Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett

By Brooks Sterritt at 4:40 PM on February 27, 2013

First, a word on the title: Percival Everett by Virgil Russell is a book by, that’s right, Percival Everett.   read more

Nemo: Heart of Ice by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

By Mark Rozeman at 4:40 PM on February 27, 2013

Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill Publisher: Top Shelf Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

By Don Schanche Jr. at 11:00 AM on February 27, 2013

In Django Unchained, a German dentist/bounty hunter lectures Leonardo DiCaprio—cast as a dentally challenged Mississippi planter—on an irrefutable fact: French novelist Alexandre Dumas was a black man.  read more

Justice League of America #1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch

By Garrett Martin at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2013

Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: David Finch Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: February 20, 2013...  read more

Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée

By Hillary Brown at 4:30 PM on February 20, 2013

Writer & Artist: Geneviève Castrée Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Release Date: February 19, 2013...  read more

Swann Dives In by Charles Salzberg

By Jules Brenner at 3:48 PM on February 19, 2013

British writer Stuart Evers addressed the question of mystery fiction as literature, observing that, “...at its best, crime writing offers unique insights into society, psychology, and human behavior. It can be both engaging and literate; compelling and well-written. It can be innovative and surprising, but what it can't be, it seems, is feted in the same way as literary fiction. The most crime writers can hope for is to be told, as Ian Rankin indeed was, that their novels 'almost transcend the genre.' Faint praise indeed.”  read more

The Graphic Canon: Volume 2 edited by Russ Kick

By Andy Hughes at 12:06 PM on February 19, 2013

There's something seductive about an impossible project … and what would seem more impossible at first glance than The Graphic Canon?  read more

District 14: Season 1

By Hillary Brown at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2013

Writer: Pierre Gabus Artist: Romuald Reutimann Publisher: Humanoids Release Date: February 27, 2013...  read more

Batman #17 by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo

By Sean Edgar at 10:00 PM on February 12, 2013

Writer: Scott Snyder Artists: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Release Date: February 13, 2013 Mild Spoilers...  read more

Tenth of December by George Saunders

By Robert Alford at 4:20 PM on February 12, 2013

The other day, I spent a few hours walking around Seattle’s University District.   read more

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

By Ray Deck III at 10:55 AM on February 12, 2013

Indianapolis-based writer John Green gathered the world's most painful and confusing paradoxes, marinated them in sarcasm until they became bearable and assigned them the title The Fault in Our Stars.  read more

Invincible #100 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley

By Sean Edgar at 9:00 AM on February 10, 2013

Writer: Robert Kirkman Artists: Ryan Ottley Publisher: Image Release Date: January 30, 2013 Spoilers...  read more

Alice in Wonderland by Rod Espinosa

By Hillary Brown at 1:00 PM on February 6, 2013

Writer/Artist: Lewis Carroll, graphic novel adapted by Rod Espinosa Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: February 6, 2013...  read more

Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die by Willie Nelson

By Elias Leight at 1:19 PM on February 5, 2013

Willie Nelson’s new book, Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die, takes us on an amusing romp through the past and present of one of country music’s oldest living stars.  read more

Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan

By Natalie Sypolt at 11:31 AM on February 5, 2013

Is the truth … flexible?   read more

The Answer! #1

By Garrett Martin at 9:00 AM on February 1, 2013

Writer: Dennis Hopeless and Mike Norton Artist: Mike Norton Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: January 23, 2013...  read more

The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry

By Hillary Brown at 9:00 AM on January 31, 2013

Writer/Artist: Lynda Barry Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Release Date: January 22, 2013...  read more

Fresh Off The Boat by Eddie Huang

By Sarah Barnett at 1:48 PM on January 29, 2013

Questioning America's culinary intelligence almost always risks a food fight.  read more

Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey through the Soul of the South by Susan Puckett

By Wendell Brock at 11:42 AM on January 29, 2013

Susan Puckett may be the only American writer today who uses the Mississippi hot tamale as her North Star and stops to admire a lemon ice box pie as if it were a natural wonder soaring toward a sky of meringue.  read more

Delphine

By Hillary Brown at 2:10 PM on January 24, 2013

Writer/Artist: Richard Sala Publisher: Fantagraphics Release date: January 18, 2013...  read more