Author: Gene Ambaum

Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer. 23rd Street, 2025. 9781250364371. 362pp. Includes “Extras” at the back: a note from the author plus photos and more. Catherine never skips Mass. Never! Her mom always reminds her to go. But she’s kind of […]
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R.U.R. The Karel Capek Classic by Katerina Cupová, translated by Julie Novàková. Rosarium Publishing, 2024. 9788986614687. 264pp. Includes a sketchbook at the end. I’ve tried to read translations of Capek’s 1920 play, R.U.R., a few times (it’s famous for introducing […]
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Botanica Drama by Thom. Pow Pow, 2023. 9782925114246. 244pp. This is an entirely wordless, book-length graphic novel starring Death (aka XIII, according to the Dramatis Personae page at the back of the book) and his little friend Philomène, a flower […]
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Eat by Nagabe. Translation by Adrienne Beck. Seven Seas Entertainment, 2025. 978893732603. 234pp. Publishers’ Rating: Older Teens (15+). Lufaria is a law professor with a harsh reputation and black fur. His students call him The Killer. His secret: he loves […]
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Soma by Fernando Llor (script) and Carles Dalmau (art and colors). Translation by Diego Jourdan Pereira. Oni Press, 2025. 9781637156124. 288pp. Maya spends almost all of her time drawing comics, but she’s bored with the scripts she’s been drawing. The […]
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Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders. Tor, 2025. 9781250867322. 320pp. Jamie teaches classes while continuing to research but failing to write her dissertation. She has a secret — she can do magic. She shares this with her […]
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Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business by Avrind Ethan David (author) and Ilias Kyriazis (artist), with Cris Peter (colorist), Taylor Esposito (letterer). Forward by Ben H. Winters. Pantheon, 2025. 9780553387599. 128pp. This graphic novel adaptation of Chandler’s novel isn’t black […]
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Absolute Batman Volume 1: The Zoo by Scott Snyder (writer), Nick Dragotta and Gabriel Hernández Walta (artists). DC, 2025. 9781799505259. 176pp. Contains Issues 1 – 6. Snyder (Undiscovered Country, American Vampire, more) and Dragotta (East of West, Once Upon A […]
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Ready Or Not by Andi Porretta. Atheneum, 2024. 9781665907033. 336pp. Four friends celebrate their high school graduation in the opening pages. Three of them are heading off on educational adventures at the end of the summer, but Cassie is taking […]
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The One Hand & The Six Fingers by Ram V (writer, The One Hand), Laurence Campbell (artist, The One Hand), Dan Watters (writer, The Six Fingers), Sumit Kumar (artist, The Six Fingers), Lee Loughridge (colorist), and others. Image, 2024. 9781534359719. […]
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