by Site Owner | May 25, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels, Portland Publishers, Science Fiction
KA-POW action Written by Archie Goodwin, Larry Ivie, Bill Pearson, and Al Williamson Illustrated by Al Williamson, Gil Kane and various. Dark Horse Books, $49.99, 310 pages Who needs Angst? Flash Gordon is a revelation! Of course, I had heard of Flash...
by Site Owner | Mar 19, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Portland Authors, Sports & Recreation
by Michael Orr The History Press, $19.99, 127 pages In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a Portland Timbers fan, and a member of the Timbers Army 107ist supporters organization. When I root, I root for the Timbers. I am old enough to remember the old Portland...
by Site Owner | Dec 22, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels
Words and Art by Jay Potts Worldofhurt.com, $25.00, 88 pages I have been an admirer of Jay Potts’ blaxploitaiton black and white three panel webcomic World of Hurt http://worldofhurtonline.com for several years. The collection World of Hurt: The Thrill-Seekers,...
by Site Owner | Dec 1, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
by Philip Matyszak Thames & Hudson, $24.95, 200 pages Philip Matyszak has produced a book that’s at once tremendously accessible to the general reader, amusing, and educational. it’s filled with advice, on how to behave, where to go, how to train, what you’re...
by Site Owner | Dec 1, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, History
by Maria Teresa Caracciolo & Roselyne de Ayala Abbeville Press, $185.00, 496 pages Without a doubt, The History of Rome in Painting, edited by Caracciolo and de Ayala, is the most beautiful, best produced book I’ve ever seen. The book features hundreds of very...