Comic books: ‘American Comic Book Chronicles’
American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-69 by John Wells, TwoMorrows, 288 pages, $41.95 Fandom is a remarkable thing, as this absurdly detailed survey of the contents, business and impact of comics...
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Comic book roundup: ‘Megahex’ and more
Megahex by Simon Hanselmann, Fantagraphics, 210 pages, $29.99 It's hard to say what qualifies as an archival reprint these days, as many independent cartoonists publish their work, even material slated...
Marvin Tate on ‘The Amazing Mister Orange’
Marvin Tate knows the exact moment when poetry became his calling. The North Lawndale native grew up in a home without a TV or radio, where the family entertained one...
Review: ‘Do Not Sell at Any Price’ by Amanda Petrusich
"It's funny that you even call it an art," a dedicated record collector responds when music writer Amanda Petrusich refers to his obsession as a dying art. "I think," he...
Fantagraphics collects all 13 issues of ‘witzend’
Two things, if any, are recalled on the rare occasions when comics fans think of the 1966-1985 publication "witzend": that it was Wally Wood's book and, well, boobs! As revealed...
Review: ‘Black and White’ by Richard Williams with Bart Davis
Richard Williams opens his autobiography, "Black and White: The Way I See It," on a stormy Saturday in 2012, with his daughter Serena spending time with her family in the...
Comic book roundup: ‘The Collected Hungry Bottom Comics,’ others
Here are three new comic collections to check out. Pirates in the Heartland edited by Patrick Rosenkranz, Fantagraphics, 232 pages, $34.99 When Nebraska native S. Clay Wilson moved to San...
Review: ‘The Dylanologists’ by David Kinney
Prior to John Lennon's 1980 murder at the hands of an obsessive Beatles aficionado, the most infamous rock fan was A.J. Weberman, a man who memorized every Bob Dylan lyric,...
Comic roundup: ‘B+F,’ ‘White Cube’ and ‘Twelve Gems’
Here are three new comic books to check out. B+F by Gregory Benton, AdHouse, 64 pages, $24.95 Gregory Benton's lush, wordless comic novel "B+F" might be one of the best...
Review: ‘The Dylanologists’ by David Kinney
Prior to John Lennon's 1980 murder at the hands of an obsessive Beatles aficionado, the most infamous rock fan was A.J. Weberman, a man who memorized every Bob Dylan lyric,...