Simak - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Simak: Manhunt on Solar Corona [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jerry Frissen and Jean-Michel Ponzio, nominally from The Incal universe Simak is a graphic novel (originally a series of two BD volumes) set in an science fictional interstellar empire. It has noir and horror elements, along with overt […]
King City, Volume 1 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews King City, Volume 1 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Brandon Scott Graham, part of the King City series This manga-format volume collects the first story arc of Brandon Graham’s typically surreal, black-and-white comic King City. The protagonist has just returned from the journeys that have made him a “cat master,” capable […]
Kill Wolfhead - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Incal: Kill Wolfhead [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Brandon Thomas and Pete Woods I enjoyed Kill Wolfhead, but I definitely thought it was the least of the three post-Jodo Incal books brought out by Humanoids in 2023. The Incal character Kill Wolfhead is not exactly the […]
Camelot 3000 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Camelot 3000 [Amazon, Abebooks, Publisher, Local Library] by Mike W Barr, Brian Bolland, &c. I remember Camelot 3000 as having made a big, favorable impression among comics readers in the 1980s, but I don’t think it has aged very well. As futurism, it’s risible. And its mythic elements seem confined to transplanting and […]
Presidents Day - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Auteur: Presidents Day [Amazon, Abebooks, Local Library] by Rick Spears, James Callahan, Luigi Anderson, & al, book one of The Auteur series. My local dealer (comics dealer, you know), who has a good sense of my tastes, recommended this book to me when it was in its third or fourth individual […]
FreakAngels, Vol. 4 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews FreakAngels, Vol. 4 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Warren Ellis, Paul Duffield, & al., part of the FreakAngels series. Although I think they have the same page count, and quite nearly the same panel count, each successive volume of FreakAngels seems to read faster than the one before. In this fourth installment, […]
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