FRENCH MILK by Lucy Knisley is a nonfiction graphic novel about the author’s visit to France as a young woman, along with her mother. The daily accounts of what she ate, which museums she went to, how she’s feeling and whether she gave in and smoked feel like she rewrote her blog posts and added some crude sketches. I do not mean that as a compliment.
MISS TRUESDALE AND THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA by Mike Mignola and Jesse Lonergan is one of the weakest entries in the Hellboy universe. In the late 1800s, Miss Truesdale, one of the rare female members of the Heliotropic Brotherhood, finds herself plunging back into her first incarnation as a female gladiator in ancient Hyperborea. This feels like it’s seeding for future adventures but by itself it’s too slight to work. Despite which I will be adding it to the Hellboy Chronology soon.
MARVELS: SNAPSHOTS is a collection of stories edited by Kurt Busiek and in the vein of his Marvels, and Marvels: Eye of the Camera, looking at the MU through the eyes of ordinary people. A couple of petty hoods discover they’re out of their depth in the age of supervillains. A reporter discovers what Johnny Storm’s graduating class really think of him. A cop and a paramedic fall in love during a late-Bronze Age Avengers adventure. The stories don’t all work but the vast majority do.
#SFWApro. Cover by Lonergan (top) and Alex Ross, all rights to images remain with current holders.
