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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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann
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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Graphic Novel Review: Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
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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Even Further Reading
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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Three Graphic Novels For Young Folks
Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale Of Danger, A Princess, And Her Crew of Lady Pirates by Cassandra Federman. Aladdin, 2025. 9781665918237. 198pp. Kennedy and her younger sister Devon have little in common. After their parents take away their phones and […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Weight by Melissa Mendes
The Weight by Melissa Mendes. Drawn & Quarterly, 2025. 9781770467163. 574pp. Set in what feels like a timeless rural community, this is a story of family, bad relationships, and generational trauma with a side of domestic violence. It’s a story […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Into The Bewilderness by Gus Gordon
Into The Bewilderness by Gus Gordon. HarperAlley, 2025. 9780063246126. 184pp. Includes tutorials on how to draw Luis and Pablo. Luis (the big bear in a red hat) and Pablo (the small mole wearing glasses) are friends who live and hang […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Gilt Frame by Margie Kraft Kindt and Matt Kindt
Gilt Frame by Margie Kraft Kindt and Matt Kindt. Dark Horse / Flux House, 2025. 9781506745947. 216pp. Includes #1 – 3 of the series. This is the story of Sammy and his aunt Meredith, who have once again found themselves […]
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Further Reading
The Universe Box by Michael Swanwick. Tachyon, 2026. 9781616964504. 304pp. I was lucky enough to attend Swanwick’s flash fiction writing seminar at Seattle’s Worldcon last August. He was a generous, attentive teacher, and I decided to read some of his […]
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Other Reading
Eradication: A Fable by Jonathan Miles. Doubleday, 2026. 980385551915. 159pp. Adi, a teacher, takes a strange job. He’ll live on a remote island trying to save its plants and animals by killing as many of the invasive goats that are […]
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