Update for 2/18/15

February 18, 2015

New review today for When We Were Kids by Andy Warner. Also, should humans be allowed to hibernate through January and February? If not, why not?


Update for 2/17/15

February 17, 2015

You know what? My late New Year’s resolution is to stop guessing how many times I’ll be able to post new reviews in a week. It never ends well. It’ll always be at least 2, maybe as many as 7 (but probably not). There! Simple. New review today for Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud by Richy Chandler, Francesca Dare, Inko, Chie Kutsuwada, Zarina Liew and Jade Sarson.


Update for 2/10/15

February 10, 2015

New review today for Scumbag by Desmond Reed. See? A regular week of reviews, he said far too early in the week for it to be true yet.


Update for 2/9/15

February 9, 2015

New review today for Ask A Cat by Charles Brubaker. Last week was actually really busy at work (petition reviewing), which is why there was only the one update. This week looks a lot slower, so maybe a regular schedule of reviewing this week? Let’s go with that.


Update for 2/3/15

February 3, 2015

New review for Zombre #3 by Ansis Purins, which is actually more of a graphic novel in the guise of a numbered comic book.


Update for 1/29/15

January 29, 2015

New review today for Lucy the Octopus #3: And Less The Freak by Richy Chandler. Has anybody else out there read the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett? I ask because I wonder how I’ve missed it until now. Too many comics, I suspect…


Update for 1/27/15

January 27, 2015

New review today for The Palace of Ashes by Andy Warner. In case you were wondering how that saga with the roofers played out (I’m sure you were all on the edge of your seat), there is now a pile of roofing materials outside, buried under snow.


Update for 1/22/15

January 22, 2015

New review for My Life in Records #3 by Grant Thomas, and those people are still working on the roof while I type this. Again, it’s freezing outside. Makes sense to me.


Update for 1/21/15

January 21, 2015

New review today for Magic Whistle #14 by Sam Henderson. Also, why do apartment complexes decide to replace tiles on a roof in a rain/snow storm in the dead of winter when there’s no leakage? Because that’s what’s happening outside my window right now.


Update for 1/20/15

January 20, 2015

New review for Monkey Squad One Annual #2 by Doug Michel, and although last week was a mess, I shall attempt to do regular reviews for the rest of the week. Assuming that the universe is done messing with me for now…


Update for 1/14/15

January 14, 2015

New review today for Tomboy by Liz Prince. Yep, two graphic novel reviews in a row denotes a trend for sure.


Update for 1/7/15

January 7, 2015

New review for Andre the Giant by Box Brown. What else needs to be said?


Update for 1/5/15

January 5, 2015

Two new reviews to start off the New Year (and yes, I do realize that I’m staring the year on the 5th): Death in Oaxaca #1 by Steve Lafler and Bear, Bird and Stag Were Arguing in the Forest (And Other Stories) by Madeleine Flores.


It’s “Best of the Year” Week!

December 29, 2014

With the gigantic caveat of “best of the year of graphic novels that I’ve read.” Which, looking over the past year, is a pretty short list. I seem to be slipping in the quantity of reviews, so I’m either running out of steam completely or last year was just abnormally busy for me. We’ll find out which theory is correct together next year which! Anyway, I’ll be re-posting reviews from the past year at of some of the best graphic novels of the year. Please note that this is not a “Top 10” list, that the books are in no particular order and that it is possible to love very different book equally. And as I’m only posting graphic novel reviews, I should at least mention some of my favorite series/creators of the past year, so in no particular order: Sam Spina’s TARN (Sam Spina in general can do no wrong), Brian John Mitchell and his countless great series, Ohio is For Sale by Jon Allen, Slaves of the Megapode by Rob Jackson, Towerkind by Kat Verhoeven and Ryan Cecil Smith and his sprawling, ongoing SF series. Granted, that list looks short, but there also aren’t all that many ongoing series that I read. I think Dave Sim’s record of 300 issues of a single series is safe forever. OK, happy New Year week everybody, regular posting will resume on Monday or Tuesday of next week!


Udpate for 12/23/14

December 23, 2014

New review today for True Stories Volume One by Derf Backderf. Is this the last review until after Christmas? Um, possibly. If so, happy holidays everybody! If not, please disregard until tomorrow.


Update for 12/18/14

December 18, 2014

New reviews today for Sugar Booger #2 by Kevin Scalzo and Ultimate Lost Kisses #15 by Brian John Mitchell & David Branstetter. More tomorrow if I get any free time, if not I’ll get at least a couple of reviews up next week before I leave town for the holiday.


Update for 12/16/14

December 16, 2014

New review today for Short and Merciless Stories by Marco Taddei & Simone Angelini. Speaking of that, I’m thinking of putting up some older posts of some of my favorite books of the year, probably in the last week of the year when everybody else is doing them. As this was a sparse year for reviews (by my standards), we’ll see what I can come up with, but a top 5 is easy, maybe even a top 10. Sure, it’s technically “reruns,” but at least you’ll have something else to look at while you’re stuck at work for that stupid week between Christmas and New Year’s where everybody would be off if the world was a just place.


Update for 12/12/14

December 12, 2014

New review for Irene #5 by an assortment of artists. Happy weekend everybody!


Update for 12/10/14

December 10, 2014

New review today for Bixtone Productions 24 Hour Comic Madness Extravaganza by Kevin and Arthur Bixby. Oh, and if you’re reading this you’re probably already aware that I moved roughly six months ago, and that you should always check the address at the sidebar so that any comics sent actually make it to me. I mention this because my old apartment complex just called and they have maybe half a dozen packages waiting for me. Which, come to think of it, is probably true for many of my old apartments, they’re just the only ones nice enough to let me know about it…


Update for 12/8/14

December 8, 2014

Since I seem to have no end of trouble with weeks getting away from me, why not put a bunch of reviews up early in the week instead of hoping for the best at the end of the week? I’m trying that out this week, so two new reviews today: Trepanation by Emi Gennis and Colossal: Before Curious Machines by Jason Ludtke. I do plan on doing regular reviews the rest of the week too, but if that turns out to be wrong then at least I got a couple of great comics up this week, right?