The Last Guardian redux
So yeah, I’ve been playing more video games during this global pandemic, remote teaching, constant fires, nihilistic political world we’re in. Recently, I played the 2018 remake of Shadow of the Colossus. I was mildly ...
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Comics I Enjoyed in 2019
Alay-Oop, William Gropper NYRB reprinted this book this year, but it was originally published in 1930, the year after Lynd Ward’s God’s Man and the same year as Otto Nuckel’s Destiny and Milt Gross’s He ...
Soma
Soma Frictional Games I like sci-fi horror and the initial videos of Soma looked really cool. But while I was excited to play the game, I was also wary. Frictional games are hit-or-miss with me. I liked ...
The Cage by Martin Vaughn-James
Martin Vaughn-James, The Cage; 1975. Like many graphic novels that were published before the term even existed, such as Miné Okubo’s Citizen 13660, Martin Vaughn-James has created a work that is more akin to a picture book ...
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno
I first read this book as a scanlation, but Last Gasp has published an official translation. If you know nothing about this book, a quick glance at the cover might be misleading. The soft pastels ...
Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Upgrade Soul By Ezra Claytan Daniels The common belief about Frankenstein is that it is a monster story. The focus is on the Creature’s hideousness. This is ironic given the central heart of the novel ...
Comics I Enjoyed Reading in 2018
As is traditional these days, here is an end-of-the-year list. These are not necessarily comics and graphic novels published this year, though many of them were, but a list of what I read in the ...
The Last Guardian
I bought a Playstation 2 because of Ico. It proved to be a good choice; I absolutely loved that game. It reminded me of dreams I used to have in which I wandered through strange ...
Arsène Schrauwen
Arsène Schrauwen Olivier Schrauwen Arsène Schrauwen reminds me a bit of the work of Ben Katchor, with his blocky businessmen engaged in endeavors that seem just outside the real. The book also reminds me of ...
Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form by Hannah Miodrag
The subtitle of this book is more accurate than it’s main title; Miodrag examines what she sees as common assumptions and mistakes that comics critics make. She points to lack of precision, sloppy reasoning, and ...