By Rutu Modan Published by Drawn & Quarterly, 2007. $19.95 The Plot: It’s been years since Koby, a young man who drives a cab in Tel Aviv, talked to his father. Suddenly, a stranger tells him she believes his father is the unidentified victim of a suicide bombing. The two start on a hunt for…
By Nick Bertozzi Published by St. Martin’s Press, 2007. $19.95 The Plot: Georges Braque, Erik Satie, Pablo Picasso and other artists form their own dysfunctional version of the Super Friends in order to stop a string of deaths amongst the art community. Their detective work leads them to an artist’s wife who has developed super…
A few months back, I wrote about the debut of DC Comics’ Minx line and the first books. One of those, The PLAIN Janes, I raved about. Recently, I had the luck to talk to the book’s author, Cecil Castellucci, about her first graphic novel, her love of comics and plans for new books. Jean-Claude…
Let me just tell you, the Time Away From Comics is not going so great. My life hasn’t fallen into a complete pile of dog poo or anything (lots of job interviews and looking at apartments), but I just flat out miss comic books. I’ve read plenty of blog posts about how it doesn’t really…
While I wasn’t able to make it to the Con, my PR pals on the Left Coast have been nice enough to keep me updated on all that’s going on. Well, actually my PR pals at pretty much every publisher outside of Marvel. But that’s a whole ‘nother story. BOOM! Studios has a lot happening….
By Nick Abadzis Published by First-Second, 2007. $17.95 The Plot: This is the story of the dog launched into space by the Soviets, far more in the vein of Pride of Baghdad than the usual chipper “animal” stories. The focus of the book is summarized in the actual quote of one of the engineers involved…
For this second batch of advance fun, we’re taking a look at two books that share a common thread of ultimate evil: One has the devil, one has Nazis. Other than that, these books are pretty danged different. They are The Programme by Peter Milligan and C.P. Smith and Speak of the Devil by Gilbert…
First, let’s look at a couple of upcoming Dark Horse titles in the Doomkopf Mega Event Preview Day!!! Hey, who doesn’t like hearing about comic books that haven’t come out yet? These books share a common thread in that they’re both set in over-the-top worlds and… well… that’s about it. Now, let’s get to the…
You know how most schmucks running blogs like to take a gimmick and stretch it into a week of posts (I’m looking at you David Campbell)? Well, what would you say if I were to give a whole week’s worth of gimmicky posts in… one… single… day… That’s right, coming tomorrow, it’s Preview Day! I’ll…
By Eddie Campbell Published by First Second, 2007. $16.95 The Plot: It’s near the turn of the century. The last one. A mysterious guy is living out in the American wilds. He rides up just as the big new train is pulling in to much fanfare. “The train was bang on time,” Campbell writes. And,…