Title: Jimmy Olsen Adventures, Vol. 2
Author: Jack Kirby
Comment: Jack Kirby playing in the DC Universe? What's not to love?
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Sean Kleefeld (sean.kleefeld@fuse.net) at Tue, 01-20-2009 22:45

Title: Honey and clover
Author: Chica Umino
Comment: This manga follows the lives of five college students as they try to find themselves and make the transition into adulthood. Sometimes serious and most often humorous, this is an excellent coming of age story.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Melissa Wickelhaus at Tue, 01-13-2009 16:13

Title: Fables 11: War and Pieces
Author: Bill Willingham with Mark Buckinham
Comment: I got into Fables because I loved the cover artist, but I became quickly absorbed by the spectacular interior art and the brilliant storytelling. Fables 11: War and Pieces is a collection of the story arch in which the fables of Fabletown finally make dramatic stand against the Adversary in order to reclaim their homelands. It was awesome.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by A. Cannon at Tue, 12-16-2008 18:07

Title: Blue
Author: Kiriko Nananan
Comment: A beautiful book I've reread quite a few times. The slow pacing, minimal detail and stark black & white make for a really immersing experience about two girls dealing with life and their feelings for each other.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Niki Smith at Thu, 12-18-2008 10:19

Title: Freakangels
Author: Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield
Comment: I really like Warren Ellis' works but in this case I just feel that the story lack a bit of momentum. Maybe future volumes will be different but so far it's a bit disapointing
Rating: 3 stars

—Posted by Patrick Berube at Thu, 12-18-2008 15:07

Title: Empowered
Author: Adam Warren
Comment: Adam Warren knows fandom and about it various embarrassing little secrets and fetishes. He knows about the superhero milieu and all it's troupes, cliches, and various “formulas”. He know how to fashion a solid story with believe characters enough were your more paying attention to what's happening to them because of the very fact its about “them” and not that it happens to be insane stuff going on around them. Add that to his amazing kinetic pencils and panel work (that's right not ink to be seen) and you have a damn solid and entertaining comic package. I can't wait to get my copy of Empowered and neither can my friends because they want to read it too.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by David Doub (ex_mutants@hotmail.com) at Thu, 12-18-2008 17:06

Title: Locas
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Comment: Its a massive hardcover collection of Hernandez's Maggie & Hopey stories from Love & Rockets, revolutionary comic stories in many ways that paved the way for many modern talents.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Jamie Lovett (lovett.jamie@gmail.com) at Fri, 12-19-2008 01:21

Title: Nikolai Dante: Sword of the Tsar
Author: Robbie Morrison
Comment: Volume 7 of 2000AD's rogue of a future Russia. "Too cool to kill" Swashbuckling retro-future fun at it's finest.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Mike Robinson at Fri, 12-19-2008 09:35

Title: That Salty Air
Author: Tim Sievert
Comment: I took one look at the cover of Tim Sievert's That Salty Air (Top Shelf) and knew that I wasn't going to be able to put it down ... and I didn't. Tim Sievert's tale of love lost and love ignored is a sad but exciting little book--beautiful in both word and line. Plus, it combines two of my favorite things: black-and-white "indie" graphic novels and harrowing tales of the sea! Not to mention a giant octopus. I've never seen any of Tim Sievert's other work but now I can't wait for his next book. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Joshua Strasburg at Fri, 12-19-2008 10:25

Title: Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together
Author: O'Mallery, Brain Lee
Comment: I love this series. It popped out of nowhere into my life and I recommend it to everyone I meet. It's quirky and fun, a little indie/slice-of-life/awesome happenings comic. Pick up the four available collections now and read them!!!
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Sheli Hay (mlhay@marauder.millersville.edu) at Fri, 12-19-2008 11:04

Title: Capitol Reflections
Author: Jonathan Javitt
Comment: This is book that I recently won from another web site. It really held my attention all through the book although a few times talking about the molucules of coffee kind of lost me. The rest of the book was a real thriller first class. Well worth the read.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Sue W. at Sat, 12-20-2008 05:02

