Sister Boniface Mysteries

I found out about this charming British mystery series because my Golden Age Mystery club read some Father Brown stories. I always look up media adaptations, and while I wasn’t interested in seeing more of the good padre, this 2021 spin-off did catch my interest, so I bought Season 1 on DVD. Sister Boniface Mysteries stars, unsurprisingly, Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson). Who is not only a nun but a mystery-loving police scientific advisor (who references Lord Peter Wimsey). Since the [...]
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I Wrote for the Watsonian About Watson in Comics

I am honored to have contributed an article to the latest issue of The Watsonian, the journal of the John H. Watson Society. My piece, in Volume 12, Number 2, Fall 2024, is titled, imaginatively, “Watson in Comic Books”. I discuss some of the challenges in portraying the character visually and mention a few of my favorite versions. The journal is free to members, digitally, and membership in the organization is also free (despite what it says on that page). [...]
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Look on the Bright Side

The characters — and creators Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann — from Go With the Flow, the 2020 graphic novel about the politics around menstrual products in schools, return in Look on the Bright Side. The events here are less focused, more character-driven, which makes it all the more enjoyable to catch up with Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha. A greater variety of plot lines makes more room for their diverse personalities. Christine is thinking about coming out … and [...]
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Young Men in Love

Young Men in Love is an excellent proof that gay romance fits into any possible genre. The collection of short stories in this comic anthology range the gamut of settings and plots: pirates, a ghost story, superheroes, schoolboys, fantasy, theater kids, space adventure, action thriller, mystical, slice-of-life reconciliation, even a trans coming out. Most of them, I wanted to see more with the characters, which showed me how affecting and well-done the tales were. With stories ranging from four to [...]
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Pupposites Attract Volume 2

Hono Natsuna’s Pupposites Attract volume 2 continues to be cute. (I reviewed volume 1 previously.) The new character this volume intrigues me. Chako dresses very hip and modern, but her job is very traditional. She has a Shiba Inu that wears a cute kimono-like wrap, and she calls him Aniki, which means “big brother” but can also mean, in a way, “mentor”. She listens to his guidance, too, which is odd but needed. (As with the two main characters, her [...]
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Headlines, Early October 2024

Comics Mike Sterling loves Atari Force. So do I. He says: Fun sci-fi adventure expertly illustrated by José Luis García-López at the peak of his form, with the back half drawn by the also excellent Eduardo Barreto. Gerry Conway wrote most issues, and it’s a fast paced and creative comic that unfortunately was saddled with a title that likely kept folks away. Oh, and the lettering by Bob Lappan is a revelation as well. Someone in the comments calls it, [...]
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How It All Ends

Emma Hunsinger’s How It All Ends hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, perhaps because of the title. That’s a shame, because it’s a wonderful book, an affecting, informative portrait of a kid worrying about growing up. Tara is thirteen and starting high school (ninth grade). She was skipped ahead from seventh grade, along with a couple of other kids, because she’s a “high-performing student”. That gives her a lot of anxiety over whether she’s ready for this, and how she [...]
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The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency

I should have enjoyed The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency by Sakae Kusuma more than I did. There’s a grumpy detective with an “only one bed”-type pairing, but the book fell flat for me, as the various elements were underbaked. Private detective Matsuda is unlucky in both life and career, perhaps because he’s too nice a guy, or maybe he’s just a pushover. We first see him waking up naked in a hotel, where his boyfriend has deserted him, [...]
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