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- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Tag Archives: comics
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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Susan J. Napier’s Anime: From Akira To Howl’s Moving Castle
Napier, a professor of Japanese literature and culture, originally wrote this intriguing analysis of anime in 2001. Following the worldwide critical and commercial success of Miyazaki Hayao’s Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle movies, she decided to revisit and revise … Continue reading
Ted Naifeh’s Courtney Crumrin Volume 1, The Night Things, and Volume 2, The Coven of Mystics
Rebecca Scott wrote this review. Let’s see: Plucky preteen girl? Check. Parents who don’t pay attention to her? Check. Spooky old house for them to move into? Check. Creepy, mean, elderly relative who lives there? Check Bullies at the new … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, urban fantasy
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Robert Crumb & David Zane Mairowitz’s Kafka
First time I heard of Franz Kafka was when I read the liner notes to the Mothers of Invention album We’re Only In It For the Money. The one with the Sgt. Pepper parody cover! One track was entitled “The … Continue reading
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Joe Sacco’s Palestine: the Special Edition
This lovely edition of Joe Sacco’s classic graphic novel Palestine is being promoted as “celebrating fifteen years of … Joe Sacco’s groundbreaking work of comics journalism.” So, it’s not a graphic novel? It’s “comics journalism.” OK, I’ll buy that. Whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, nonfiction
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Various artists’ Manga Survey, Part 2
Akimine Kamijyo, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Vols. 1 & 2 Ra In-Soo and Jae-Hwan Kim, King of Hell, Vols. 1-3 Ayano Yamane, Crimson Spell Vols. 1 & 2 This is the second part of what turned out to be a long … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, fantasy, manga
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Various artists’ Manga Survey, Part 3
Kentaro Yabuki’s Black Cat, Vols. 1-6 BONES, Keiko Nobumoto, and Toshitsugu Iida’s Wolf’s Rain Makoto Tatenos Steal Moon, Vol. 1 Science fiction is another area in which Western comics and manga have made a strong presence for themselves. Aside from … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, manga, yaoi
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Various artists’ Manga Survey, Part 1
Matsuri Hino’s Vampire Knight (Vols. 1-5) Maguro Wasabi’s Necratoholic Tite Kubo’s Bleach, Vols. 1-2 Comics and graphic novels have always had an affinity for the bizarre, surreal, fantastic, and otherwise otherworldly, and manga is no exception. Although many titles – … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, dark fantasy, manga
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Alan Grant’s Justice League of America: Batman: The Stone King
There are two problems with the GraphicAudio presentation of Batman: The Stone King, and neither of them are what you’d expect. The actual voice acting is fine, ranging from competent to quite good. Richard Rohan’s narration moves things along briskly, … Continue reading
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Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden and Stephen R. Bissette’s Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman
Authors Hank Wagner and Christopher Golden collaborated previously on The Complete Stephen King Universe, a comprehensive, excellent study of King’s writings. This time around they’ve enlisted the help of artist Stephen Bissette and have turned their attention to Neil Gaiman. … Continue reading
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