by Site Owner | Oct 6, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels
by Daniel Clowes Pantheon, $19.95, 78 pages A man sits alone at a restaurant table, waiting nervously for his blind date to arrive. She is already late, and he begins berating himself for being too old, too flawed, too poor…this is the reader’s introduction to...
by Site Owner | Aug 1, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels
by Ben Katchor Pantheon, $25.95, 128 pages When you hold the handle of this book, it appears to be an overstuffed suitcase. When you open the book you’ll see it is definitely overstuffed with cartoonist Ben Katchor’s comic strips. The Cardboard Valise is...