Sunday, March 14, 2010

Wonderland

by Tommy Kovac & Sonny Liew
Disney Press, 2009

Cool sequel of sorts to Alice in Wonderland.

The Nobody

by Jeff Lemire
Vertigo Comics, 2009

Wonderful story of an invisible man. Lovely art. Jeff Lemire is a talent who has caught my attention.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Crisis on Infinite Earths

by Marv Wolfman & George Perez
DC Comics, 2001

The first major crossover in comics history published to celebrate DC's 50th anniversary in 1985-86. I was a child when I first read this series and I was blown away by the epic storytelling and great art. While the story may read slightly dated today, and deaths of fictional characters have become more common (and seemingly no longer permanent), what this series delivered include high stakes and big changes that rocked the boat.

Black Jack

Vol. 1-17
by Osamu Tezuka
Vertical, 2008-2011

Love, love this. The American reprint is still ongoing at this point. The medical dramas, thrills and humor tales of the unlicensed surgeon Black Jack and his recurring cast of friends, aides and nemeses has me hooked!

Essex County

by Jeff Lemire
Top Shelf Productions, 2009

Simply wonderful. This complete edition collects all 3 books in the series.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Walking Man

by Jiro Taniguchi
Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2004

A beautifully rendered picture book about life and the normal things around us that we take for granted.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Batman: The Cat and the Bat

by Fabian Nicieza & Kevin Maguire
DC Comics, 2009

It's been a while since I read a comic that's this much fun. With a master comic storyteller like Kevin Maguire who's working off a great script by Nicieza, you can't go wrong.