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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook
- What’s New for the 13th of April: Anthony Bourdain in print and video; Calexico, Giant Sand and related music; new recordings of ragas, Nordic songs, and vocal jazz, ‘The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down’ performed by The Band
- A Kinrowan Story: We Lost The Cheshire Cat
- What’s New for the 30th of March: Space Opera by Niven & Pournell, Arkady Martine, C. J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, Simon Jimenez and more; Kage reads for us ‘The Empress of Mars’, a novella she wrote; a grab bag of music including new Buryat folk music; The Ukrainians; live music from the Scottish band Iron Horse; Gail Simone graphic novels; Farscape; and of course chocolate
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms
- What’s New of 16th of March: A variety of mysteries; some new Scottish music by an old band, new jazz, and splendid archival reviews; ballads in graphic novel form; and chocolate in Paris
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New of 2nd of March: Kibbles and Bits including ghostly stories, the Hotel California, music picked by Gary of course
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Quotes that aren’t
- What’s New for the 16th of February: Books by and about Bob Dylan, and music by Dylan and others; plus some new world music and jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Unreliable Narrators
- What’s New for the 2nd of February: All about the Oz books, green man lore, and gargoyles; Baltic polyphony, East-West ambient psychedelia, and a grab bag of other music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Knit One, Purl Two
- What’s New for the 19th of January: Go Ahead, Be Pleasantly Surprised At What’s Here
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Ancients and Venerables of Guild of St. Nicholas
- What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Biscuits
- What’s New for the 22nd of December: A Solstice Story, Crow Girls, Scrooge, Marley, Elizabeth I, Revels and more festive holiday reading; The Lion in Winter on stage and screen; Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Christine Lavin, swinging jazz and more holiday sounds
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
- What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Eggnog
- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Brandy (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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Category Archives: Graphic Literature
Stephen Weiner, Jason Hall, Victoria Blake, and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy: The Companion
Stephen Weiner, Jason Hall, Victoria Blake, and Mike Mignola (writers) and Mike Mignola (illustrator) It’s really hard to do a companion to a long running series well. Roger Zelazny’s The Amber Chronicles was well served by Theodore Krulik’s The Complete … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy, Hellboy
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Jeff Smith’s SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil
First, a few brief items from the Full Disclosure Department: as a kid, my favorite superhero was Captain Marvel. I read a lot of his comics, watched his Saturday morning TV show (coupled with “Isis”), and when I was in … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Literature
Tagged superheroes
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Paul Grushkin & Dennis King’s The Art of Modern Rock
A long time ago, more years than I’d like to count, I was the assistant editor of my high school yearbook. Okay, it was 1968 and we had an art editor who was deeply influenced by the posters coming from … Continue reading
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Tagged poster art, rock and roll
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Paradox Press: An omnibus review of The Big Book Of … series
Jonathan Vankin’s The Big Book of the ’70s (Paradox Press, 2000) Jonathan Vankin’s The Big Book of Bad (Paradox Press, 1998) Doug Moench’s The Big Book of Conspiracies (Paradox Press, 1995) Bronwyn Carlton’s The Big Book of Death (Paradox Press, … Continue reading
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Tagged comics
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An interview with Michael William Kaluta
Ian Nicholas Mackenzie here. I took a break from working on our upcoming Brian and Wendy Froud edition to talk in the Pub over a few pints of Guinness with another master artist, Michael William Kaluta. Green Man Review: Why … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, fantasy, science fiction
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged comics
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