Archive for 2002

A Map of the World

Saturday, December 7th, 2002

by Jane Hamilton ISBN: 0385473117

Jane Hamilton is a good writer: she is careful in how she chooses her words (without seeming over-careful or prissy) and you have a sense that she

Dogs: A Modern Bestiary

Sunday, December 1st, 2002

by Rebecca Brown ISBN: 0872863441

I've read several of Brown's earlier books, and always found her use of language and play with perspective interesting. She has a way of making the reader

Rosetta: A Comic Anthology

Sunday, December 1st, 2002

edited by Ng Suat Tong ISBN: 1891876229

This Alternative Comics collection includes the work of two dozen different artists. I think the anthology format is particularly good for newcomers to comics:

Creature Tech

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

by Doug TenNapel ISBN: 1891830341

Wow. This is an amazing and meaty book: one of the few (okay, okay, of admittedly not very many) graphic novels that I've read that really felt