Laurianne Uy is clearly manga-influenced, but her first graphic novel, a Xeric Award winner, is enjoyable for any comic reader. Polterguys is the story of Bree, a focused college student who has a dream of becoming a doctor that takes the place of having any friends. Her roommates drive her crazy, so she moves off-campus to an old house that turns out to have five inhabitants — ghosts, all boys. (According to the author, it’s inspired by “reverse harem” shojo […]

A new Owly book never disappoints, and the oversized hardcover children’s book format just provides more room to explore Andy Runton’s lovely visions of the animal friends. In this followup to last year’s Friends All Aflutter!, Runton is playing with art in shades of purple and black, as Owly and Wormy use their new telescope. You can’t see the stars well from most homes, especially if your house is a tree covered in leaves, so the two go camping, after […]

Just in time for Halloween comes this handsome repackaging of the graphic novel adaptation of the literary juggernaut that is Twilight. Both volumes, previously released separately in paperback, are contained in this chunky hardcover, packaged to sit nicely on the shelf next to the source novels. In a nice touch, the connecting covers of the two previous paperbacks are reprinted inside this volume’s dust jacket. It really is attractive packaging. When I stop to think about it, I can’t stand […]

It’s been eight years since Mr. Negativity came out, the volume previous to this collection in chronology, and four years since I’ve read an issue of Supernatural Law, so I was worried that I’d have forgotten too much to catch up. Wrong. Batton Lash’s characters came right back to me, helped by the classic formula of their stories and a new 12-page prologue that reintroduces the concept and the cast. The situations aren’t particularly deep or subtle, but the appeal […]

Darryl Cunningham previously wrote Psychiatric Tales, stories of his time working with mental patients. Now, he turns his graphic journalism to bigger topics with Science Tales: Lies, Hoaxes, and Scams. As in his previous book, the chapters take distinct points of view. These are essays, meant to convince, not just reporting. Topics covered include current hot buttons — climate change, evolution, denial of the facts discovered by the scientific method — as well as older areas of debate, including chiropractic, […]