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A grim dystopian French graphic novel receives its long-overdue English translation.
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Betty Blues’ by Renaud Dillies
A European animal comic looks at lost love, regrets and jazz.
Read More »Book Review – ‘The Betrayed Confidence Revisited’ by Edward Gorey
A wealth of work from this irregular and irreplaceable genius.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Survive! Inside the Human Body,’ Volume One by Seok-young Song and Hyun-Don Han
A Korean comic takes us on a Fantastic Voyage inside the human body.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘March’ Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
The U.S. congressman and civil rights activist recalls the early days of the movement through a striking graphic novel.
Read More »Manga Review: ‘Moon & Blood’ Volume Two by Nao Yazawa
Yazawa’s lighthearted vampire romance veers into a cross-dressing subplot?
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: ‘Watson and Holmes: A Study in Black’ by Karl Bollers, Brandon Perlow, and Paul Mendoza
This re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes will leave readers waiting for the next diabolical case.
Read More »Book Review: `Feldstein’ by Grant Geissman
Artist, writer, and editor Al Felstein gets an impressive appreciation in a new richly-illustrated biography for fans of EC Comics and Mad Magazine.
Read More »‘Thirteen Coins’: A New Digital-Only Comic Series
What if a rare human gene that enables supreme athletic superiority and super-human warrior capabilities can trigger great power for good in one man and brutal evil in another?
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