Beatrix Potter And The Letter That Birthed Peter Rabbit
“My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter,”…Continue Reading →
Ariel Bordeaux’s ‘Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir’
Ariel Bordeaux’s “Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir” (Fieldmouse Press) is a beautiful 80-page nonfiction graphic novel of anxieties and terrors. It spans from her childhood to becoming a mom,…Continue Reading →
‘Chicago Comics’ Showcases Windy City Comics From The Past Six Decades
“Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art from June 19 to Oct. 3, 2021, is intended as “a celebration of Chicago’s pivotal role as a national…Continue Reading →
MICE Comics Expo Highlights Massachusetts Creators
Pictured above: MICE Comics Expo in the Before Times. (©Greg Cook 2019) After MICE (the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) was cancelled last year to stem the spread of covid, the…Continue Reading →
Going Back To School With Jef Czekaj’s ‘Little Ghoul’
Jef Czekaj”s latest humorous picture book for kids, “Little Ghoul Goes to School” (Balzer + Bray), conjures a school anxiety dream. “It’s a little monster, a Little Ghoul, that is…Continue Reading →
Back In Print: Eliot Porter’s First Book: Photos Of New England Wilds, A Call For Conservation
The title of Eliot Porter’s first book of photography, “In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World,” was a quotation from the 19th century Transcendentalist author Henry David Thoreau of…Continue Reading →
‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Has Died At Age 91
“Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative presentation of an insect’s appetite and metamorphosis,” The New York Times wrote of Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” when naming the book among the “outstanding…Continue Reading →
In ‘Welcome To The New World,’ Syrian Refugees Land In Trump’s America
A family of refugees from the Syrian war makes their harrowing escape to New Haven, Connecticut, in the non-fiction comic “Welcome to the New World,” with words by Jake Halpern…Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza: ‘The Best Way To Protect Democracy Is To Participate’
The Trump mob’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, “was an outpouring of rage that a lot of people were surprised by,” according to Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia…Continue Reading →
‘Holiday Magic At The Disney Parks’
“Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter” by Graham Allan, Rebecca Cline and Charlie Prince (Disney Editions) is a big, lavishly illustrated, 384-page photo…Continue Reading →