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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Graphic Novel Review: James Bond 007: Your Cold, Cold Heart by Garth Ennis and Rapha Lobosco
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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Graphic Novel Review: Muybridge by Guy Delisle
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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Graphic Novel Review: A Shining Beacon by James Albon
A Shining Beacon by James Albon. Top Shelf, 2019. 9781603094450. 205pp. An authoritarian government has created a new pool that’s both a grand rejuvenation project and a national sporting monument! All that remains is to find an artist to create […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Trumpets of Death by Simon Bournel-Bosson
Trumpets of Death by Simon Bournel-Bosson. Translated by Edward Gauvin. Graphic Universe, 2025. 9798765644324. 230pp. One night, Antoine’s father drops him off at his grandparents’ place in the country. He’s never liked it there; it’s full of his grandfather’s spooky […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Tower Dungeon Volume 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
Tower Dungeon Volume 1 by Tsutomu Nihei. Translation: Sam Malissa. Kodansha, 2025. 9781647294540. Publisher’s Rating: 13+. Princess Ignelia has been taken to the Dragon Tower, where most of the troops who tried to rescue her have been killed. Each village […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Great American Dust Bowl written and illustrated by Don Brown
The Great American Dust Bowl written and illustrated by Don Brown. Houghton Mifflin, 2013. 9780547815503. Includes a selected bibliography and source notes that include a few stunning photographs. I recently ordered every one of Don Brown’s nonfiction graphic novels from […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and The Case of the Two-Faced Statue by Jerzy Drozd
The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and The Case of the Two-Faced Statue by Jerzy Drozd. Iron Circus, 2024. 978163899143. 248pp. Doctor Baer (that’s him, the plush-bear-looking dude on the cover) stores adventurers’ cursed objects. His house is also home to many […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Grommets by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn (writers), Brett Parson (artist)
Grommets by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn (writers), Brett Parson (artist), and others. Image, 2025. 9781534366480. 192pp. Publisher’s Rating: T+ (Teen Plus). Contains #1-7 of the series. Sacramento, 1985. Rick is a new student at his junior high school. He […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Madame Livingstone: Congo, The First World War written by Christophe Cassiau-Haurie, illustrated by Barly Baruti
Madame Livingstone: Congo, The First World War written by Christophe Cassiau-Haurie, illustrated by Barly Baruti. Translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger. Catalyst Press, 2021. 9781946395474. 132pp. Oversized. “Lake Tanganyika, Congo in the year 1915. Two vastly different men in a war that […]
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