"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Adam Klin Oron is an avid fan of graphic novels and trade paperbacks (collections of previously published comics magazines), but finds much of the material published in mainstream comics trite and oversimplified. His blog, Comics' By Products, is dedicated to reviewing the stuff he likes, and his spare time to writing a doctorate in anthropology.
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Graphic Novel Review: Army@Love vol. 1: The Hot Zone Club by Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine
Veitch's work is not so impressive as a war satire, but excellent as a character study.
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Graphic Novel Review: YAM by Corey Barba
YAM is a delightful, lighthearted comic for kids - but it could have been much more.
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Graphic Novel Review: Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid
Kingdom Come is a heady mix of action, mythology and multiple super-heroes.
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Graphic Novel Review: Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel
Creature Tech has humor, monsters, bargains with demons, space eels and theological debates. It seems to be too good to be true. Sadly, it is.
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Graphic Novel Review: Usagi Yojimbo Book One: The Ronin by Stan Sakai
Usagi Yojimbo is a ronin, a masterless samurai, a bodyguard for hire. He's also a rabbit. The first book in Stan Sakai's classic series.
Michael T. Gilbert breaths life into an unlikely mixture of horror, humor and superheroes and gives us the wonderful Mister Monster.
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Graphic Novel Review: White Shaka Boy by Alan Brody
White Shaka Boy attempts to tell us about an American white rapper reclaiming his ancestor's Zulu kingdom, but falls short of the mark.
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Graphic Novel Review: Boneyard - Volume One by Richard Moore
Supernatural creatures infest the pages of Richard Moore's Boneyard, and, yet, it's a funny, fun read.
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Graphic Novel Review: The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
Bryan Talbot tells the story of a sexual abuse victim's struggle for recovery.
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Graphic Novel Review: Whiteout by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber
Greg Rucka writes and Steve Lieber illustrates the story of a murder at the bottom of the world, in frozen Antarctica.
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