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History Lessons, Courtesy of Nicholson Baker and Howard Zinnnew

Human Smoke is itself a kind of reference work: a series of short reports -- some only a paragraph long and most of them drawn from newspaper accounts, diaries, documents, letters, memoirs, memos, and public speeches, with Baker doing the assembling and providing the timeline and context.
The Memphis Flyer  |  Leonard Gill  |  04-25-2008  |  Nonfiction
Tags: WAR, Howard Zinn, graphic novels, Poetry, A People's History of American Empire, Nicholson Baker, Human Smoke, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle, reference books, Richard Tillinghast, Simon & Schuster, Nonfiction Reviews

Portland: Comic Meccanew

So by now everyone in Portland knows that, to quote one of the most cliched newspaper headlines ever, "comics aren't just for kids anymore."
The Portland Mercury  |  Alison Hallett  |  04-24-2008  |  Books
Tags: comic books, comics, graphic novels, Portland, Stumptown Comics Fest

Comically Disinclinednew

Here's a selection of comic books for those who don't care for comics.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Tim Kreider  |  09-28-2005  |  Fiction
Tags: Various Titles, comic books, comics, graphic novels, Tim Kreider, Various

Super Erosnew

A slash fiction writer gives up her secret identity.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Violet Glaze  |  09-28-2005  |  Original Work
Tags: graphic novels, erotica, slash fiction, Violet Glaze, X-Men

Dark Artsnew

Comics master Charles Burns digs deeper in Black Hole.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Tom Chalkley  |  09-28-2005  |  Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns, comics, graphic novels, Burns
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