Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (4/25/12)

Each week, Paste reviews the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books. Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle Drawn + Quarterly, 2012 Rating: 9.2 With its status as winner of the Fauve d’Or, or best comic book award, at this year’s Angouleme Comic Festival, a pretty serious honor, and its topic (the artist’s year in Israel with his wife, who works for Doctors Without Borders, and children), one could easily anticipate some major heaviness from Guy Delisle’s latest. Don’t shy away, though. Luckily, the volume itself is mostly literally weighty, addressing complex...  read more