Book Review
The Boy Who Died and Came Back
by Bill Baker
Moss infuses the magical with the mundane in a manner that lends real weight and volume to their narratives. Robert Moss’s "The Boy Who Died and Came Back" opens with “Offering,” his poetic invocation of the Muse, which begins...
Book Review
The Tunnel
by Bill Baker
Tooley entices through nuanced characterizations, intricate plotting, and detail-laden prose. Although a dark tunnel is central to the seventh installment of S. D. Tooley’s award-winning Sam Casey series, its title could as easily be...
Book Review
See a Little Light
by Bill Baker
Front man of the seminal punk band Hüsker Dü opens up about growing up gay, his post-band life, and the music business. Bob Mould’s impetus for penning this memoir arose from his realization that, “With age, I was beginning to...
Book Review
Glitter and Mayhem
by Bill Baker
This exceptional collection takes readers on an illuminating road trip encompassing the scope of modern American pop culture. One thing that the new anthology, "Glitter and Mayhem", will never stand accused of is subtlety. Not that...
Book Review
Impossible Futures
by Bill Baker
This wholly satisfying collection delivers an entertaining, engrossing, even exhilarating reading experience. The subtitle emblazoned across Duncan Eagleson’s pitch-perfect, retro-kitsch cover of "Impossible Futures" promises its...
Book Review
The Milky Way
by Bill Baker
Approachable guide to the science of our solar system is an enthusiastic love letter to the stars. In the preface of The Milky Way: An Insider’s Guide, William Waller describes his childhood encounter with an unobstructed view of the...
Book Review
The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage
by Bill Baker
A long overdue, honest, and unbiased appraisal of Margaret Brundage’s contributions to fantasy illustration and the arts. For the better part of a century, the specifics of the life, times, and work of Margaret Brundage have been mired...
Book Review
New School
by Bill Baker
Teenage angst and sibling rivalry are excellent additions to this graphic novel’s hero journey. "New School" is the latest graphic novel from Dash Shaw, the creator of BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. Like its predecessors, "New...