L’Affaire Tournesol
Synopsis: Strange things are happening in the evening at Chateau Moulinsart. Windows, glasses, mirrors and vases break without any apparent reason. Professor Calculus is not able to keep his last […]
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MW
MW, by Osamu Tezuka 7.5 I picked this brick up solely on Tezuka’s reputation. I can’t say that I’m a big fan, having only explored a few of his works […]
High Noon
Synopsis: Gary Cooper won the Oscar for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of righteous cowards in the greatest […]
Grandville
Grandville, by Bryan Talbot 8.0 While the cover may not suggest it, ‘Grandville’ is more than a mere action comic. Sure, it has quite its share of action (more on […]
How the West Was Won
Synopsis: With courage, sinew and conflict: that’s how the west was won. With three directors, five interlocked stories, some of movie history’s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of […]
Young Guns
Synopsis: Six of the hottest stars The year is 1878, Lincoln County, John Tunstall, a British ranch owner, hires six rebellious boys as “regulators” to protect his ranch against the […]
Cat Ballou
Synopsis: “A lark from beginningito end.” -NEW YORKER The sleeper hit of 1965, Cat Ballou was declared an instant classic when its sly blend of Western parody and rapid-fire action […]
High Plains Drifter
Synopsis: They’d never forget theiday he drifted into town. Clint Eastwood’s second film as director, High Plains Drifter returns the actor to his familiar scene of the Old West and […]
True Grit (2010)
Synopsis: True Grit is a powerful story of vengeance and valor set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), is […]
The Couriers
The Couriers, by Brian Wood and Rob G 6.75 This is a hand-me-down book that was given to me by a friend. I can see why he didn’t hold on […]
American Vampire, vol. 2
American Vampire, vol. 2, by Scott Snyder, Farael Albuquerque and Mateus Santolouco 7.5 For this book, Snyder goes his own way throughout and gives us two separate stories (a 3-volume […]
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, by Chip Kidd and Jiro Kuwata 6.5 ‘Bat-Manga’? What an awesome title! I didn’t even know that this book existed until I […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 7.5 Still very good, but I’m disappointed to discover that my assumption that there were […]
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