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- A Kinrowan Estate story: The Wood
- What’s New for the 19th of March: Rough Guides, Brian Vaughan’s The Escapist, Douglas Adams considered, Pamela Dean’s favourite ballad, Woodie Guthrie, Turkish Coffee, A big review of books about music, Red Molly Live
- A Travel Abroad story: Moonshine
- What’s New for the 5th of March: Books about Celtic music, some sff and mysteries too; some Celtic music reviews; Mouse Guard, Two Fat Ladies, ice cream, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mrs. Ware Prepares an Eventide Meal
- What’s New for the 19th of February: Pipes, pipes and more pipes; hot cocoa;r Baker’s favorite folk take; guides to Celtic music and sf; graphic adaptations of classic YA novels; a live-action Alice in Wonderland; new music from Spain and a box set from the ’90s
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 5th of February: Time travel stories, Fairport and related music, a desert island disc, graphic classics, an Alice in Wonderland adaptation, and lots of chocolate
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms
- What’s New for the 22nd of January: Lots of mysteries; ambient music, jazz, Norwegian Americana, and lots of English folk rock; live yoiking; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Blizzard (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 8th of January: Books about music – Sandy Denny, Fairport, Tommy James, Jethro Tull, Beatles and more; Festival Express; music about booze; Nordic music reviews old and new; and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Gathering of Stitchers
- What’s New for 25th of December: DeLint, Irish folklore, firecrackers and sf; the Grinch, eggnog, and The Polar Express; holiday themed music, and Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Nicholas
- What’s New for the 11th of December: DeLint and Yolen, some space opera and a lot of Peanuts; holiday music from Norway, Jethro Tull, and elsewhere; new music from Unthank:Smith, Melissa Carper, ambient country, new prog jazz, heavy Nordic folk rock; and a wee nibbling mousie
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Of Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 27th of November: sf, mysteries, and an sf mystery; Finnish light jazz and tango, plus music of a leftover nature; autumnal gardening, Oysters with June Tabor; and rhubarb wine?
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Of Puppets and Their Masters (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 13th of November: SF from G. Willow Wilson, R F Kuang, Emery Robin, Everina Maxwell, Larry Niven, and some detective fiction; Persepolis; Vonnegut-inspired jazz, English and Welsh folk music, Balkan music; truly bad candy; some Tolkieniana, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Foxes
- What’s New for the 30th of October: Spooks galore! Stephen King, Ellen Datlow, William Gibson; Halloween on screen; bad Dracula; Singing Bones, Metallica on cellos, scary chocolates and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All Hallows’ Eve
- What’s New for the 16th of October: Fantasy maps, Bradbury mysteries, Middle Earth history; Cajun music on film; comfort foods; Daredevil; classical music reviews, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Staging Shakespeare
- What’s New for the 2nd of October: Contradance music and Arabian fuzz, William Gipson redux, military SF and horror, soul cake, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Chasing Fireflies
- What’s New for the 18th of September: Our Elizabeth Bear edition, plus some de Lint on film and in comics, contemporary raga, lots of traditional fiddle music and a Bert Jansch tribute, and of course dragons and chocolate.
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Kedgeree, or Khichari You If Prefer
- What’s New for the 4th of September: A Rivers of London novella, a Piece of Pulp gets the Film Treatment,Ice Cream, Jethro Tull’s ‘The Hunting Girl’
Category Archives: Graphic Literature
DeZ Vylenz’s The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Filmed in 2003, this 78 minute film consists of a one-on-one interview with comic creator Alan Moore, best known for works like From Hell, Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Although Moore does touch on his past and his comic career, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Graphic Literature
Tagged comics, documentary
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Christian Sahlen & Johan Nohr’s Cy_Borg
Christian Sahlen & Johan Nohr’s Cy_Borg is sold as a reskin of the previous Mörk Borg. Well this is technically true karma and aesthetically true to the extent they both very much bring to mind a rough you occasionally disturbing … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature, What Nots
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Nicole Claveloux’s The Green Hand and Other Stories
Nicole Claveloux’s The Green Hand and Other Stories is a collection of graphic fiction from thr 1970s which have only now found themselves in english. The content is varied, yet has a throughline of the odd and just olain weird … Continue reading
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Wayne Vansant’s Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage: The Graphic Novel, June Brigman and Roy Richardson’s Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty: The Graphic Novel, and Gary Reed and Frazer Irving’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel
An adaptation of a novel, whether into a movie or a graphic novel, is never a wholly faithful translation. A novel has the advantage of having fewer constraints against length, and as such, paring down a classic into a more … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature
Tagged Children's literature, fantasy
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Charles M. Schulz’s The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952, 1953-1954, and 1955-1956
Subtitled “The Definitive Collection of Charles M. Schulz’s Comic Strip Masterpiece,” this project is set to run for 12 years, at two volumes per annum until every daily strip from the master’s hand is available in a matched set of … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Literature
Tagged comics
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Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
Hmmmm. It’s all about the cleverness, isn’t it? Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill came up with a brilliant premise in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In an alternate universe, some of the most noted characters in Victorian fiction are recruited … Continue reading
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Tagged comics
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Alan Moore’s Promethea: Book One
If you don’t know Alan Moore, you don’t know modern fantasy. At least, you don’t know vibrant, witty, sexy, brutal, erudite, mind-blowing, cutting-edge modern fantasy. And you certainly don’t know comics. Alan Moore is the author of the exhaustively researched, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Moore, comics, myth, urban fantasy
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Joshua Dysart, Enrique Breccia and Timothy Green II’s Swamp Thing: Love in Vain
With Love in Vain, Joshua Dysart took over the reins of Swamp Thing from the rather more erratic storytelling of Andy Diggle, and the difference is obvious. What Dysart has to work with is an extended continuity that’s mostly been … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, horror
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Larry Gonick’s The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part I
Harvard mathematician Larry Gonick continues his wildly successful Cartoon History of the Universe series with this book, an irreverent cartoon look at world history “From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution.” Anyone who loves history, comics or both should have this … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, history
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Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength
I’ve loved Alison Bechdel’s work from the first page of her award winning graphic memoir Fun Home. I know I’m not alone in my enthusiasm for her work, but I just want to get out there that I connect with … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, memoir
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