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The Superfriends Get a New Paint Job
Painter Alex Ross returns to DC's Justice League superheroes, giving them a photorealistic sheen.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-04-2005 |
Fiction
J.K. Rowling's 'Prince' is Full-Bloodednew
They say the third time's the charm, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth volume in J.K. Rowling's coming-of-age saga of the Frodo/Jesus of the wizarding world, is the best since the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Boston Phoenix |
Carolyn Clay |
08-02-2005 |
Fiction
Author Channels Monty Python In New Booknew
Though there are no Knights Who Say "Ni" in Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, author Christopher Dawes was clearing channeling Monty Python in his real-life quest aimed at "converting [my] loft and/or finding Holy Grail."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
07-28-2005 |
Fiction
An Ice Place to Visit

Cartoonist Daniel Clowes presents the first -- and only -- great American comic-strip novel.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-21-2005 |
Fiction
Holding Forth: Marc Estrin's Arnold Hitlernew
Marc Estrin’s sophomore novel follows an alienated protagonist as his life intersects with various historical events and flash points. Arnold Hitler enters a Texas elementary school in the mid ’50s, and witnesses up close the wrenching drama of an early desegregation attempt.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
07-19-2005 |
Fiction
Wrong Turnnew
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads
Missoula Independent |
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads |
07-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Lee Burke, Crusader's Cross
Who's Who in the Secret Society
Name writers contribute anonymously to an anthology that allows them to do more damage.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-08-2005 |
Fiction
Grumpy Young Supermen
Indie comics' crime maestro plays matchmaker for Marvel's odd couple.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-08-2005 |
Fiction
Sixth Book Concludes the 'B-Boy Blues' Seriesnew
For those of you who have been following the now six-book saga, James Earl Hardy is at last giving these two black same-gender lovers the happy ending they deserve in A House Is Not a Home.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
07-07-2005 |
Fiction
It's Easy to Forget Violent Forces That Create Artnew
Kassten Alonso has translated the same techniques of ceramics into literature in Core: A Romance, a gorgeous, fractured novel about a homicidal sculptor of stone and ceramics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-30-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Core: A Romance, Kassten Alonso
Punched Punk Love
Bryan Lee O'Malley continues his epic, videogame-inspired Canadimanga about the fight of Scott Pilgrim's love life.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
Fiction
Return to 'Neverwhere' -- again
British fantasist Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere gets its second adaptation, this time to comics.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
Fiction
Summertime and the Reading Is ... Sleazynew
A reviewer's four top picks from small presses are not for the faint of heart.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
06-22-2005 |
Fiction
Other Englandsnew
Who wrote Hamlet? Did Christopher Marlowe help William Shakespeare? Plus, the tragic vision and mystical romance of Joan Aiken's Wolves Chronicles.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
06-20-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: in, and, of, King, wolves, Nantucket, black, Stolen, Hearts, Lodge, Alex Jack; Joan Aiken, Battersea, Chase, Clatteringshaws, Cuckoo, Dido, Hamlet; Wolves Chronicles, Lake, Lear, Limbo, Midwinter, Nightbirds, Nightingale, Pa, TREE, Willoughby
Historical Dictionnew
Rick Bass messes with Texas.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
06-09-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Bass, The Diezmo