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Book Reviews
Like you, we love books... and the next best thing to reading books is reading about books! Below you'll find an assortment of reviews for titles that we regularly stock. Also, be sure to check out our online catalog.
Do-It-Together Screenprinting
This 192-page book collects what appears to be three issues of Isaacson's zine of the same name, plus some bonus material. Actually, the first two issues carried the same name, the third one was changed to Do It Together Screenprinting, but we'll get to that later.
The first issue provides a wealth of information about low budget screen printing at home in your bedroom, living room, or...
Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
My thoughts upon finishing The Unwritten: Oh no – I got myself hooked on yet another series. It’s not a bad thing, not exactly, but those long Vertigo graphic novels series tend to be heavy on my wallet. But on the other hand, O! the happiness they bring me. My life would be so much poorer without Fables or The Sandman. This is only volume one, and I almost don’t want to say it lest I jinx ...
I Want To Punch Your Face: a picture book by Pinky & Bunny
“I want to be able to understand things,” blinks patient Pinky.
With over seven million views worldwide, The Pinky Show is an American non-profit educational organization producing short animated videos and a recent book I Want To Punch Your Face about the effects of violence.
By “gently poking your brain with a stick,” a cartoon cat will courteously inform you on topics such as...
Monsters
Remember that inventory we did last year, of unflattering moments in autobiographical comics? The entirety of Ken Dahl’s stomach-churning book Monsters (Secret Acres) could have fit nicely into that list. It’s a difficult, punishing read, just as it was clearly a difficult, punishing experience for Dahl, but his evocation of pain, horror, and self-loathing is nonetheless masterful. Da...
Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology
Coming of age, as it were, during the days of World War II, comic books have not always presented progressive models of the Asian American experience. In fact, they could be downright racist in their heyday back then. And while much has changed since then, one thing that hasn't is the blatant underrepresentation of Asian characters in comic books.
Enter Secret Identities: The Asian American...