Title: Disappearance Diary
Author: Hideo Azuma
Comment: Disappearance Diary is an autobiographical story about a manga artist with a little too much on his plate. The story details his decision to run away from his hectic life, leaving everything behind to live in the woods as a homeless man. Azuma does an amazing job making this book extremely cheerful and positive even though the subject matter is rather grim. If you've ever had the slightest urge to run away from all of your responsibilities, even for a short time, you'll enjoy Hideo Azuma's adventures as a homeless person in Disappearance Diary.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by John Toterhi at Sat, 12-20-2008 13:25

Title: The United States Constitution : a graphic adaptation
Author: Written by Jonathan Hennessey ; iIllustrated by Aaron McConnell.
Comment: A fantastic and accessible introduction to the United States Constitution.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Ash at Sun, 12-21-2008 14:33

Title: Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 HC
Author: written by Joss Whedon, art by John Cassaday
Comment: Collects the final 13 issues of Joss Whedon's 25-issue X-Men run, with superb graphic storytelling by John Cassaday. Suspenseful, emotional and witty, this represents the absolute best of what can be done with corporately owned, serialized, shared universe characters.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Jon Morris at Wed, 12-31-2008 14:29

Title: The War at Ellsmere
Author: Faith Erin Hicks
Comment: This is YA fiction the way I like it. It's set in a boarding school, with a classic conflict between knowing insiders and smart outsider. The characters are familiar, but they're not stereotypical.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Kat Kan at Fri, 01-02-2009 00:09

Title: Three Shadows
Author: Cyril Pedrosa
Comment: Three Shadows is a book that Cyril wrote while attempting to come to grips with the death of a small child of a close friend, which tells a story about Joachim and his parents, who live an ideal farming life, in a beautiful countryside. This all comes to a halt when the family begins to be followed by three dark shadows who seem to be after Joachim. It is a haunting, and beautiful, if not some times depressing story. Cyril’s past as an animator shines in this book, which reads more like an animated movie then it does a book. The only week point is that there is one seemingly unnecessary side story toward the end of the novel. It is a great book, and well worth reading.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Josh Bernstein (jberns89@yahoo.com) at Fri, 01-02-2009 13:42

Title: Adolf
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Comment: A true must-read by the titan from Toyonaka, Japan, "The Father" Osamu Tezuka. With Black Jack getting recent critical acclaim due to the publishing care taken by literary philanthropists Vertical Inc., it's only deserving that Tezuka's fictive historical masterpiece receive an equally deserved widespread audience. Amazingly honest and riveting work from Tezuka, who never fails to deliver what comics do best - tell amazing stories.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Peyton J. at Sun, 01-04-2009 01:55

Title: The Shazam! Archives, Vol. 2
Author: C.C. Beck, et. al.
Comment: There's definitely some interesting reading here, although I must admit that I don't quite see why Captain Marvel was as hugely popular as he was back in the day.
Rating: 3 stars

—Posted by Sean Kleefeld (sean.kleefeld@fuse.net) at Tue, 01-20-2009 22:47

Title: Strange Embrace
Author: David Hine
Comment: It's definitely an interesting tale, fairly well-executed. It's a horror story, but more of a high-caliber Twilight Zone than a zombie/gore fest, the likes of which have been considerably more popular the last few years.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Sean Kleefeld (sean.kleefeld@fuse.net) at Tue, 01-20-2009 22:52

Title: A Capable Man
Author: Hinako Takanaga
Comment: If you like yaoi, this is a must pick read. The main stories are actually more sizzling than the bonus stories.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by Ricki at Wed, 01-21-2009 09:04

Title: Three Shadows
Author: Cyril Pedrosa
Comment: Wonderful artwork and an intriguing story. The Shadows started off ominous, but by the end of the story they were my favorite characters. Really good, but not the best ever.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Al at Wed, 01-21-2009 18:41

Title: Three Shadows
Author: Cyril Pedrosa
Comment: Wonderful artwork and an intriguing story. The Shadows started off ominous, but by the end of the story they were my favorite characters. Really good, but not the best ever.
Rating: 4 stars

—Posted by Al at Wed, 01-21-2009 18:41

Title: Epileptic
Author: David B
Comment: WOW! What an amazingly honest and beautiful book. I bought Nocturnal Conspiracies straight away and can't wait to dig in.
Rating: 5 stars [best]

—Posted by John Retallick at Sat, 01-31-2009 05:40