The Cave Of Time (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Edward Packard, illustrated by Paul Granger. Chooseco, 2025. 9781933390796. 144pp. You find the entrance to a cave while hiking in Snake Canyon. You venture inside for a moment, but then hurry […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Novel Review: King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Roman’s father is in a coma after someone ran him off the road, and it’s clear from the recent vandalism of his father’s work vans that this is no accident, so Roman returns home for the first time in years. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Rigsby, WI: Foothold (Volume 1) by S.E. Case
Rigsby, WI: Foothold (Volume 1) by S.E. Case. Iron Circus Comics, 2025. 9781638991410. 120pp, Includes a few short bonus comics in the back. My favorite is the one titled “This Comic Is About Pooping”. This webcomic is about the lives […]
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Hey there! Let me know if you notice any weirdness, other than that giant title at the top of the page. We’ve just switched to a new set of fabulous plugins (Toocheke!) and the import seems to have gone off […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Seoul Before Sunrise by Samir Dahmani
Seoul Before Sunrise by Samir Dahmani. Life Drawn / Humanoids, 2024. Translated by Nanette McGuinness. 144pp. Seong-ji and her friend Ji-won get into different universities after taking South Korea’s entrance exams. Even before it happens, Seong-ji is nostalgic for high […]
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Cartoon Collection Review: Love & Vermin: A Collection of Cartoons by The New Yorker’s Will McPhail
Love & Vermin: A Collection of Cartoons by The New Yorker’s Will McPhail. Mariner Books, 2022. 9780358346227. 240pp. A collection of cartoonist / graphic novelist McPhail’s. comics; most are one-panel, and most of which appeared originally in the New Yorker. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand and Tara Anand
Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand and Tara Anand. HarperAlley, 2025. 9780063237544. 288pp. Nitasha is under a lot of pressure from her parents to be the perfect student and daughter, though she quietly rebels against those expectations. The fact that her […]
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Book Review: Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Orbit, 2025. 9780316579025. 464pp. This is my favorite first contact novel. It’s set in a post-Earth interstellar future where humans function as assets for expansion across the galaxy. A ship has arrived at an unexplored star […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Zeroed Out: A Sci-Fi Rom-Com by Jim Munroe and Eric Kim
Zeroed Out: A Sci-Fi Rom-Com by Jim Munroe and Eric Kim (artist). At Bay Press, 2025. 9781998779673. 163pp. Offworlders and their tech have improved life for most folks on Earth. But Matias lost a girlfriend to one of the shapeshifting […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Fable Omnibus 1 by Katsuhisa Minami
The Fable Omnibus 1 by Katsuhisa Minami. Kodansha, 2024. 9978888772447. 416pp. Publisher’s Rating: Mature 18+ This manga series opens with Fable, a legendary hit man, taking out a bunch of goons. He’s unhurried, the violence is balletic, and when he […]
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