The New Death and Others by James Hutchings ASIN: B005Q8Q8DY Copyright © September 2011 264 KB (119 Pages) Kindle .99 cents Having read and reviewed James Hutchings’s Two Fisted Tweets I have to say that Mr. Hutchings is a master at microfiction. Able to tell a story in 172 characters or less in order to meet [...]
When Henry watches news of a coup in the small territory of Jartanzia and sees (what could be) the picture of a hedgehog, he knows the end is near.
Jack Regan captured me from the get go with his young adult fantasy T’Aragam, which is aimed at the tween age group (9-13).
I do not remember the last time I read a comic book or graphic novel. I wasn’t much of a comic geek back in the day, although I did enjoy my Garfield and Far Side collections in between classes in junior high, and occasionally read Archie just because my best friend did. But when Ellen Lindner queried us with her graphic novel, Undertow, I jumped at the chance to read it because it was something different.
It’s interesting that Life’s a Gas was published on the 25th Anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy because it will appeal to the same, slightly ‘off’ sense of humor as the Guide but it includes more modern innovations as cell phones and Eminem. It also has a bit more implied (and actual) sex, usually with holograms or shape shifting aliens, so don’t say that I didn’t warn you.
I’ve always been a fan of the single panel cartoon ever since the days of Larson’s The Far Side. As a child, along with reading the Sunday comics, the three single panel cartoons in the back of the Parade magazine were also required reading. Nigel Sutherland, one of the UK’s top cartoonists, is a master at such humor and has collected over 200 of his cartoons in this book published this year through Lulu.<
The stressful thing about a recession is this, you and I can’t do much about it. When crying and hand wringing have run their course, there is only one other option – laughter. Jungmin Joo’s second cartoon book on Lulu is called Need a Bailout and it reflects the world around us in wickedly clever cartoons.
For a camera enthusiast like me, there’s just something about the feel of that magic black box with lense and flash in hand. In college, I spent my loan refund on a $400 35mm Canon Rebel SG and a love of photography was born. Last year, I snatched up a digital Canon Powershot on sale at a Circuit City that was going under. I love it because it still has that big bulky feel of my old 35mm.
