Author: Gene Ambaum

The Delicacy by James Albon. Top Shelf, 2021. 9781603094924. 320pp. Two brothers get a surprise inheritance and move away from their small island town (and their mother).  One (Tulip) opens a restaurant in the outskirts of London; the other (Rowan) […]
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The Shadow Planet by Gianluca Pagliarani (art) & Giovanni Barbieri (script). Image, 2025. 9781534331761. 96pp. Publisher’s Rating: M / Mature. Includes some bonus material in the back, including thumbnails and other art. This graphic novel is a throwback to monster […]
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Not On Display by Zelba. Translation by Alice Yang. Helvetiq, 2025. 9783039640843. 114pp. plus an Afterward by Zelba, an essay titled “The Nude In Art” by Fabrice Douar, and more. This is part of the amazing Musée du Louvre graphic […]
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Model Five Murder: a sci-fi noir by Tan Juan Gee. Silver Sprocket, 2025. 9788886200706. 64pp. Includes a few pages of bonus content at the end about process and the history of the book. This graphic novella has a great opening: […]
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Ew, It’s Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman. Andrews McMeel, 2025. 9781524897642. 140pp. I love the birds in Barkman’s comics. They confirm my opinion that crows are the best. (Pigeons, you’re a close second!) As soon as […]
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Welcome to the Maynard by James Robinson, art by J. Bone. Dark Horse, 2025. 9781506744919. Contains #1 – 4 of the series. Pip starts working as a bellhop at the Maynard, a fancy hotel for the magic community. It’s all […]
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Holy Lacrimony by Michael Deforge. Drawn and Quarterly, 2025. 9781770467552. 120pp. Jackie is abducted by aliens because he’s the saddest living person on Earth. They’re interested in human emotions they don’t experience; he’s expected to put on performances for them. […]
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Punycorn and the Princess of Thieves by Andi Watson. Clarion Books, 2025. 9780358572008. 202pp. Punycorn’s sword Bloodgutter is broken and needs to be fixed, which is even more of a problem than that might otherwise seem because Bloodgutter is Punycorn’s […]
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James Bond 007: Your Cold, Cold Heart by Garth Ennis and artist Rapha Lobosco. Dynamite, 2024. 9781524125523. Contains #1 – 6. Bond is hunting for a secret weapon that the British developed after stealing it from the Soviets back in […]
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Muybridge by Guy Delisle. Translation by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall.  Drawn & Quarterly, 2025. 9781770467729. 218pp. Includes credits for all photos in the book and a timeline of the lives of the artists, photographers, and others appearing in the […]
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