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Review: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” Graphic Novel

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This graphic novel is perfect for anyone that has seen the movie or read the books, and wants to remember this great story. But more than that, this would be perfect if you have young kids that would be bored with the movie, but you want to share this with them. They would love this book and could act as a gateway to get them to read the novels.

Review: Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol 1

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The book has comic strips from Mr Breathed very first comics that he did in his college paper, up to 1982. His first drawings were funny, but doesn’t look at all like they do later on. But you can still see his humor and a few of his characters that he stuck with.

Review: “Silverfin: A Young James Bond Adventure”

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“There’s something slithering in the dark waters around a Scottish castle. Something that must be kept secret, something very deadly. One man with a thirst for power will use it. Whatever the cost. One young boy stands in his way. His name is James. James Bond.”

Cue the music!!

Cover to Cover #293A: Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman

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Interview: Michael, Summer and Michael chat with writer Anthony Lappé and illustrator Dan Goldman about Shooting War, a graphic novel that started out as a webcomic and broke big into print last fall.

Anthony tells us how the story that grew out of his experiences as a journalist in Iraq changed from being a novel to a graphic novel, and how he partnered with Dan Goldman to bring the story to vivid reality. He tells us how the surreal aura around the reality colored the story of the book, and about letting people figure out how to find out what’s going for themselves

Cover to Cover #247: Charlie Huston

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Interview: This week, crime thriller author Charlie Huston drops by the studio to talk with Michael, Summer and Tim about the second of his vampire noir novels, “No Dominion” (also see our review of “No Dominion”). The highly regarded sequel to “Already Dead” continues the story of vampyre PI Joe Pitt, and our immersion and discovery of a world containing a new vampyre mythology.

Cover to Cover #154: Fiona Avery

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Araña: Heart of the Spider from Marvel is Fiona Avery’s latest book. As in “comic” book, or graphic novel. It’s a Latina superheroine story which has garnered some serious critical acclaim. Fiona approaches stories from her anthropological background, giving additional depth and perspective you may not see in other works.

Elric

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Think we should review comics? Hate the idea? Let us know… Michael Moorcock’s Elric returns to comics with the legendary Walt Simonson delivering the artwork. What more could you want? Before Elric became the legendary figure fantasy fans know and love, he was a young man still trying to find his identity and carve his […]

Cover to Cover #96: Sean Jordan / Dawn Rivers Baker

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Sean Jordan
Sean is the Managing Editor of Dabel Brothers Productions. They produce graphic novels (you might call them comics) from classic fantasy books.

Dawn Rivers Baker
Dawn is a new author of science fiction and fantasy, penning her first novel, The Rise of the Phoenix.

Cover to Cover #66: Stan Lee / Peter David

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Stan Lee
For those of you unlucky souls who missed our interview with Stan back in March, you’re in luck. Since The Hulk comes crashing into theaters June 20th, we decided to bring Stan back on the show

Peter David
Continuing on our Hulk theme for the day, we speak with Peter David, author for the monthly comic for more than 12 years. Peter also penned the novelization of the soon-to-be-blockbuster movie and shared with us what it’s like to shift from monthly comic form to adapting a screenplay into a novel.