Books

Like a lot of folks, my gateway to the brilliant avatar of comedy that is Joel McHale was through his work as host of E!'s celebrity mock-a-thon The Soup and as his turn as disgraced former lawyer Jeff...

Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars. Art by Greg Ruth Previews Magazine is pretty much a permanent part of my pull list. There are a few reasons for this, not least of which is the sheer Sears...

Despite a somewhat wobbly start, the first Rebels trade collection is a welcome addition to this correspondent’s war comics library, and features engaging writing, dynamic art, and masterful...

People who wade into the creative writing process pour the whole of themselves into their labors, fretting over the right turn of phrase or narrative structure that will best convey the vision they have...

White Death is a true classic of the war comics genre, and a beautiful example of the power of comics as an art form capable of telling stories that bring history to immediate, visceral life no matter how...

Johnny Red #2 is an "end of the beginning" comic, and tends to feel like the second half of issue 1, ending just as the main storyline begins. Still, the stage is now nicely set, the actors properly placed,...

2015 was a banner year for war comics, and marks a resurgence of the genre as a whole in the market. With 2016 just around the corner, it’s a good time to look back at some of the amazing collections and...

Review: Two Brothers "Two Brothers has risen to be one of the best graphic novels of the year, thanks in no small part to two creators who intimately understand both the storytelling process and what it...

I was cautiously optimistic when I read that the Ragnarok Publications' young adult novel The Silent End by author Samuel Sattin was being described as having roots in the tradition of Stand by Me and The...

If you've ever perused the young adult section of any brick-and-mortar bookstore, you'll see that the genre is more popular than ever before, experiencing a renaissance in the past two decades that has moved...