Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Sunday, February 12, 2023

The Scottish Play, Retold

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At some point during the mid-1950s, writer/artist Mort Meskin created the following retelling of Shakespeare's "MacBeth". Mesk...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

A great collection of early work by Richard Sala

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Black Cat Crossing (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993) Writers: Richard Sala and Tom De Haven  Artist: Richard Sala Rating: Eight of Ten Stars "...
Saturday, March 19, 2022

It's a Sala Saturday!

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Here's another early one-page comic from the great Richard Sala. Created in 1985, it's another prime example of how how easily Sala ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

'Lovesickness' is more greatness from Junji Ito

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Love Sickness (2021, Viz Media) Script and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Eight of Ten Stars "Lovesickness" is the latest hardcover collec...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A collection of clever and funny short comics

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Stark Plug Book(.com) (Rolling Tire Productions, 2017) Art and Writing: Chap Rating: Seven of Ten Stars Experience fragments from the life o...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

'Peculia' is a swift and entertaining read

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Peculia (2002, Fantagraphics) Story and Art: Richard Sala Rating: Seven of Ten Stars Peculia wanders the countryside and neighborhood ar...
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Friday, May 10, 2019

'Dissolving Classroom' delivers large doses of social commentary with the horror

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Dissolving Classroom (2017, Vertical Comics) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Six of Ten Stars Whereever handsome Yuuma and his hideous ...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Horror master Ito adapts 'Frankenstein', and tells the weird tale of Oshikiri's many lives

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Frankenstein (2018, Viz Media) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Eight of Ten Stars Junji Ito is an undisputed master of horror comics. H...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Complete 'Tomie' in One Big Book

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Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition (2016, Viz Media) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Nine of Ten Stars High school girl Tomie is found dism...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

That time Junji Ito traded horror for cats!

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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (Kodansha Comics, 2015) Story and Art: Junji Ito Rating: Seven of Ten Stars When Junji's fia...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Collections of Rumiko Takahashi short stories both delights and dissapoints

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Japanese writer/artist Rumiko Takahashi has been referred as the 'Queen of Romantic Comedy.' This is a title that works such as ...