The fourth edition of a survey of significant graphic novels proves a good starting point for those wanting to expand their reading.
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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 »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: ‘Dog Butts and Love. And Stuff Like That. And Cats.’ by Jim Benton
The cartoonist’s first collection of web cartoons is in the grand tradition of great gag cartoonists of the magazine age.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Madison Square Tragedy’ by Rick Geary
Geary’s latest “Treasury of XXth Century Murder” looks at a notorious slaying in turn-of-the-century New York.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Betty Blues’ by Renaud Dillies
A European animal comic looks at lost love, regrets and jazz.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Science’ by Margreet de Heer
de Heer's newest "Discovery in Comics" wittily explores the history of scientific thought and exploration.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Zombillenium’ by Arthur De Pins
An amusement park run by real-life monsters provides the setting for this engaging French comics series.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics’ by Margreet de Heer
A Dutch cartoonist wittily examines the basics of Western thinking.
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