AltWeeklies Wire
A Sweet Crop of New Graphic Narrativesnew
Comics. Graphic novels. Sequential-art books. Call them what you will, but there are more of them than ever. Here's a rundown on some of the best from the past few months.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-15-2009 |
Books
In a New Book, Ethan Gilsdorf Tracks His Global Quest to Visit the Holiest Nerd-World Sitesnew
A former teenage Dungeons & Dragons nerd, author Ethan Gilsdorf has rediscovered his past obsession and gone global, making pilgrimage to the planet's temples of dorkdom, from a visit to Tolkien's home in the UK to a jam with Boston wizard rockers Harry and the Potters.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-01-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Post-Modern 'Art' of Twitter Fictionnew
Twitter technology lets you write a novel 140 characters at a time. And you want to do this why?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
01-16-2009 |
Books
Searching for National Identity in 'State By State'new
An American anthology offers proof that despite the intractable antipathy between red and blue, despite the creeping sameness imposed by chains and big boxes, despite the fact that 81 percent of its citizens feel the U.S. has gone off the rails, this is still a wondrously diverse country, with great cause for self-confidence.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Amazing Life and Mysterious Death of Peter Iversnew
You've probably never heard of Peter Ivers. But the Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated free spirit was a sort of Zelig of the late-'60s-to-early-'80s pop-cultural scene. And somebody beat him to death.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Howard Zinn Never Figured He'd Be in a Comic Booknew
But there he is in the new A People's History of American Empire, in which artist Mike Konopacki and historian Paul Buhle commingle the scholarship of Zinn's A People's History of the United States with the personal recollections of his memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Adrian Tomine's Graphic Identitynew
A Japanese-American artist confronts race and disappointment in his first long-form graphic novel.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
Plunder, Pillage, and Profitnew
A provocative new book suggests big business could learn from young thieves.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
01-18-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Brit Witsnew
As Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh face 50, two of Brit Lit's standard-bearers stare down middle age in very different ways.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-11-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Annals of Terminationnew
George W. Bush is guilty of a lot of things -- but in her just-released book, former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega gets specific.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Hunger for Truthnew
Peter Behrens' personalized novel sheds new light on the Irish famine and provokes some nasty comparisons to Hurricane Katrina.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams
Green Monster to Green Zonenew
Two red Sox fans gave up selling "Yankees Suck" T-shirts and got jobs in war-torn Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
'Cribs,' Despot Editionnew
If you’re a heartless dictator, home is where the hideous ersatz pagodas, caged leopards, room-size shoe closets, and bizarre bathroom appliances are.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
From the Ashesnew
With one of the better novels to come out of 9/11, Jay McInerney grows up.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-24-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay McInerney, The Good Life
A Bird! A Plane! A Conservative!new
In the first-ever comic book explicitly by and for conservatives, patriotic superhero Captain America is irrelevant because, says co-creator Mike Mackey, "traditional American values are not traditional anymore."
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-11-2005 |
Fiction
