AltWeeklies Wire
Flying The Skull And Funnybones
Gideon Defoe's "Pirates!" adventure books are a blast, and if you're not careful, you just may learn something -- nothing of any value, of course, but something.
Columbus Alive |
Bob Starker |
11-17-2005 |
Fiction
Sean Hannity, Cyborg Hero of the People
A new comic book series posits a futuristic, liberal dystopia where the only thing between mollycoddled terrorists and the total annihilation of the American people are action heroes G. Gordon Liddy and Sean Hannity.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
A Taste Of Honey
With her .38 and 38-inch bust, '50s pulp fiction heroine Honey West returns to bookshelves in a reprint of her first adventure.
Columbus Alive |
Bob Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Fiction
Get 'Em While They're Young
A children's author provides a primer in the politics of fear for tomorrow's Republicans.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-14-2005 |
Fiction
G. I. Jihadi
A new comic book series Black Heart Irregulars attacks the Iraq War head on.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-02-2005 |
Fiction
An Abstract 'Animal Farm'
George Saunders' strange political allegory plays out in an even stranger setting.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-01-2005 |
Fiction
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
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
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
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
Just What the Crazy Victorian Doctor Ordered
This guide lists 65 of the funniest, fictional diseases the best and brightest of the Sci-Fi/fantasy set could come up with.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
05-05-2005 |
Fiction
Chinese Take-Out and Take-Downs
Monster-fighting busboy Sharknife delivers hyperbolic non-stop, over-the-top, hip-hop chop-socky action.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
04-28-2005 |
Fiction
Libertarian Sci-Fi
L. Neil Smith's sci-fi noir thriller about a police detective from the far-flung future of 1987 visiting the Libertarian America next door gets the easy-to-read graphic novel treatment.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
03-24-2005 |
Fiction
