After the success of The West Wing and Sports Night, I was ready to watch anything Aaron Sorkin wrote. So I was primed to love his next offering, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. After all, it had Bradley Whitford, who had proven he could do comedy, plus post-Friends Matthew Perry, supported by Amanda Peet and Stephen…
This is more or less the book that was known as Buddy Does Jersey for a decade or so, in case you have a copy of that lurking on your shelves. Otherwise, it’s what it says it is: the back half of Peter Bagge’s quarterly Hate comics from their run in the 1990s, collecting issues 16-30, originally…
Michael Gray, star of the 1970s live-action television series Shazam! and a true teen idol of the era, died of natural causes on Friday, October 16. He was 75. Gray, who frequently appeared on the covers of Tiger Beat and other popular teen magazines, got his first TV break in 1972 when he was cast…
The Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists! By Derf Backderf 344 pages/Abrams ComicArts/$29.99 (hc) A common comment is that the past is prologue, and that is so true after reading Derf Backderf’s fascinating The Dissidents. The echoes between events in the years before and during World War I and today are chilling in many ways….
October 19, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite Entertainment announces a brand-new line of comics packed with reading for an affordable price, with Vampirella and Red Sonja leading the way in the first two 80-Page Giants of the new year! The She-Devil With a Sword slashes into her first overflowing 80-Page Giant featuring four fabulous stories. Readers…
BURBANK, Calif., October 19, 2026 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment today announced Tex Avery: The Definitive Screwball Classics Collection, the most comprehensive home entertainment release ever dedicated to legendary animator Tex Avery. Arriving on Blu-ray™ on December 11, 2026, as part of the Warner Archive Collection, this landmark four-disc set brings together every animated short…
October 19, Mt. Laurel, NJ: It’s a double celebration, as The Terminator marks Valentine’s Day early and superstar writer Dan Watters makes his solo Dynamite debut! Dynamite Entertainment and STUDIOCANAL are bringing this special treat to fans this January. Watters brings readers a love story like no other. Jack and Jill met at work, and their…
X-Men Elsewhen By John Byrne 232 pages/Abrams ComicArts/$39.99 (hc) It’s clear that, among Marvel’s pantheon of heroes, John Byrne prefers the X-Men. After leaving the series in 1980 with Uncanny X-Men #137, he has returned to it now and then, notably with The Hidden Years limited series. And when he was largely out of the public…
Marvel Dimensions By Alex Ross 112 pages/Abrams ComicArts/$29.99 (hc) In addition to being a terrific painter, Alex Ross has a knack for distilling character origins and motivations into concise two-pagers. He (and Paul Dini) did this at DC, and here he brings the same precision to the first third of this hardcover graphic novel. These…
The Undertaker Volume 2: The Ogre of Camp Sutter & Shadow of Hippocrates By Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer 112 pages/Abrams ComicArts/$25.99 (hc) After the success of translating the European adventures of the Undertaker last year, Abrams has released a second volume, with two more scheduled for 2027 that should complete the saga. This is…
New York, NY— October 15, 2026 — Jean Grey’s next chapter begins in flames. Following the shocking events of DNX, Jean returns to the X-Men this November, headlining an all-new JEAN GREY limited series by Jed MacKay and Rogê Antônio and kicking off a new era of MacKay’s run on X-MEN. Today, fans can get…
Miss Greene’s Secret: Based on the True Story of the Black Librarian who Shaped the Morgan Library By Nicolas Antona and Nina Jacqmin 152 pages/Abrams ComicArts/$25.99 (hc) One of the terrific developments in graphic novels over the last decade or so has been the discovery of significant people whose contributions are forgotten. Creators find a…
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