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07.09.2024
I’m a big fan of physical media. Streaming services are convenient for pulling up on any screen — tablet, computer, TV… assuming the internet’s working sufficiently — …
03.09.2024
It’s been a while since Adachi has actually been a wizard. He and his boyfriend Kurosawa have settled into a relationship, and as he’s no longer a virgin… Anyway, as you can gathe…
My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku volume 4 concludes the series by Nico Nicholson, leaving me wanting more. Events are told to us rapidly, explaining how Megumi got from high school to the forty som…
26.08.2024
The Woman in Red is the 12th in the McCabe & Cody mystery series — 14th if you count the two volumes of short stories — but it’s the one I jumped ahead to because of its prem…
22.08.2024
Perhaps this premise is only of interest to a limited audience, but I loved it. Stuart Douglas’ Death at the Dress Rehearsal, billed as “the first Lowe and Le Breton mystery”*, ta…
20.08.2024
Jill Thompson’s Scary Godmother series has a long and checkered past, but it’s a wonderful read, particularly for spooky season fans of all ages. Originally released as alternating colo…
There are thousands of Sherlock Holmes pastiches (by which I mean stories by other authors set in the same time period as Arthur Conan Doyle’s originals). There are many fewer, only a handful, that…
I found the most charming book when I was in Minnesota for a Sherlockian gathering. Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries is a set of five stories by William Kotzwinkle abo…
19.08.2024
If you like Regency romances but think more of the men need to be coupled up, this is the series for you. And if you like misanthropic detectives who fall in love, fighting it all the way, with the…
18.08.2024
Charlie is used to moving around the world, but her dad has retired from the military back to his hometown. She’s worried about making new friends, but she’s got a plan to fit in at her new middle …
01.08.2024
Scott Shaw!s Comix & Stories is one of the most in-depth, thorough fan books I’ve ever seen. It came out at last year’s San Diego Con, but it’s taken me this long to write ab…
Addy and Zabel, the investigative couple from Sherlock’s Secretary, return in Nessie’s Nemesis. Addy is still answering letters sent to Sherlock Holmes, which brings them this second ca…
Congratulations to the new editor of Back Issue magazine!
Winnie the Pooh and his friends entered the public domain in 2022. Originally written by A.A. Milne, now they are available for more than just terrible horror movies. Travis Dandro, for example, ha…
22.07.2024
Mike Medaglia adapted Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure from a book by Kathy Hoopmann, and it’s illustrated by Rachael Smith. It’s a supernatural mystery during which Ben learn…
I do enjoy a good soap opera comic, and Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox had plenty to keep my attention. It’s the story of several gay men living together in a New England B…
17.07.2024
How to Grill Our Love is a romance manga by Shiori Hanatsuka about a couple bonding over cooking meat. It’s published digitally by Kodansha, and nine volumes have been translated into English…
16.07.2024
I learned about rakugo, the Japanese performance art of storytelling, from the series Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. One of the most intriguing plotlines for me was the one about …
15.07.2024
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), held yearly, is looking to hire an Executive Director.
14.07.2024
The Science of Ghosts uses a clever metaphor effectively. It’s written by Lilah Sturges, art by El Garing. Joy is an academic parapsychologist and a trans woman in Texas. She was previously a…
Lucy Knisley’s webcomics about her cat Linney have been collected as Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair. An introduction wraps together art history, affection, the unusual behavior of c…
10.07.2024
The book’s subtitle is key to understanding how this non-fiction history graphic novel is different from other stories of World War II. History Comics: World War II: Fight on the Home Front tells s…
08.07.2024
I tried Harry Dickson Volume 1: Mysterion because it was billed as “part Sherlock Holmes, part The X-Files”. The second half of that comparison seems accurate, but I’d deem it mor…
I was thrilled to be part of the Beat’s Doctor Who season 14 roundtable. There are spoilers galore, of course, around Ncuti Gatwa’s first run as the Doctor. Several of us discussed our …
When I discovered The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, I thought, “of course this book has to exist.” It’s a collection of pastiches, parodies, and other stories inspired by the fic…
06.07.2024
In Cat + Gamer volume 5, the second cat, Soboro, who joined the family in volume 4, has settled in. That brings this series back to what appealed to me about the first volume: continuing comparison…
03.07.2024
Eleanor Dash became a mystery author by accident. She went to Italy, got involved in a real-life murder, and turned her vacation fling into a wildly successful novel. Now, the con artist she fell i…
01.07.2024
Mr. Kanda takes his cat to visit his father-in-law, with flashbacks to how he met his wife and the benefits of taking in strays.
26.06.2024
Alien-in-disguise Harry is going to be a father in this, the first issue of the eighth Resident Alien storyline.
If you’ve ever wondered why Stan Sakai’s comic about the rabbit samurai Usagi Yojimbo has lasted for decades, the Usagi Yojimbo: 40th Anniversary Reader is the collection for you.
25.06.2024
Boo Can’t Poo! is full of rhyming advice for a little boy ghost with constipation.
24.06.2024
Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliott is a fascinating read, a capsule collection of background on various foods, including pizza, soda, cheese, and pickles.
23.06.2024
Sarah Becan returns with another in-depth comic book cookbook. Her previous, Let’s Make Dumplings! and Let’s Make Ramen!, were co-written by Hugh Amano; in Let’s Make Bread!, it’s Ken F…
The Bram Stoker Awards, recognizing achievement in the horror genre, and given yearly since 1988 by the Horror Writers Association, were announced earlier this month. One of their categories, and w…
I Want to Be a Wall volume 2 by Honami Shirono continues the story of this non-traditional couple. Yuriko — an asexual fangirl of Boys Love stories — and Gakurouta — a closeted ga…
21.06.2024
Liz Prince (Tomboy)’s loose, cartoony style is a perfect match for Frogs: Awesome Amphibians. This collection of fascinating facts about frogs is the latest in the Science Comics line. Fran has jus…
20.06.2024
Graphic novels are wonderful vehicles for showing what it’s like to have a particular medical condition. When well-done, they show us what it’s like to live another kind of life, to put ourselves i…
18.06.2024
Elise Gravel once again gives kids an approachable way to understand an aspect of the natural world with Club Microbe (translated by Montana Kane). Drawn & Quarterly has previously published h…
17.06.2024
I had fond memories of the Choose Your Own Adventure books from childhood, so I was curious how well the stories translated to a comic. Not too bad, it turns out. Choose Your Own Adventure: Forecas…
14.06.2024
The author of Yokai Cats, featuring Japanese demons as felines, takes the concept to an area more familiar to American readers. Monster Cats, by Pandania, is an adorable set of short (four-panel) c…