Print Reviews
Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary
Apr 30, 2008
Multimedia provocateur and no-wave icon Lydia Lunch's tell-all will jar even the jaded. Tom "Tearaway" Schulte already feels dirty.
Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling
Apr 25, 2008
Wanna know what "The Dungeon" is? Here's a hint: Some professional wrestlers left it bawling like babies. Lifelong wrestling fan and pop culture reporter Heath McCoy tells us all about Stu Hart's legacy in Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. Tim Wardyn is still in pain.
Modern Masters Volume 15: Mark Schultz
Apr 8, 2008
Mark Schultz's trademark barbarians, dinosaurs, and hotrods get the Modern Masters treatment. Consider Andrew Coulon conquered.
Indie Girl
Apr 1, 2008
Arne Johnson and Karen Macklin lure young women away from the sofa and to the drawing board. Andrew Coulon thinks the time is ripe.
Check the Technique
Mar 26, 2008
Brian Colman's book gives the inside scoop on 36 classic hip-hop albums, all from the mouths of the artists who created them. Lori Bartlett thinks it's about time.
Flash Gordon Vol. 5
Mar 25, 2008
You can keep yer campy movie and yer 21st Century remake, Shaun Corley just wants to remember Flash Gordon the way he was rendered in Alex Raymond's stunning Sunday comic strips.
Revolution In The Head (The Beatles' Records and the Sixties)
Mar 19, 2008
David Whited shares what he learned from Ian MacDonald's seminal look at 1960s Beatles' songs and their influence on American culture.
Permanence
Mar 12, 2008
Kip Fulbeck's Permanence examines tattoos as a means toward self discovery. Every piece of ink has a story and it all adds up to who we are as people. Jen Cray could barely finish the book before adding a fresh layer of ink to her body.
Incredible Change-Bots
Mar 11, 2008
Matthew Moyer makes a public spectacle of himself over Incredible Change-Bots.
The Swing Voter of Staten Island
Mar 6, 2008
Rosalie Petralia thinks Arthur Nersesian's latest novel is a dirty New York bus ride over the edge of strange.
Yearbook Stories: 1976-1978
Feb 26, 2008
Unlike most yearbooks, Matthew Moyer finds that this minicomic collection of Chris Staros' high school recollections is one that can be read again and again fondly.
Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book
Feb 20, 2008
Have you ever been listening to Pantera and thought to yourself, "I wish my demon seed could know more about the bands that they will soon worship as I do now?" If you have, then you're a friggin' lunatic. If you haven't, then you're just a little more sane. Either way, Tim Wardyn explains that this book is either the first step on your journey or just a kick ass good time.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Feb 19, 2008
Rosalie Petralia doesn't care if you don't dig Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, she thinks they're dreamy.
Lower Regions
Feb 18, 2008
Andrew Coulon figures that it might be best to keep your twelve-sided dice on hand, just in case, when reading through Alex Robinson's freewheeling homage to Red Sonja and Dungeons & Dragons.
Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories
Feb 12, 2008
Andrew Coulon follows Jeff Lemire back to Essex County in this second volume of Lemire's graphic novel series, and finds it a sad but very beautiful place to be.
Sandrine's Letters to Tomorrow
Feb 9, 2008
Carl F Gauze finds that Dedra Johnson's new book is not a children's book, but a book about children in the worst possible world in America. He couldn't put it down.
Super Spy
Feb 1, 2008
Matt Kindt's new graphic novel recaptures the shadowy espionage of World War II. Carl F Gauze knows thirteen ways to kill you if you happen to glance at him talking into his shoe.
Mathematicians in Love
Jan 31, 2008
Recreational conotoxins, multi-dimensional manifolds and hard rawk -- what the? Rudy Rucker must have a book out, and Ian Koss enjoys it.
Silent Pictures
Jan 29, 2008
Pat Graham brings the DC-centric goods in this new collection of over a decade's worth of his music photos. Matthew Moyer feels like he has an all-access pass.
