Tag: Books

George Perez is dying. If that name registers with you, odds are you were a teenager in the 1980s and read titles such as The Fantastic Four, The Avengers and The New Teen Titans. Perez is the artist who brought to life characters as diverse as the Thing, the Vision and Starfire. Along with John […]

March 4 will see the release of The Batman, the latest motion picture featuring Gotham’s caped protector. With that in mind, here’s a reading suggestion to get you in the mood. My favourite Batman story is Year One, which was lovingly drawn by David Mazzuchelli and written by Frank Miller, who did double duty as […]

At the top of my Black History Month reading list is the surreal Helem, from Afro-Canadian Montrealer Stanley Wany. Put out by East Coast publishing house Conundrum Press, this nearly wordless graphic novel defies easy explanation. It will challenge you. Days after reading Helem, I’m still thinking about it, and that’s why the book is […]