7 Billion Needles, Vols. 1-2
First published in 1950, Hal Clement’s Needle was a unique mixture of hard science fiction and police procedural. The story…
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Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
I was six in 1978, the year DC Comics first published Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, so I can’t claim…
Short Cuts and Genkaku Picasso
Short Cuts has the unique distinction of being one of the first manga I ever loathed. In fairness to Usamaru…
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Presents
Back in 2007, John Jakala coined the trademark-worthy phrase “comeuppance theater” to describe horror stories in which a mean, violent,…
Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
At some point in your travels through high school English, a teacher probably made you read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,”…