I do not know Simone, have never before seen her work, know no history of it, all I can say is that her work is powerful, vibrant, large...

210125: have to up the rating from three, as it persists in melancholy way. this is not Jules Verne as science fiction/engineering...

241019: this is very like ‘walking man’ by taniguchi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/684533.The_Walking_Man but set in shogunate edo....

270719 much later later addition: i look at this again, slip back into that meditating calmness, now read more books fiction and non,...

The History of an Illusion 100818: i do not know if this is a five- let alone on a sort of philosophy i do not much read (analytic) but...

An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness F.L. Pogson (Translator) 240716 this is a much later later addition: i have now read ...

(Children of the Sea, #1) 230915: possibly the most beautiful art i have seen in graphic work. in extensive depiction of the seas, the...

George Burnham Ives (Translation) 131218: everything you want in hopeless romantic dysfunctional love. and an opera...

150319: best, most complete, great essays on reception, bio, myth, aspects of composition, style, subject, influences, art history,...

220319: fun./review to come... ok review now days later. we lived in bruxelles when my father was on sabbatical so my parents really...

The Routledge Philosophers 071018 this is a much later addition (6 years): i have not revisited this book, just read the review again. it...

200704: vision of argentina in 1975, the height of the ‘dirty war’, from three perspectives. the gods are from classical mythology, the...

201006: bleak, brutal, beautiful. exactly the right art for the story- rough, slashing, direct- and the right story for the art. not...

210624: when i took art history at u i really did not enjoy it, now i see it everywhere, love it everywhere, am endlessly fascinated by...

Barbara Shelby (Translator) 210428: this is my new favourite amado. what has bothered me on several other works of his, particularly more...

(Descender #1) Steve Wands (Goodreads Author) (Letterer) 081219: i decide to revisit this series. i am still impressed with how concise...

Al Williamson (Inker), Christie Scheele (Colourist), Joe Rosen ( Letterer) 100519: i can see where frank miller made his name. story is...

Joe Sacco (Introduction) 120719 first review: second reading i have decided to up the rating, as this time i do as riley suggests- read...

(Calvin and Hobbes #11) .??? 90s on: this five is for all ‘calvin and hobbes’ collections. it is because i also appreciate this work that...

041019: did not write review at the time, as this is an example of any words being too many words, but on reflection i must explain how...