August 2007 :: Print Reviews

Print Reviews

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Except it's really not. Ian Koss catches himself enjoying this novel of teenage depression in the Big Apple.

Modern Masters: Charles Vess

Shaun Corley enjoys Twomorrows' retrospective of the work of Neil Gaiman collaborator, and fellow Virginian, Charles Vess.

Deliciously Italian

Rock demi-urge Stehen Moramarco and his dad have put together a book describing a hundred and one ways you can sate your craving for Italian food. Ian Koss reports from the kitchen.

Nirvana: The Biography

The only way to properly document Nirvana is by documenting the grunge ecosystem, Matthew Moyer thinks, and British journalist Everett True has done just this in this latest biography.

Regards from Serbia

Graphic journalist Alexsandar Zograf has recently had his strips amalgamated and published as Regards from Serbia. Eric J. Iannelli wonders how it stacks up against existing graphic accounts of the Balkan civil wars of the '90s.

The Heels

Bring on the bad guys! Shelton Hull finds a little joy in pro wrestling again after reading this encyclopedic history of heels, the grapplers you love to hate.

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The Pentagram Papers

Ian Koss hails this collected edition of writings and ephemera by the venerable collective he dubs the "Beatles of design agencies."