I am honored to have contributed an article to the latest issue of The Watsonian, the journal of the John H. Watson Society. My piece, in Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2024, is titled, imaginatively, &…

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20.11.2024

Look on the Bright Side – Comics Worth Reading

The characters — and creators Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann — from Go With the Flow, the 2020 graphic novel about the politics around menstrual products in schools, return in Look …

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31.10.2024

Young Men in Love – Comics Worth Reading

Young Men in Love is an excellent proof that gay romance fits into any possible genre. The collection of short stories in this comic anthology range the gamut of settings and plots: pirates, a ghos…

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14.10.2024

Pupposites Attract Volume 2 – Comics Worth Reading

Hono Natsuna’s Pupposites Attract volume 2 continues to be cute. (I reviewed volume 1 previously.) The new character this volume intrigues me. Chako dresses very hip and modern, but her job i…

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08.10.2024

Headlines, Early October 2024 – Comics Worth Reading

Comics Mike Sterling loves Atari Force. So do I. He says: Fun sci-fi adventure expertly illustrated by José Luis García-López at the peak of his form, with the back half drawn by the also excellent…

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06.10.2024

How It All Ends – Comics Worth Reading

Emma Hunsinger’s How It All Ends hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, perhaps because of the title. That’s a shame, because it’s a wonderful book, an affecting, informat…

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05.10.2024

The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency – Comics Worth Reading

I should have enjoyed The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency by Sakae Kusuma more than I did. There’s a grumpy detective with an “only one bed”-type pairing, but the b…

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01.10.2024

Headlines, End of September 2024 – Comics Worth Reading

Recent news stories in comics, media, and general life that caught my eye.

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29.09.2024

Friends: The Complete Series in 4K – Comics Worth Reading

It’s been thirty years since Friends debuted, and Warner is celebrating by bringing out another version of the Friends: Complete Series box set, this time in 4K Ultra HD. (I was sent a copy f…

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27.09.2024

Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large – Comics Worth Reading

Elephants: Living Large is another excellent entry in the Science Comics series. That’s not surprising, as writer Jason Viola has previously written Science Comics: Polar Bears: Survival on the Ice…

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16.09.2024

Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies – Comics Worth Reading

I’m not at all surprised Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff is a European import (translated by Jenna Allen). It pretty much has to be, given the subject matter: a woman as famous fo…

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09.09.2024

Shake It Up: Cocktails Inspired by the Music of Taylor Swift – Comics Worth Reading

I should preface this by saying I do not consider myself a Swiftie (a Taylor Swift fan). I only know the songs that have become hits. But a dear friend of mine is a fan, and so I thought I’d …

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09.09.2024

Michael Eury Retirement Sale – Comics Worth Reading

Michael Eury is retiring. To celebrate his long run with TwoMorrows publications, the publisher is holding a retirement sale. All in-stock print copies of his magazines and books are half off until…

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09.09.2024

Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games Still Available for Preorder – Comics Worth Reading

I am a huge fan of Fred Van Lente’s history comics. He’s written Action Presidents!, Action Philosophers, and my favorite, The Comic Book History of Comics. His latest book has just fin…

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08.09.2024

Pupposites Attract Volume 1 – Comics Worth Reading

Pupposites Attract by Hono Natsuna bills itself as “a fluffy, feel-good romance”, which it is, and that’s just the kind of light-hearted read I wanted. The “fluffy” is…

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08.09.2024

Wesley Snipes’ World Records – Comics Worth Reading

When I was doing some fill-in writing for ICv2 last month, I wrote about the upcoming release of The Exiled, a collection of a miniseries put out by Massive featuring the input and likeness of Wesl…

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07.09.2024

Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way – Comics Worth Reading

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 — …

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03.09.2024

My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku Volume 4 – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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03.09.2024

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Volumes 10 and 11 – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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26.08.2024

The Woman in Red – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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22.08.2024

Death at the Dress Rehearsal – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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20.08.2024

Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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20.08.2024

Jill Thompson’s Scary Godmother Reprinted – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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20.08.2024

A Study in Garnet: Ladies of Baker Street – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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19.08.2024

A Case for Christmas – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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18.08.2024

Curlfriends: New in Town – Comics Worth Reading

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 …

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01.08.2024

Congrats to New Back Issue Editor! – Comics Worth Reading

Congratulations to the new editor of Back Issue magazine!

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01.08.2024

Nessie’s Nemesis – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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01.08.2024

Scott Shaw!s Comix & Stories – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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01.08.2024

Winnie the Pooh (The Graphic Novel) – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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22.07.2024

Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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22.07.2024

Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast – Comics Worth Reading

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&#03…

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17.07.2024

How to Grill Our Love – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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16.07.2024

Akane-Banashi Volumes 1-4 – Comics Worth Reading

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 …

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15.07.2024

Want to Run TCAF? – Comics Worth Reading

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), held yearly, is looking to hire an Executive Director.

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14.07.2024

Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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14.07.2024

The Science of Ghosts – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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10.07.2024

History Comics: World War II: Fight on the Home Front – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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08.07.2024

Harry Dickson Volume 1: Mysterion – Comics Worth Reading

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…

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08.07.2024

My Thoughts on the Doctor Who Relaunch – Comics Worth Reading

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 …

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Shake It Up: Cocktails Inspired by the Music of Taylor Swift – Comics Worth Reading

Michael Eury Retirement Sale – Comics Worth Reading

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Wesley Snipes’ World Records – Comics Worth Reading

Ted Lasso: The Richmond Way – Comics Worth Reading

My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku Volume 4 – Comics Worth Reading

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Volumes 10 and 11 – Comics Worth Reading

The Woman in Red – Comics Worth Reading

Death at the Dress Rehearsal – Comics Worth Reading

Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries – Comics Worth Reading

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A Study in Garnet: Ladies of Baker Street – Comics Worth Reading

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