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The Life of an Eel
Things the Grandchildren Should Know- Mark Oliver Everett
When Time Magazine’s Joel Stein calls Mark Oliver Everett a better writer than he himself is, you’ve got take that for the gospel truth. Things the Grandchildren Should Know is not your average memoir. Everett tells you himself in the first few pages that he never intended to [...]
One Fell Swoop
Fell Volume 1 Feral City
Apparently I am the only one who isn’t familiar with Warren Ellis. Great comic god that he is, amazing prose author that he is, social commentary butterfly that he is, and I had no idea who the guy was.
Well, in one Fell swoop, I got schooled.
…Rhymes with Leavin’ Bing
After walking with the dead, I was a little nauseous going into Locke & Key, my latest graphic novel experiment. The cover was foreboding, the rigid spine matched the skeleton key glowing on the front cover, and the house loomed in the background like evil incarnate. And rather ironically, the delicate red [...]
Isn’t She Lovely?
The Lovely Bones
“Oh, the book was so much better than the movie.” 9 times out of 10, books are always better than the movies they are turned into. However, I’ve just watched the trailer for The Lovely Bones, and I think the movie may do the book some justice. With major players like Matt Damon [...]
Zombies Are Like Porn: Girls Just Don’t Get It The Way Guys Do
The Walking Dead: Vol 1- Days Gone Bye
So… guess who talked me into reading The Walking Dead- a zombie based graphic novel by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore. For all the dudes out there, yeah I get it, cool! Awesome! Wow, zombies! But, I’m a girl, I don’t read graphic novels (they’re all comic books [...]
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American Gods
Neil Gaiman’s reputation precedes him. As a fantasy/sci-fi guru, most followers of the genre can remember his earlier works like The Sandman. His novels Stardust and Coraline have become major motion pictures, and his graphic novels have been incredibly successful as well. Fantasy is not my first choice for casual [...]
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day…