Unless you’re an animator or a hardcore animation fan, the name “Don Hahn” may not mean much to you — but chances are, he’s had something to do with some…
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Here we go again with a long-gestating edition of Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some…
Popdose and Kirkus Reviews team up for the latest travelog from Rush drummer Neil Peart.
There was a lot of music in 2001-2010. Popdose looks at Gary Wien’s book, Are You Listening? which attempts to make sense of it all.
Hello and welcome to my online comics confessional, in which I attempt to enlighten you about various comic book and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, many of which should…
The most startling element about American Vampire Volume 2 is how different it is from the first book in this series by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque. The…
Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
Well, hello there! It’s been a while, I know. I’ve had a variety of real world issues taking up my time and attention, including a death in the family and…
Popdose and Kirkus delve into that lovely, genteel bedtime tome, Go The Fuck To Sleep.
Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world, serving as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike for more than 75…
Popdose has teamed with Kirkus Reviews — the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and discriminating readers — to bring you the best (and sometimes the worst) in pop-culture and…
We look at a book the recounts the day when one man’s obsession with celebrity nearly brought down the President of the United States.
Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comics are produced in the hopes they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels and…
You can’t really call Brian Johnson’s memoir a kiss-and-tell. Popdose asks the question: what do you call it?
Since we’re dealing, at least at first, with a retro series I figured I’d use the retro spelling…so welcome once more to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junky, in which…
Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comics are produced in the hopes they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels and…
Yes, time once more for CoaCSJ, in which I take a paragraph or three and review recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should be on sale at…
With a little bit of luck, a whole lot of patience, and the name of Kirkus Reviews behind us, yes, it’s true: Scott Weiland talks to Popdose.
If you’re a regular reader of Popdose…and, frankly, if you’re not, you really should be…then you probably caught our look into Rob Lowe’s recently-published autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My…
Hello and welcome to my online comics confessional, in which I attempt to enlighten you about various comic book and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, many of which should still…
Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
Welcome back for another CoaCSJ, in which I opine upon (that almost looks like a palindrome, doesn’t it?) recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should either be…
Kirkus Reviews, founded in 1933, is a venerable institution in the media world. For more than 75 years, Kirkus has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and…
This one’s way overdue, I know, so I’ll skip the preamble and proceed with the amble. ANYA’S GHOST Script/Art: Vera Brosgol First Second Books, $19.99; Available June 7; preorder from…
If you were to ask what makes Greg Rucka a strong writer, my answer would be that it is everything that he leaves out of his stories. It’s not that…
Yes, he talks about the Brat Pack. Yes, he talks about who he slept with. Strangely, however, he never mentions “The Lyon’s Den” or “Dr. Vegas.”
Charlie Brown and I go way back, and the longer I live, the more I realize Charlie Brown was not a put-upon child, but a middle-aged man. Furthermore, Charlie Brown is me.
Hello and welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine upon assorted comics and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, and you read and presumably…
Fear Itself #1 supposedly reflects our real world fears only, you know, with costumed heroes and mythological gods running around as well. That “real worldness” of Marvel is supposedly what…
Welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, my little bully pulpit from which I cast aspersions on a choice selection of recent comics and graphic novel releases that…