Another reason I love my local library: because I can check out oversized hardcovers like this for free, instead of spending $50 and not having bookshelf space for them. This was DC’s tribute to the full-page Sunday newspaper comics of…
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Book Report: Boneshaker
Our second Virtual Speculative Fiction Book Club selection was much better than the first. Our second club meeting was also an improvement, since Kathy and Brian were visiting Portland that weekend and we discussed zombies and airships while enjoying coffee…
eBook Report: Wildside
Rescued from the backlist: Steven Gould’s 1996 novel Wildside, now available in eBook format with spiffy new cover, shown above. (Disclosure: I got the manuscript for free, as part of his crowdsource proofreading project; and I probably took longer to…
Comic Book Report: Rapunzel’s Revenge
I actually finished reading this a few weeks ago, but didn’t get around to blogging it until now. It’s a children’s book, written by Shannon and Dean Hale (married) and illustrated by Nathan Hale (no relation). The art is pretty…
Postcard #14
I have never been to Green Apple Books, but I’ll definitely visit the next time I’m in San Francisco. Shenly is never wrong about these things.
Comic Book Report: Empire
I finally got around to tracking down Mark Waid’s oft-praised, early-2000’s mashup of deconstructed supervillains and epic fantasy–emphasis on the latter. It’s all courtly intrigue, rife with hidden agendas and betrayals and reversals and technology indistinguishable from magic. Characters and…
Comic Book Report: Iron Man: Extremis
Much has been made of the quality of the artwork in this book, but let’s be clear about something: if you pick up a comic written by Warren Ellis, chances are you’re going to enjoy the ride–every goddamn insane panel…
Comic Book Report: Irredeemable, Vols. 1 and 2
There are very few comics books I actually purchase in monthly “pamphlet” form, because twenty-some pages just isn’t enough story in most cases. And my wife generally isn’t interested in a title unless she can get it in collected trade…
Comic Book Report Twofer: X Marks the Spot
Two interesting books I did not entirely enjoy: Exurbia and Mister X: Condemned. The former is clearly a passion project, written by Dark Horse editor extraordinaire Scott Allie; the latter is a retro British mashup of The Fountainhead and, I…
Book Report: Wireless
It’s a good collection, showing a great range of Charlie’s work, and including the 2010 Hugo Award-winning novella “Palimpsest.” For more, I direct you to Strange Horizons‘ 2009 book review. Buy the book: Powell’s, Amazon (affiliate links)