4451moanaDec 23, 20211 min readThe Only Good Indians (book review) Stephen Graham Jones211223: might have enjoyed [book:My Heart Is a Chainsaw|55711617] more, as this is 'supernatural/misunderstanding' from first page,...
4451moanaDec 18, 20211 min readMy Heart Is a Chainsaw (book review) Stephen Graham Jones2111218: read in two days, so that is rec. not quite taken as my comics illustrator friend r, but propulsive, pulpy, pomo. and no doubt...
4451moanaDec 5, 20211 min readThe Song of Achilles (book review) Madeline Miller 240410: this was an easy, quick read, that i had thought was simply a historical novel at the beginning, that i had to rethink what i had...
4451moanaNov 22, 20212 min readChildren of the Sea, Volume 1 (book review) Daisuke Igarashi (Children of the Sea, #1) 230915: possibly the most beautiful art i have seen in graphic work. in extensive depiction of the seas, the...
4451moanaNov 16, 20212 min readLes Gommes (book review) Alain Robbe-Grillet 130519 read in french: i have read this before in translation years (decades...) past, 3rd r-g i think. since then have read some...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readThe Facts of Winter (book review) Paul Poissel Kakyoung Lee (Illustrator), Paul La Farge (Translator) 050719: there is an interesting point about how literal translation of the title...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readRed Rackham's Treasure (book review) Hergé,Tintin #12, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator), Michael Turner (Translator) 200725: forgot how much i loved this tintin...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readBuddha: An Enlightened Life (book review) Keiron MooreRajesh Nagulakonda (Illustrations) 200831: history/myths of life. beautiful artwork. slight reference to four noble truths, eightfold...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readIn Black and White (book review) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Phyllis I. Lyons (Translator) 201003: the man who wrote 'to the point of murder'... then in paranoia tries to extricate himself from how...
4451moanaNov 16, 20211 min readRoughneck (book review) Jeff Lemire201006: bleak, brutal, beautiful. exactly the right art for the story- rough, slashing, direct- and the right story for the art. not...
4451moanaNov 14, 20211 min readThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (book review) James Hogg,Margot Livesey (Introduction) 140220: second reading. years (decades...) after first, so i knew what i was getting, as this is one of the...
4451moanaNov 14, 20213 min readMomo (book review) Michael Ende Marcel Dzama (Illustrations) 210422: i have read this at least three times, this is a new translation, though how different i do not know...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readTokyo Days, Bangkok Nights (book review) Jonathan Vankin, Seth Fisher (Illustrator).??? 2010s: i have read this now 3 times, and read (some) of the negative reviews, but i am confused, i do not understand complaints...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe Eternaut (book review) Héctor Germán Oesterheld(El Eternauta #1) Francisco Solano López (Artist), Erica Mena (Translator) 020416: read in two sittings, this argentine work surprises me...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readThe 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane (book review) Philippe Druillet(Lone Sloane #2) 141019: whoa. now this is what i mean when i say the best art is that which expresses itself in the right medium. short...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readTekkon Kinkreet: Black and White (book review) Taiyo Matsumoto(Black and White #1-3) .??? 2000s: great art. great art...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readDescender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars (book review) Jeff Lemire (Writer) Dustin Nguyen (Artist) (Descender #1) Steve Wands (Goodreads Author) (Letterer) 081219: i decide to revisit this series. i am still impressed with how concise...
4451moanaNov 11, 20211 min readDaredevil: The Man Without Fear (book review) Frank Miller, John Romita Jr. (Illustrator)Al Williamson (Inker), Christie Scheele (Colourist), Joe Rosen ( Letterer) 100519: i can see where frank miller made his name. story is...