Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader is my second exposure to Neil Gaiman.Earlier in the year, I read “American Gods” and while I loved the premise, the execution bugged me. I found it long winded and a little on the boring side. I was sure that when you put…
Batman: Haunted Knight I began Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman trilogy in 2008 when I grabbedBatman: The Long Halloween. After 4 years, it still remains my favorite Batman graphic novel. It’s follow-up (I think – not really sure of the order),Batman: Dark Victory, was an excellent sequel. For whatever reason, I let four years go…
Batman: The Man Who Laughs I was handed this by a friend who had given it a high amount of praise. When I saw that Ed Brubaker had written it, I couldn’t blame him! Of course it’s going to be awesome, it has Brubaker’s name attached to it.So, before I cracked open this graphic novel, I knew…
Snyder’s Batman: The Black Mirror This was probably the easiest 5 stars I’ve ever awarded a book. I’m not someone who follows Batman on a regular basis so I really appreciated the short blurb at the beginning bringing me up to speed on what’s been happening in Gotham leading up to this arc. Basically, Bruce…
Gardner’s Top of the Heap Det. Donald Lam is hired to locate two women who could verify the whereabouts of a man thought to be involved in the disappearance of well known, San Francisco socialite. Unsatisfied with the outcome coupled with a feeling that his client’s story stinks, Lam lets his instincts take him further…
Mieville’s Perdido Street Station Unless you’re reading this book as an anthropomorphized thesaurus, this will be a quick and somewhat easy read for you. If you’re not, you may struggle with a word here and there. While I’m not original in telling you that Mieville is a wordsmith, it should be somewhat of a disclaimer…
Will Christopher Baer’s Kiss Me, Judas Have you ever loved someone who’s mortally wounded you? Phineas Poe, disgraced cop and morphine addict, has just been released from a psych ward when he meets a beautiful woman named Jude in a hotel bar. Red dress, black hair, body like a knife. He takes her back to…
Artist Rendering of New Crobuzon I’ve been reading this book for about two weeks now (I’m only at page 200!) and I thought I would share the following thoughts: At this point in my life, I have yet to be immersed in a world so fully realized as Mieville’s New Crobuzon. As descriptive as Mieville…
Every Read Thing 