Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Tenacious D – Post Apocalypto

BOOK REVIEW: Tenacious D – Post Apocalypto

Festooned with copious cartoon dicks and nudity, where full anatomies are exposed where even the robot has a fully functioning…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Albion’s Secret History – Guy Mankowski

For Guy, the places where important cultural changes and new ideas emerged (such as a new style of music in…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Michael Jackson in Comics By Céka

Who would have thought that the eighth child to a crane operator living in a two-bedroom house would one day…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Willie Nelson: A Graphic History – T.J. Kirsch

It’s hard to imagine a “wild” kid nicknamed “booger red” by his peers because he picked his “nose out of…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Life in the Stocks: Various Conversations with Musicians & Creatives By Matt Stocks

With his Life in the Stocks podcast now entering its fourth year and notching 180 shows at the time of…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Cliff Richard – The Dreamer

In this chronological autobiography, Sir Cliff positively reflects over his life (80 years) and music career (over 60 years) stating…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Band for Life By Anya Davidson

“Band for Life” tell the story of the fictional five-piece (initially) noise music Chicago based band Guntit, founded, and led…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Music: A Fold-Out Graphic History

When James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins & Keith Aoki wrote their graphic novel “Theft! A History of Music”, they begin in…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: All Together Now – Hope Larson

Two years ago Hope Larson introduced us to 13-year-old Bina in All Summer Long who has a natural ear for…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Hip Hop Family Tree Book 1: 1970s -1981 by Ed Piskor

This New York Times best-selling series (completed in 2013) won the hearts and minds of American graphic novel critics. When…

3 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Ninja Sex Party Origins: The Graphic Novel

“Inspired by The Lonely Island and Flight of the Conchords, Ninja Sex Party was initially about "a Jewish superhero who…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Joan Baez: The Last Leaf by Elizabeth Thomson

There is a well-known saying to fans in awe of their favourite musicians: “Don’t meet your heroes” or else you…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: The Book of Drexciya: Volume One by Abdul Qadim Haqq and Dai Satō

One of the most notable techno and electro acts that came out of 1980s Detroit was James Stinson and Gerald…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Summer By Ali Smith

After thrilling readers with her novels, Autumn, Winter, and Spring, Ali Smith's seasonal Quartet finally comes to an end with…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

Utopia Avenue is the ninth novel by David Mitchell but is his first attempt at delving into the labyrinth of…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Paul is Dead: When The Beatles Lost McCartney By Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti

If one is interested in finding out more about the Paul is Dead (P.I.D.) conspiracy theory Paul is Dead: When…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Bob Marley in Comics by Sophie Blitman and Gaet’s

The word “Reggae” has different connotations for various people, but for Bob Marley, the word didn’t even have African or…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: J&K By John Pham

One expects many things from a graphic novel: deftly drawn original artwork; exciting plots and garrulous text abridged for comic…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: The Golden Sheep (part three) By Kaori Ozaki

After three months the wait to find out what happened to Tsugu, Sora, Yuushin and Sally (Asari) is now finally…

4 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Hitsville UK By John Riordan and Dan Cox

Originally released as comic segments annually as a seven-part series; these parts have now formed together to be released as…

4 years ago