Literary

Reviewed by: 

“Oberländer’s underlying message of female bodies striving to conform to spaces too narrow to contain them is powerful . . .”

Reviewed by: 

"As Chinatowns all over the country become gentrified and disappear, Denison Avenue provides an important reminder of what is being lost."

Reviewed by: 

“Exquisite pacing . . . a masterful artist.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Rusty Brown is a masterful study of ordinary American humanity.

Reviewed by: 

Patrick Kyle’s graphic novels are enigmatic. His artwork is abstract and deeply resistant to simple representation, and his stories are surreal.

Reviewed by: 

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

It seems too bizarre to be true, even in the dreamworld of surrealism.

Reviewed by: 

“a quick, mesmerizing read.”

Reviewed by: 

Fred Fordham's new graphic adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird faithfully recreates Harper Lee's original in a format that brings the magic back to this classic.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Deforge has created a little book that’s both funny and disturbing.”

Reviewed by: 

“Bald Knobber is a good example of how design matters in books, how we experience a book as an object first, then dive into the pages to discover the world inside.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Jules Feiffer is a masterful storyteller, creating unforgettable characters like his dancers, his neurotics, his therapists.

Reviewed by: 

This is a graphic novel with a difference.

Reviewed by: 

Michael Kupperman is a graphic novelist with a cult following (Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret, Tales Designed to Thrizzle).

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

Alpha: Abidjan to Paris tells the story of the refugees’ struggle from up close and personal through the character of Alpha, a cabinet maker in the Cote d'Ivore, the Ivory Coast.

Reviewed by: 

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too is the sweet, cute, and deceptively simple story of Jomny, an alien who doesn't fit in with his own people, who is sent to earth with the mission o

Reviewed by: 

“proves a compelling vehicle for a retelling of one of the world’s greatest stories.”

Reviewed by: 

"Jimmy Chee cannot die."

Reviewed by: 

Cousin Joseph is a nostalgic treatment of a bygone era and a good read for those comfortable with the guardrails of its genre.”

Reviewed by: 

One day Gabby Schulz came down with a bad fever. The end result was Sick, published by Secret Acres.

Reviewed by: 

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye “presented by” Sonny Liew is a collector’s item—like a good wine or a piece of fine, old furniture—in its beautiful and artfully aged presentation; and al

Reviewed by: 

This slipcased two-volume edition contains the unique issue of It Aint Me Babe (1970) and 17 issues of Wimmen’s Comix produced between 1972 and 1992—all of which are now out of pr

Reviewed by: 

Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, describes Underworld as “outrageous, demented, perverted, and politically incorrect, but somehow it's also charming, endearing, compelling, an

Pages