Julius Schwartz’s First Signature on His Book

Because I am doing my best to post daily… here’s a little trivia picture for you.Before editor emeritus Julius Schwartz passed away, he wrote a (now out of print) biography called Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics . KC, of course, pre-ordered a copy, and it arrived right before...

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My Neighbor Seki Volume 1

My Neighbor Seki Volume 1 by Takuma Morishige is something truly unusual — a refreshing read that celebrates curiosity, creativity, and imagination. It’s the kind of series that would never be created over here, but not because of weird cultural reasons or fan service or any of the other manga stereotypes....

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Murder With a Twist

If you miss William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man movies, have I got a new mystery novel for you! Out in early May is Murder With a Twist by Tracy Kiely, a modern, gender-flipped version of that premise.Nic (Nicole) Martini used to be a New York City police detective (until she was shot and...

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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Volume 4

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Volume 4 tells us the resolution to the danger nice country girl Megumi faced in the third volume. Bad boy protagonist Soma has challenged the judge/instructor who threatened to expel her to a cook-off.For some reason, the former graduate judge is stubbornly refusing to...

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Meteor Prince Volume 2

Meteor Prince Volume 2 concludes the short series by Meca Tanaka.The alien prince, Io, has in this volume developed an only-in-manga tic — whenever he touches his crush, Hako, he’s struck by lightning. That’s in keeping with the goofy humor of this story, but it’s also a convenient plot twist to keep...

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Sleepless Knight

Sleepless Knight by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost uses the characters from the Adventures in Cartooning series of kids’ books about making comics to tell a straightforward (if goofy) story. The only nod to the series’ history of instructional how-tos are a few endpapers showing...

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Meteor Prince Volume 1

As portrayed by Meca Tanaka, Meteor Prince is silly comedy, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Hako is the Queen of Bad Luck, known for having things fall on her. A naked guy falls out of the sky and says he’s an interstellar prince and she should be his queen. They’re made to mate with each other,...

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Women’s Short Hair as a Political Issue

This comic by Rhea Ewing about short hair on women is thought-provoking, as a summary of how to turn bad reactions into self-affirmation.from Comics Worth Reading http://ift.tt/1FZgZI5 Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in...

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Pope Hats #4 Announced for June

AdHouse Books has announced that the next issue of Ethan Rilly’s Pope Hats will be available in June. It’s a short story collection, which means we have to wait longer to find out what’s going on with Frances and Vickie, from the two previous issues, but it’s in full color. And honestly, anything...

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One Bad Day

In One Bad Day by Steve Rolston, Marie and her buddy Justin are hanging out, chatting and buying cigarettes, when she sees an old friend get hit by a van. This disturbing coincidence puts in motion a chain of events that will force her to commit acts previously unthinkable when she’s only trying to...

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Eggvengers — Printable Avengers Costumes for Your Easter Eggs

Easter is a little over a week away, and if you’re looking for a new way to decorate eggs for the kids, here’s a clever set of downloads. HalloweenCostumes.com has posted a set of printable egg costumes titled “Eggvengers: Age of Yolktron“. (Warning: AVOID if you can’t stand egg puns.) (Picture makes...

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Terms of Service Explains Big Data in Comic Form

Josh Neufeld has illustrated a lot of great graphic journalism (reportage in comic form), including The Influencing Machine (about the media), A Few Perfect Hours … and Other Stories from Southeast Asia and Central Europe (travelogue), and one of my favorites, Titans of Finance . His latest project,...

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Meet the Cornerwitch

This wonderful comic by Sam (whose identity is apparently not public) surprised me and made me think. S/he describes it as “a short comic about witches and wishes and wanting things”. I love the colors and the imagination and the way it took a turn I did not expect.from Comics Worth Reading http://ift.tt/1HLTm4s...

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling

This is the first book in the famous Harry Potter series. Harry is an orphaned child that lives with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. Harry is despised in the family, and his aunt and uncle always favor their son, Dudley. In an unexpected, unanticipated turn of events, Harry finds himself with a large man...

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Book Review of “The Great Zoo of China”

“The Great Zoo of China” was published in 2015 and was written by Matthew Reilly (http://ift.tt/1eTIm8a). Mr. Reilly has published 18 novels.I obtained a galley of this novel for review through http://ift.tt/1kLmqP3. I would categorize this novel as ‘R’ as there are instances of Violence and Mature...

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Carla Guelfenbein won the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2015 – The Trade

A force write novels deep psychological subtlety, using language that has both direct and sentimental, Chilean writer Carla Guelfenbein has forged an important literary reputation in his native country. Reputation that, starting today, will extend to the Spanish-speaking world in general. This morning,...

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