edited by Mike Howlett
The notoriously cheesy sixties era horror mags get anthologized for a new audience.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Phantoms of the Louvre’ by Enki Bilal
A specter (or two or three or more) is haunting the Louvre.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Initiates’ by Etienne Davodeau
A striking graphic non-fiction in which “A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs.”
Read More »Book Review: ‘Borderline’ by Lawrence Block
The mystery master has another of his early pulp works resurrected.
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