Author: Gene Ambaum

Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina. Putnam, 2025. 9780593117378. 252pp. The Enoch River is deep. After a hurricane, Wade, his younger brother Andrew, their dad, and a few friends head out for a day of fishing. There’s a nasty fog and […]
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The Night Giant by Lorenzo Coltellacci, illustrated by Lorenzo Sangió. Kids Can Press, 2025. 9781525314032. This giant plays tricks on the villagers at night. He seems to be having a great time! But not everyone is sure he’s real, and […]
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After reading Gordon’s graphic novel Into the Bewilderness I checked out a bunch of his picture books from my local libraries. I love the way he draws expressive, anthropomorphic characters, and that his illustrations include a bit of collage. Here […]
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New World by David Jesus Vignolli. Archaia, 2019. 9781684153985. 157pp. This mythological story of the “discovery” of the New World involves a warrior woman (Iracema) who wants to free mistreated slaves even though her elders would rather have her people […]
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Ionheart by Lukas Kummer. Top Shelf, 2025. 9781603095587. 308pp. (Portions originally published in German, no translator listed.) This book is a wonderful combination of science fiction and fantasy. The inside front flap references Blade Runner, Tin Tin, and The Dark […]
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Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms. Translated from German by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp. Street Noise, 2022. 9781951491369. 111pp. Foreword by Sarah Wyndham Lewis. Afterword by Professor Jürgen Tautz. This short graphic novel is as poetic as it is informative. It […]
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The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois. Translated by Kendra Boileau. Graphic Mundi, 2021. 9780271087061. 156pp. Chochois’s graphic novel opens with a wordless section in which a young man gets into a motorcycle […]
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The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann. Drawn & Quarterly, 2026. 9781770468238. 216pp. Includes an introduction plus notes on each of the five stories in a short afterward. When I picked this book up, I flipped through it and immediately found […]
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Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips. Image, 2026. 978-1534333208. 144pp. This new Criminal graphic novel from Brubaker and Philips is a story from the point of view of Ricky Lawless, who has appeared […]
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Born to Exile by Phyllis Eisenstein with illustrations by Stephen E Fabian. Arkham House, 1978. 0870540823. 202pp. The first four stories about the wandering teenage minstrel, Alaric, who has a secret ability. Completely enjoyable. Originally published as four stories in […]
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