Close Enough for the Angels follows Emit Hopper, a former rock star, writer, and artist, along a twisting path to peace and self-discovery. Close Enough for the Angels is mostly... Read More

Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, and Romulo Fajardo Jr. lay out a thoroughly enjoyable origin story for one of DC’s most famous characters, in their exciting and endearing graphic... Read More

In Trespasser, Justin M. Ryan presents the suspenseful tale of a man and his daughter who are living in a postapocalyptic wilderness, and meet an alien and deal with the... Read More

Allen, Son of Hellcock is an amusing and entertaining romp that satirizes Conan-type fantasy tales while also posing the question, how does a son live up to a father who’s... Read More

Angel City: Town Without Pity takes 1930s noir style, sets the story in Hollywood, and makes one major change from similar tales—here, a woman is the hero. Dolores Dare, a... Read More

Sheena C. Howard provides a handy guide to a long list of black comic creators in Encyclopedia of Black Comics. Howard, who also authored Black Comics: Politics of Race and... Read More

This collection is a brilliant example of the versatility and vast potential of the short story form. Barbara Sibbald’s probing, sympathetic, and quietly graceful short... Read More

Difficult at times, but immensely rewarding, Dysphoria is alternative medicine for the mind and the soul. Shane Neilson uses his background as a physician and his interest in... Read More

Palookaville is a fascinating source of insight into the work of an excellent and ambitious cartoonist. Tom Smart turns his trained eye to the art and worldview of Canadian... Read More

The Essential D. G. Jones has distilled the essence of the man’s work into a small, potent package. In the latest in its outstanding “Essential Poets” series, publisher... Read More

It’s not often that one sees successful cross-pollination between the worlds of comics and music, but Dave Chisholm accomplishes just that with his graphic novel (and... Read More

The name Audubon is synonymous with ornithology, but it’s the man behind the famous wildlife paintings that’s revealed in Fabien Grolleau and Jérémie Royer’s beautiful... Read More