I haven’t done a movie review in ages, but… what is wrong with you people? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you? The Marvels is a perfectly regular piece of superhero fiction: it’s a light-hearted story with cosmic fights, a villain that could have been better, good sidekicks and a good dose of both […]
Originally titled “Foreign Girl”, and with an Irish song as a subtitle, this 11-volume manga is one of the finest things produced in the last ten years and it tells the story of Shiva, a young girl, who is abandoned in a cursed forest and lives with one of the “others”, creature who can curse […]
I bought this manga at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles right before my long travel back to Italy, and I have to be thankful I can’t sleep on airplanes, because this would have prevented me from doing that anyway. Kurouzu-cho is a small town in Japan, constantly wrapped in fog, and it’s cursed. Cursed […]
There aren’t many places that spell “Halloween” more than Gotham City and, in Gotham, the crown piece has to be Arkham Asylum. Whether you’re a DC fan or not, I suggest you give it a chance this October and, if you don’t know where to start, I can only point you towards this graphic novel […]
Today’s feature is a comic books and as soon as I started thinking of a haunting graphic novel, browsing in my mind for something special to give you, this adaptation of a story by Neil Gaiman kept popping up in my mind, pressing for attention. So I had to give it to you. And though […]
The greatness of a man is measured by the amount of people he is able to touch. Today, another great man has passed away and I cannot even begin to describe how inspirational it is to know he had decided to dedicate himself to work and care for others even with the terrible secret he […]
On December we were in London and we had the chance of stumbling upon a beautiful initiative: the House of Illustration fair in Granary Square. A good thing for your eyes, heart and soul. A very bad thing for your wallet, if you’re like me. I bought a whole bunch of stuff, some of it […]
Today is Human Rights Day and the last day on my reading list. I’ve got a treat for you. And tomorrow I’ll give you a sneak peek of the BIM notebooks. Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival By various authors Edited by Diane Noomin More than 60 female comics creators share […]
I don’t have much time today (it was bound to happen) but I can still throw something out there as part of the reading list. We’re almost there. Tomorrow is Human Rights Day. Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts Dealing with pregnancy, child-rearing, art-making, mental illness, and an MS diagnosis, the parts of Chlorine Gardens’ sum […]
On October, 10th – International Mental Health Day – I had the chance of writing how unsafe and unhealthy the construction industry can be. I skimmed again on the surface of this topic on November, 25th – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – as I entered the committment of publishing a daily […]