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'Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me' by Mimi Pond tackles an enormous project in telling not just one biography but seven.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Do Admit’ by Mimi Pond from Drawn+Quarterly
Tag Archives: Biography
Graphic Novel Review: ‘Muybridge’ by Guy Delisle from Drawn+Quarterly
'Muybridge' by Guy Delisle, published by Drawn and Quarterly, is a graphic biography of Eadweard Muybridge, the Father of the Motion Picture.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Degas & Cassatt’ by Efa & Rubio, from NBM
"Degas & Cassatt' peers into the complex personality of Edgar Degas, whose paintings of ballerinas mask a life of arrogance.
Read More »Graphic Biography Review: ‘Audrey Hepburn’ by Botton and Giacchetto from NBM
'Audrey Hepburn' by Botton and Giacchetto, will surprise even Hepburn enthusiasts with what new angles it reveals of her life.
Read More »‘Radioactive’ Movie Review, and a Q&A with Screenwriter Jack Thorne
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie who introduced the world to radium, an element that did "not behave as it should." Neither did she.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman’ by Box Brown from First Second
A peek into the mystery of one of comedy's most complex performers
Read More »Book Review: ‘Banana George’ by The Blair Family
Senior superstar Banana George’s biography, 'Banana George: Don't Wait For Life To Happen, Make It Happen' by The Blair Family, is filled with inspiration and fun.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death’ by Marc Leepson
Biographer tells the story of an iconic pro-military song and its effect on the soldier who wrote it and took it to the top single in the nation
Read More »Book Review: ‘Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music and the Path to Justice’ by Susanna Reich
'Stand Up And Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice' by Susanna Reich is a picture book intended for children in grades 3 through 7. But, like the music and message of Pete Seeger himself, it is really a book for everyone
Read More »Book Review: ‘Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon’ by Peter Ames Carlin
'Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon' by Peter Ames Carlin fails because in the end we don't know who Paul Simon is.
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