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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 4/14/2008
Key Grip: A Memoir of Endless Consequences Dustin Beall Smith . Mariner , $12.95 paper (160p) ISBN 978-0-547-05369-1 In his uneven first book, Smith presents the reader with scenes from his life, covering his career in the film industry, alcoholism, ego issues and a quest for meaning. Smith provides plenty of flashbacks from his years as a misguided, sky-diving 20-something and also tackles ...
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 4/14/2008
Picture Books Willow Buds: The Tale of Toad and Badger Mary Jane Begin . Little, Brown , $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-01352-9 Begin, who illustrated Chronicle’s 2002 edition of The Wind in the Willows, invades that classic to produce a new series, billed as “friendship stories inspired by The Wind in the Willows”; she rewinds Kenneth Grahame’s narrative chronology and ...
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Salt Water Taffy: Tall Tales of Giant Lobsters
Matthew Loux, the writer-artist of 2006’s Sidescrollers, a video game-themed romp that was named one of the “10 Best Graphic Novels for Teens,” returns to the scene with Salt Water Taffy, an all-ages series from Oni Press about two young brothers battling lobsters in Maine.
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Comics Briefly
Movie Previews at NYCC; Toon Books Second Printing; Templesmith IDW Exclusive; Bristol Comic Expo; Desert Peach Online ; Jules Feiffer at the Strand; Karasick and Newgarden Sign; TwoMorrows’ Podcasts ; New A.D. Chapters; and March Zuda Winner
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April Comics Bestsellers
Rodrick Rules continues at #1, followed by Naruto vol. 28 at #2 and Fruits Basket vol. 19 at #3. This month there's a new Anita Blake volume, The First Death at # 6,
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Viz, Stan Lee Team to Launch New Japanese Series
Viz Media and Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei are teaming up with the legendary Stan Lee to create a new manga series for the Japanese comics market.
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Marvel’s Viral Marketing Invasion
Thanks in part to an unprecedented marketing campaign that generated big buzz on the internet, Secret Invasion, the latest Marvel Comics crossover event, launched last Wednesday to strong initial sales.
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Johnny Bunko: Manga Takes Care of Business
New York Times bestselling business writer Daniel Pink has written TheAdventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. Johnny Bunko, very likely the first American conceived and illustrated (by artist Rob Ten Pas) business manga.
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The Historical Roots of Manga
Professor Brigitte Koyama-Richard has written One Thousand Years of Manga, a new history that traces the roots of manga to the 12century.
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Children's Book Reviews
Picture Books The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited Nikki Giovanni , illus. by Chris Raschka. Candlewick , $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3021-8 “Every year the same thing happens. The Grasshoppers sing, the Ants work in rhythm, the crops come up smoothly, and when winter comes, the Ants turn their backs.
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Fiction Reviews
Daphne Justine Picardie . Bloomsbury , $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-1-59691-341-7 Former British Vogue editor Picardie (My Mother's Wedding Dress) gives us a fictional life of Rebecca novelist Daphne du Maurier (1907—1989) that founders in obsession. In the late 1950s, du Maurier, determined to establish herself as a serious writer, researched and wrote a biography of Branwell Brontë, t...
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 4/7/2008
This week: a strong start for April, with star-worthy efforts on war, weapons, fashion, parenting, Paris, Gustave Courbet and the Red Headed Stranger. Plus: American art in danger, breaking up is hard on dogs, how and why to purposely shrink your clothes, and more.
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Master of Alternate History
A brief profile of Harry Turtledove, hailed as a master of alternate history fantasy novels, to accompany our print feature on the alternate history genre.
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Nonfiction Reviews
Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times Susan Quinn . Walker , $25.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8027-1698-9 Quinn (Marie Curie) does a superb job of recounting the rise and fall of the Federal Theatre Project, a wing of FDR's WPA meant to employ playwrights and actors while providing diversion and inspiration for Depression-ravaged Americans.
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DramaQueen Relaunches
Houston-based yaoi publisher DramaQueen has not published a title since September 2007. But the house has been reorganized; taken on a new financial investor and plans to release a new batch of titles in May.
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Kids, Parents Turnout for Kids Comic-Con 2008
Hundreds of kids and their parents from all around the New York City metro area converged on the campus of the Bronx Community College this past weekend for the second annual Kids Comic Con held all day Saturday, March 29.
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Life in Comics #2: Finding Comics in the “Real” World
The author searches for well known graphic novels in a comics shop, a book store and a library and reports on her findings.
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Del Rey Tells Mashima's Fairy Tail
Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail, an irreverent story filled with silly, slapstick humor about young wizards, and Del Rey Manga hopes it will be a big hit.
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Tanaka Keeps Time
Veronique Tanaka uses a unique storytelling style of 16-panel pages to tell her story in Metronome.
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Comics Briefly
Siegel Copyright Returns; Frank Miller at NYCC; Murakami at Brooklyn Museum; Making a Bestseller; Dark Horse Comics Online; Jeffery Brown on SexTV; and Comic Exhibit at MCAD
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