• FICTION

    THE ODYSSEY

    SEPT. 4, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

THE ODYSSEY

adapted by Seymour Chwast

A quick, breezy read through a cornerstone of literary tradition. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE ART OF WAR

    JULY 31, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

THE ART OF WAR

by Kelly Roman & illustrated by Michael DeWeese

A bold, messy conflagration that revels in all of the trespasses and heroism of which only human beings are truly capable. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    BUILDING STORIES

    OCT. 2, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

BUILDING STORIES

by Chris Ware

A dazzling document, beautifully if most idiosyncratically drawn; in this iteration, sure to become a collector’s item,... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE HIVE

    OCT. 9, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

THE HIVE

by Charles Burns

A very creative artist lets his imagination loose in the middle of somewhere, where only the most adventurous lovers of... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER

    OCT. 29, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

THE RIME OF THE MODERN MARINER

by Nick Hayes

More than a classic-comics adaptation, this is an original work of art. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    EL ILUMINADO

    NOV. 13, 2012

HISTORY

EL ILUMINADO

by Ilan Stavans ; Steve Sheinkin

Another bold, if gratuitous, experiment from an academic with impeccable credentials and a keen sense of the secrets we hold... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE GRAPHIC CANON

    MAY 22, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

THE GRAPHIC CANON

edited by Russ Kick

If artists, as British sculptor Anish Kapoor famously said, make mythologies, then this volume is genuinely a marriage of... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    UNTERZAKHN

    APRIL 3, 2012

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS

UNTERZAKHN

by Leela Corman & illustrated by Leela Corman

Both a work of social realism and a fable with a moral. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY

    APRIL 3, 2012

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY

by Mike Mignola Christopher Golden

Mignola’s affectionate, Kirby-esque portraits compliment Golden’s imaginative, YA-friendly prose. Full review >

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