The last 4 years are one of ruin, hate, and the rise of idolatry, and the widespread acceptance of willful ignorance. It has shown the world, just how ugly America and Americans are. It also has shown systemic racism is and has been part of the national fabric since the birth of our country. This… Read more
Greetings visitors to the bubble, today I am here to share my impressions after reading a war story published by Ponent Mon. It is not my first encounter with this genre in the world of comics, and I have to admit that to date my experiences have been positive. Has the same happened this time?… Read more
There is a remarkable virtue in The Flutist of Arnhem, Antonio Gil’s work, which goes beyond the anecdote that serves to give the work its title, a surprise that we are not going to break, and is the amalgam of settings that he uses to make the story take shape. It is a war comic,… Read more
While I am continuing to post my regular content, the BLM movement is still going on. Please keep referring to my story and linktree to find ways to help out. Thank you so much to Dead Reckoning for giving me a digital copy of Teddy review! Though they sent this to me, please remember all… Read more
“Teddy,” is an upcoming release this month from the publisher Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel division of nonprofit publisher Naval Institute Press (I’ve reviewed a chunk of their historical-focused graphic novels). Written by Laurence Luckinbill with art by Eryck Tait, it provides a biographical look at Theodore Roosevelt’s life as told through an extensive (fictional) speech by… Read more
Pandemic and mass deaths. Social and economic unrest. A presidential election unlike any other. As one decade closed with uncertainty, another began with vastly subdued anticipation and expectation, and the new list of 75 graphic novels for Winter 2021 reflect our need for escapism and to reconcile our personal and collective histories. This list is… Read more
This story takes place as a one man performance. Teddy Roosevelt is preparing to give a speech when he receives a telegram that his son Quentin’s plane has been shot down over France and his fate is unknown. Teddy still takes the stage and the evening becomes a reflection on his life. Of course the… Read more
Men at Sea by Riff Reb (and Joe Johnson) from Deadreckoning Graphic short stories Book Review. A superb (and I mean that) collection of stories about the sea and filled with truly wow artwork from Riff Reb adapting stories by Joseph Conrad etc as well as two page spreads of Homer etc – a super… Read more
Away from the manga world, I’m also reading Teddy, by Laurence Luckenbill and adapted by Eryck Tait. This is a biography of Teddy Roosevelt that is narrated by Roosevelt himself, as if he were giving a lecture, with a lot of flashbacks. This makes for a coherent story, in which Roosevelt tells us what’s important… Read more
Atlas at War! Edited by Michael Vassallo; Art Restoration by Allan Harvey Dead Reckoning. 272 pages. $65. In …. and Atlas at War!, the stories explode off the pages with a force unseen in the comics world in 50 years. The sense of nostalgia is inescapable. In a moment, I’m 10 years old again, sitting… Read more