Murder in the Upper Crust

Pizza chef and detective Delilah returns in Murder in the Upper Crust, the sixth Deep Dish Mystery, a detective series set around her pizzeria in a Wisconsin vacation spot. (I previously covered the third book, Public Anchovy #1.) I found this one of the best of the series, possibly because the recurring supporting cast is trimmed down a bit. Delilah comes to better accept how she handles things personally as she copes with a new chief of police (who’s hilariously [...]
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A Treasure Trove of Roger Langridge Art

Roger Langridge is one of my favorite artists. He’s so accomplished and funny! And he has a free Patreon where he sends out art Every Single Day. It’s so cool starting the day with a convention sketch (particularly when they’re Muppets!). You can subscribe for even more art. Or read five years (!) worth of his diary comics (2019-2024) at a dedicated website. The book versions are available at his webstore, and I own them all because he’s such a [...]
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Drops of God: Mariage Volumes 14-15

As I said when I reviewed Drops of God: Mariage volume 11, I’m enjoying this series more than the original because of its emphasis on food pairings and gourmet dishes. After one big contest storyline wrapped up, a new one began, this time involving finding wines to match with the Four Major Chinese Cuisines. The story has been going for a few books, but these two are the latest volumes. (Volume 16 is due out the first of December; this [...]
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Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography

Jules Scheele has adapted Virginia Woolf’s novel into Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography, out now from Avery Hill Publishing, with art assists by Garry Mac. I have never read the novel, but the foreword by Dickon Edwards calls it “a queer and trans classic.” All I know of the character comes from the publicity around the 1992 film starring Tilda Swinton. So I was eager to read the comic version. Orlando, as a young man, dreams of adventure and is [...]
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Solve-It-Yourself Mysteries: Can You Solve the Murder?, Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?, and More

I’ve noticed a flock of interactive, solve-it-yourself mysteries, so I thought I’d tell you about them. Note that I’m not talking about mystery puzzle books, like Murdle or Murdoku. They’re fun, but they’re logic puzzles with some mystery wrapping. The following are variations on mysteries where you play the detective. Let’s start with a classic: Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? by Edward Packard was recently re-released. Originally published in 1981, it was the ninth book in the popular Choose Your Own [...]
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I Ate at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand!

(This post is likely only of interest to people who find traditional, historical English restaurants interesting and/or Sherlockians.) “I think that something nutritious at Simpson’s would not be out of place,” said Sherlock Holmes at the end of “The Adventure of the Dying Detective.” Watson and Holmes also have dinner there together in “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client.” When I was in London a couple of weeks ago, the friend I was traveling with was kind enough to indulge [...]
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Millie of the Manor

Millie of the Manor manages to combine three well-respected graphic novel genres — mystery, making friends, and mental health (specifically, coping with anxiety) — successfully. It sounds like a difficult goal, but Karina Evans and Andrea Bell make lead character Amy understandable and sympathetic from the get-go. She likes mysteries, and she’s socially awkward. It’s easy to tell when she gets lost in her head, as she remains in full color while the rest of the world around her goes [...]
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Science Comics: Computers: How Digital Hardware Works

I wondered about having a dinosaur (and a Victorian-dressed one, at that) narrate a volume on computers, but as soon as Science Comics: Computers: How Digital Hardware Works opened with her talking about this being her second choice (the first was the Science Comics: Dinosaurs book, duh), I was won over. Then she started breaking down and eating (!) a laptop, as she explained the components to us, and I was hooked. As written by Perry E. Metzger & Penelope [...]
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