Category Archives: Graphic Literature

Bill Willingham’s Fables, Volume 6: Homelands, and Volume 7: Arabian Nights (and Days)

Posted on 24th January 2022 by Aptil Gutierrez

Bill Willingham’s wonderfully developed series about fairy tales living among us today (see Fables 1-2 and 3-5) extends two more volumes with Homelands and Arabian Nights. Artists on Homelands are Mark Buckingham, David Hahn and Steve Leialoha; artists on Arabian … Continue reading →

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Drew Friedman’s Old Jewish Comedians

Posted on 13th January 2022 by David Kidney

“Take this book … (wait for it) … please!” I paraphrase Henny Youngman just because to appreciate this new volume of paintings, some understanding of who the men (and it’s all men) in these portraits are (or were). As the … Continue reading →

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Ari Berk’s The Secret History of Giants

Posted on 13th January 2022 by Diverse Voices

Deborah J. Brannon wrote this review. Anyone first laying eyes on The Secret History of Giants must surely exclaim as I did: “What a charming little volume!” From its textured cover featuring an intriguing root-bedecked giant face (with a serious … Continue reading →

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Paul Dini and Chip Kidd’s Batman Animated

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Cat Eldridge

We in this household have been watching the Warner Brothers DVD release of the animated Batman series covered in Batman Animated one or two episodes at a time for a few months now. There’s at least three more animated Batman … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Aptil Gutierrez

Here at GMR we are rather fond of our graphic novels, trade paperbacks and manga. But it’s the rare – very rare – case where we review individual issues of a title or series. The only other time we’ve done … Continue reading →

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Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel’s Batman R.I.P.

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Richard Dansky

Pity the poor Batman. He’s had his back broken, his sidekick killed, another sidekick shot and paralyzed below the waist, his city ravaged by plague and earthquake, and his pet supercomputer go berserk and try to take over the world. … Continue reading →

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Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Philip Tan’s Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Robert M. Tilendis

Grant Morrison, in Batman Reborn, has brought us the next generation of — well, of Batman and Robin. In this case, Batman is Dick Grayson, the former Robin, the former Nightwing. Robin is Bruce Wayne’s son Damian, ten years old, … Continue reading →

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Matt Wagner’s Batman/Grendel

Posted on 30th December 2021 by Robert M. Tilendis

Matt Wagner did two crossover series, the first a joint effort between Comico, his publisher at the time, and DC Comics, and the second between Dark Horse and DC, to bring together Grendel and Batman. In the first mini-series, originally … Continue reading →

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Chris Ware’s The Acme Novelty Library #17

Posted on 23rd November 2021 by David Kidney

The concept of the Acme Novelty Library is described in very specific detail in tiny little print in the front of this Seventeenth issue. It tells the reader that it was “established in 1989 as the brick and mortar fictional … Continue reading →

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Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty’s The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume One)

Posted on 11th November 2021 by Denise Kitashima Dutton

If you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer like I am, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Volume One: The Long Way Home is something you’ve been looking forward to for a few years now. If you’re only generally aware of … Continue reading →

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