Category Archives: Graphic Literature

Gene Kannenberg’s 500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide

Posted on 24th August 2021 by Cat Eldridge

My, that was fun! I sat down earlier this afternoon with a notepad and pen in hand to make notes about 500 Essential Graphic Novels for review. Bad mistake, a really bad mistake. Why so, you ask? Because after hours … Continue reading →

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Alexander Irvine’s The Vertigo Encyclopedia

Posted on 24th August 2021 by Jack Merry

Ahhh, been muckin’ ’bout the Green Man library? What were you looking for? Guides to fantastic literature to give you ideas ’bout what to read next? Go left by the card catalog, turn down the stone stairs to the right, … Continue reading →

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Anthony Johnston and Wilson Tortosa’s Wolverine Volume 1: Prodigal Son

Posted on 24th August 2021 by Elizabeth Vail

Does anyone remember walking into dollar stores and seeing the knockoff toys? You know, all the “Spider-Mans” and “Battman” and “Wunder Woman” toys in garishly wrong green, orange, or magenta costumes. The toys made by cheap distributors who thought neon … Continue reading →

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Paul Buhle and Nicole Schulman, eds.’ Wobblies! A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World

Posted on 21st June 2021 by Donna Bird

A number of years ago I read and greatly enjoyed John Dos Passos’ USA Trilogy. In his jazzy, frenetic narrative style, Dos Passos provides a glimpse into the lives of several fictitious and as many real people who lived and … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Fables Vol. 8: Wolves

Posted on 16th June 2021 by Aptil Gutierrez

This eighth installment of Bill Willingham’s long-running series of fairy tale characters alive and well in our world (and at war with a fierce Adversary) finds Mowgli of Jungle Book fame still hunting down the Big Bad Wolf on behalf … Continue reading →

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Bill Willingham’s Fables Seventy-Five

Posted on 16th June 2021 by Cat Eldridge

Break out the champagne! Fables has reached issue number 75! I don’t recall us ever reviewing a single issue of an ongoing series, nor do our master review indexes — as maintained by our Library staff — show that we … Continue reading →

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Jeph Jacques’ Questionable Content

Posted on 24th May 2021 by Gary Whitehouse

I’ve always read and enjoyed comics. These days I don’t read many, but one I still keep up with religiously is the webcomic Questionable Content. I started reading it sometime in the early 2000s, based on somebody’s listicle of good … Continue reading →

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Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds’ Dying is Easy

Posted on 18th January 2021 by Warner Holme

Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds’ Dying is Easy is a strange bit of comic noir. A wonderfully Illustrated piece of graphic fiction, the story follows cop turned down and out comedian Syd Homes. It is an interesting setup, and one … Continue reading →

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Gould’s The Complete Dick Tracy Voume 28: 1974 to 1976

Posted on 17th January 2021 by Warner Holme

Chester Gould’s The Complete Dick Tracy Voume 28: 1974 to 1976 represents the second to last collection by the original creator of the comic strip. This volume is well into the era when Gould was known for injecting his politics … Continue reading →

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Jodi Houser’s Doctor Who: A Tale of Two Time Lords, Vol. 1: A Little Help From My Friends

Posted on 12th November 2020 by Cat Eldridge

This graphic novel from Titans Comics involves my two favorite Doctors from the modern era, the Tenth and Thirteenth ones. Written by Jodi Houser, who’s written Faith for Valiant Comics, Max Ride: Ultimate Flight and Agent May for Marvel Comics, … Continue reading →

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