This is yet another book that has been touted as the next “Gone Girl” and/or “The Girl on the Train”. I can’t really wrap my brain around the comparison because it really is like neither of these in any way (from my perspective). Ani FaNelli is living a life quite different from the one she started from. Born to middle class parents and a mother who was always attempting to at least look as if she was upper class (even if it put the family […]
A heart, Captain Twain, is a big place
I came across this marvelous book at Barnes and Noble and was immediately captivated by it’s moody and wild artwork, then by the premise as I did more looking and sampling. I know the photo at right isn’t doing it true justice, but I hope it does convey some of the feeling and artistry. Sailor Twain, formerly Captain Twain of the riverboat the Lorelei, sits in a lowly tavern on the Hudson and is approached by a young woman, Camomille. She shows him an […]
Superhero Noir
Prior to the recent Netflix series starring the delightful Charlie Cox, my only exposure to the character of Daredevil was the truly awful Ben Affleck movie. That movie probably set back the superhero/comic book movie genre by a few years, yeeee. Anyways, the series is just excellent, and so I decided to pick up this Frank Miller trade paperback from the 90s, which expands upon Daredevil’s origin story. I have to admit, I was a bit cynical about it, because Frank Miller gets a lot […]
Just tryin’ to make the tall dollars
Moustafa and Special are Couriers, somewhere between regular bike messengers and full blown soldiers-for-hire. They work together out of New York City, often for the anonymous Hot Sauce (so called because he orders takeout five times a day with extra extra hot sauce). They are totally badass, expert in weapons, stunt driving, hand to hand combat and more. In the first book, they are called on to deliver a biologic, a girl. Now normally that isn’t their thing, having some kind of a moral compass, […]