Over the years, I have written articles for a number of sites. This master post collects links to all of those articles, for further reference. Forces of Geek Need Coffee The Hooded Utilitarian Comics Workbook Comics DC Capsule reviews of European comic shops My ongoing re-read of Heavy Metal magazine
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Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese
Hugo Pratt is one of those names that you can use to separate the knowledgeable from the unlearned when it comes to European comics. Those that know recognize the name immediately; not knowing him is like not knowing Kirby. His most famous creation is Corto Maltese, a name that should be familiar to anyone who’s…Read more
Le Reflet
One of the BD I picked up in Belgium was Le Reflet (the Reflection) by Marc-Renier and Yvan Hasse. One of the things I was specifically looking for as I browsed the European comic markets was metafictional works. I picked it up because Le Reflet is one such work – obviously so. My French is…Read more
Castle by David Macaulay
I love David Macaulay. When I was about 11 or 12, I received a pile of David Macaulay books for Christmas from my parents. They were Pyramid, Cathedral, Underground and Castle – all about how the edifice or structure at hand was built. My adult self is able to identify each as an album-sized, perfect…Read more
The Dreamer by Will Eisner
I picked up The Dreamer by Will Eisner in Midtown Comics in New York City on Sunday (that would be the 3rd of May for those that want to be precise about such things). I’ve been working my way through the Will Eisner library for a number of years now and I’m always interested to…Read more
Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
I found this book when I was working at the Barbarian Book Store in Wheaton in 1992. I picked it up because I was a full-on Sandman devotee and would pick up just about anything with Neil Gaiman’s name on it. In the Spring of 1993, Gaiman signed my copy. I have since misplaced this…Read more
The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar
I picked up this book on Sunday at Big Planet Comics in Georgetown in a big stack of other books. I knew Joann Sfar from his work with Lewis Trondheim on the Dungeon series and I was absolutely willing to take a chance on this book entirely due to that content. To be honest, this…Read more
The Book of Leviathan by Peter Blegvad
I swear that I picked up The Book of Leviathan by Peter Blegvad at Gosh Comics in 2002, but the book has an American pricetag on it. It was an odd find, but I consider it one of the best things I’ve ever stumbled upon. According to the introduction, these were originally released in the Independent on…Read more
Tangents by Migelanxo Prado
I want to say that I found my copy of Migelanxo Prado’s Tangents in a second hand shop somewhere, but it is equally likely that I purchased it from a vendor at a club or directly from the NBM table at Small Press Expo. Either way, I do know that my copy came with a…Read more
A review
Kier over at Durosia.com gave Oceanus Procellarum a very nice review.