The Fascinating Life Stories of Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher, and More Iconic Personalities
Icons come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and backgrounds. Some are fascinating because of unique challenges and life stories, others…
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A Thief Saves a City in the Weird, Wonderful Foundryside
In Robert Jackson Bennett’s Foundryside, a young thief is caught up in the machinations of wealthy lords and ancient magics,…
Cixin Liu’s Ball Lightning Is a Tense, Thoughtful Examination of Scientific Obsession
The 2014 release of the English translation of Cixin Liu’s trilogy-opener The Three-Body Problem, already a massive success in China, hit…
The Best Comics & Graphic Novels of August 2018
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Star Wars’ Greatest Villains Meet in Thrawn: Alliances
In the original trilogy especially, we always know who we’re rooting for—Han Solo might start out ethically ambiguous, but he…
Obsessive Tendencies: Scott McCloud on 25 Years of Understanding Comics
Twenty-five years ago, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art began appearing on the bookshelves of discerning comic book lovers everywhere, and…
The Best Comics & Graphic Novels of July 2018
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Empire of Silence Signals the Arrival of an Epic Science Fiction Talent
A hero to some, a monster to many more, Christopher Ruocchio’s chunky, ambitious debut Empire of Silence introduces Hadrian Marlowe, a reviled…
9 Recent Titles That Prove the Criterion Collection Has Something for Everyone
Dietrich and Divine. Romero and the Rat Pack. Cannibals and urban cowboys. The Criterion Collection, with its emphasis on “important”…
The Dead Spy on the Living in the Supernatural Espionage Thriller Summerland
Hannu Rajaniemi’s 2010 debut novel The Quantum Thief established him as a budding master of works blending the outlandish and the brainy. In…
Humans Make a Mess of First Contact in Patrick S. Tomlinson’s Sci-Fi Comedy Gate Crashers
First contact stories generally break one of two ways: either the aliens are benevolent, and humans mess things up; or…
The Great Cocoa Heist: You’ll Eat Up Amber Royer’s Free Chocolate
In our intergalactic future, chocolate wants to be free. Or at least affordable, and available to anyone, human or other,…
Ryan O’Sullivan and Plaid Klaus Go on a Froot-Laced, Psychedelic Journey of Void Trip
In Void Trip, writer Ryan O’Sullivan, artist Plaid Klaus, and letterer Aditya Bidikar have taken the template of the all-American, ’60s-era…
Something is Different Now: JH and Wendy Wright-Williams on Where We Live, an Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of the Las Vegas Shooting
The deadliest mass shootings in United States history occurred in October of 2017, when a gunman opened fire on a…
The Best Comics & Graphic Novels of June 2018
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Why Leia: A Star Wars Story Is the Spin-Off the Galaxy Needs
Han Solo is finally here. Specifically, Solo: A Star Wars Story, the second anthology film in the officially never-ending story…
9 Comics & Graphic Novels That Invoke the Spirit of Stephen King
The genre has a venerable, if disreputable, history in comics and graphic novels, particularly with the kind of old-school books…
Snotgirl’s Leslie Hung and Bryan Lee O’Malley Talk Social Media, Soapy Goodness, and Snot
Fashion blogger Lottie Person has a secret: she’s not nearly as perfect as her blockbuster social media presence would suggest.…
8 Essential Deadpool Comics
We screamed “Wakanda forever!” from February to April, then lost our minds at the cliffhanger ending of Avengers: Infinity War,…