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A Sense of Belonging: Miranda July, David Byrne and Becky Stark

The audience is getting excited.

They start humming with chuckles as Miranda removes this cumbersome vase from the table, saying, “We don’t need that,” and places it on the floor two seconds after she was just introduced by New York Public Library Director of Public Programs and highfalutin minister of cool, Paul Holdengraber.
“And there are two […]

Puberty = Anarchy: Elk’s Run

To what lengths would you go to keep your family safe? What are the limits of your love for your family? Can a person’s desire to save their family lead them to kill their family?

Elk’s Run, a recent graphic novel by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon tells the story of a town. Elk’s Ridge […]

I Luv Halloween

All hail writer Kieth Giffen and artist Benjamin Roman! The two volumes of their I Luv Halloween semi-manga series are gruesome and grotesque like nothing you’ve ever seen or read. The smallish black and white books deal with an innocent enough subject, neighborhood friends go trick or treating. But, there’s nothing ordinary about what happens […]

Book Review: Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys

It’s nice to be pleasantly surprised by a book. I have to admit that as far as my literary tastes go, Anansi Boys had nothing going for it in the beginning. For starters, I don’t like humorous books. I thoroughly enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, but hated Neverwhere so much; I vowed never to read […]

Guy Davis’ THE MARQUIS

It’s not like me, but a while back I bought a graphic novel I knew nothing about based on the strength of the cover alone. The book was titled The Marquis: Danse Macabre and featured a rather threatening image of a long faced and angry-evil man in a black cloak and tri-cornered hat. It held […]

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