Category: Comics

  • Prestige Format Review: Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter

    Prestige Format Review: Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter

    I recently discovered Marc Ellerby‘s Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter through a special Christmas comic that was posted about a month late to his tumblr and then reblogged by someone I follow. Which is a pretty roundabout way to discover something, I suppose, but such is the Internet. I was so enamored, however, that I immediately purchased…

  • Prestige Format Review: Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake #1

    I convinced my daughter to get this comic with three words: “girl adventure time.” Maybe that was a bit reductivist, maybe I was trying to distract her from worrying about the spiders on the cover of My Little Pony #2. (A small side story: My four year old daughter Bella was VERY excited about a…

  • Things to do, Summer 2009

    In which I discuss things that you, dear reader, should do this summer.

  • A Bloggy Update

    Here comes a big wrapup and here’s why I haven’t blogged post. Plus links to all the other places you can find me online. Stalker. (link)

  • Who’ll Watch the Watchmen?

    Watchmen reviews are subjective?!??!?!?

  • These could be Tweets: a Life Update

    Isabella’s saying ‘Dada’ and ‘Mama’ now with some frequency. I drink Diet Dr Pepper daily–I’m starting to break my Diet Coke addiction. I would like a barbecue feast. No one was interested in seeing M83 with School of Seven Bells, so I’m probably not going. Rossy was interested, but when I asked about it later…

  • Stuff I’ve Been Enjoying, October ’08 Edition

    Man, it’s been (and continues to be) a crazy month: I’m still playing catchup for the school-starting rush at work, getting used to feeding Isabella baby food (rather than just bottles), alternately dealing with and avoiding politics, trying to avoid sickness, getting ready for the holidays, paying debts, pretending not to worry about our financial…

  • Paul Pope’s 100%: A Lunchtime Review

    100%, Paul Pope’s 2002 graphic novel, was billed as “a graphic movie” and I think it succeeds splendidly in that. This book dares to be a slice-of-life comic wearing a future-suit. These aren’t extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; they’re just people, y’know? Sure, it’s the future, but so what? [Click to see the full post]