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Book Review Elmore Leonard: Raylan

The venerable crime writer returns to the world and character that spawned the FX show Justified, but the series renders his characters better than he does.

February 8, 2012 | 12:03pm -
Book Review Will McIntosh: Hitchers

When the dead start possessing the living after a cataclysmic terrorist attack, a comic-strip writer has some tough moral choices to make.

February 8, 2012 | 12:02pm -
Book Review John Green: The Fault In Our Stars

A spectacular young-adult novel addresses teenagers with cancer in a direct, insightful way, rather than playing for sympathy.

February 8, 2012 | 12:01pm -
Book Review Tom McCarthy: Men In Space

An interim novel from the author of Remainder and C brings its story of an art heist in the Czech Republic to the U.S. for the first time.

February 8, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Newswire Alan Moore stands up for stealing other people's characters that are not Alan Moore's

Proving that a free-for-all, web-based interview can be a success so long as the subject is willing to discuss anything and is also Alan Moore, Alan Moore participated in a prolonged video Q&A over the weekend as a fundraiser for Cleveland’s pr...

February 6, 2012 | 3:32pm -
Comics Panel Graphic novels & art comics—late February and early March 2012

The late Harvey Pekar tells the story of Cleveland, a childhood friend tells the story of Jeffrey Dahmer, and more.

February 6, 2012 | 12:00pm -
This Week In Local An LOLcat revelation, Bon Iver on SNL, and welcoming Indianapolis

Welcoming Indianapolis and a startling LOLcat revelation

February 3, 2012 | 12:00am -
Newswire Ask Michael Ian Black your relationship questions

The comedian/author/actor/podcast host will answer questions for our annual Valentine's Day issue.

February 1, 2012 | 2:35pm -
Book Review Shalom Auslander: Hope: A Tragedy

A Jew and a German confront each other in a town famed for its lack of history in this morbidly entertaining, metaphor-rich book from the author of Beware Of God.

February 1, 2012 | 12:03pm -
Book Review Elliot Perlman: The Street Sweeper

A historian with access to a lost cache of Holocaust stories and a Pole with a need to share his past form parallel stories in this mystery-esque drama.

February 1, 2012 | 12:02pm -
Book Review Ben Hellwarth: Sealab: America’s Forgotten Quest To Live And Work On The Ocean Floor

No, this book isn’t about the Cartoon Network animated series, it’s about 60 years of attempts to create a real-life underwater lab—with fatal results.

February 1, 2012 | 12:01pm -
Book Review Graeme Kent: One Blood

The second installment in a mystery series set in the Solomon Islands is as fascinating for its setting and its politics as it is for its murder case.

February 1, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Newswire This original Calvin And Hobbes artwork could be yours if you have a lot of money

In slightly more heartwarming yet no less bittersweet news involving a frustratingly reclusive comics genius, Heritage Auctions of Dallas has the only original piece of Calvin And Hobbes artwork ever to be put up for public auction—a beyond-...

February 1, 2012 | 11:35am -
Newswire Watchmen prequel to explore character back-stories, new ways to make Alan Moore angry

Alan Moore’s Watchmen is generally regarded as one of the accomplished works in all of comics, a title that is often held up as proof that the medium is capable of stories as fully realized as any novel.

February 1, 2012 | 10:46am -
Contest Win a gift card and hardcover anniversary edition of A Wrinkle In Time

Enter in a gift card and hardcover anniversary edition of A Wrinkle In Time.

January 30, 2012 | 12:00am -
This Week In Local Magic Cyclops, American Idol fever, and Paterno's tainted legacy

The A.V. Club has a smattering of local sites, and every day, writers in these locales are posting about music, films, and other events and news happening in their cities.

January 27, 2012 | 12:00am -
Book Review Gil Scott-Heron: The Last Holiday: A Memoir

The late artist known for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” tells his own story, but lacks the focus or insight that would make his book match his music.

January 25, 2012 | 12:04pm -
Book Review Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel: Lunatics

This comic novel is already set to become a Steve Carell comedy, but that doesn’t make it any more manageable or engaging.

January 25, 2012 | 12:03pm -
Book Review Lawrence M. Krauss: A Universe From Nothing

A lecture explaining how science proves the universe doesn’t need God became a viral hit via YouTube, but is harder to follow in book form.

January 25, 2012 | 12:02pm -
Book Review Matt Bondurant: The Night Swimmer

The author of The Wettest County In The World returns with the story of a couple who win their own pub in Ireland, but see their relationship disintegrating as a result.

January 25, 2012 | 12:01pm -
Book Review Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis: The Boy In The Suitcase

Two Danish writers move from children’s lit to dark thriller material, but have trouble maintaining tension or sticking the landing.

January 25, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Interview Chris Gethard

The author of A Bad Idea I’m About To Do talks about growing up in Jersey, manic depression, and going from cable to public access.

January 24, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Newswire The American Library Association uses its inside voice to announce the year's best children's books

The American Library Association has whisper-announced another round of Youth Media Awards, singling out the year’s best books, videos, and audiobooks that children can enjoy reading, watching, and listening to, but not throwing at their nei...

January 23, 2012 | 5:00pm -
Newswire From the dept. of semi-self-promotion: Here's Jason Heller discussing Taft 2012 on NPR

In case you missed our proud crowing over our own Jason Heller’s new novel Taft 2012—an excerpt from which we already posted on The A.V.

January 23, 2012 | 12:34pm -
Comics Panel Superheroes and mainstream: January 2012

An unlikely, and smart, ’90s revival and an elaborate crime story highlight some recent releases.

January 23, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Book vs. Film My Week With Marilyn

Colin Clark worked with Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s. But his memoirs and the film My Week With Marilyn tell two different versions of the story.

January 20, 2012 | 12:00am -
This Week In Local Mourning the Packers, revisiting Degrassi High, and the cult of Five Guys

From Aaron Rodgers to Caitlyn Bree, the best of our local sites this week

January 19, 2012 | 11:59pm -
Book Review Charlie Louvin and Benjamin Whitmer: Satan Is Real: The Ballad Of The Louvin Brothers

Intimate anecdotes and a knack for storytelling make this autobiography by the long-lived half of The Louvin Brothers a worthy match to their music.

January 18, 2012 | 12:04pm -
Book Review William Gibson: Distrust That Particular Flavor

The first non-fiction collection from the author of Mona Lisa Overdrive highlights his attention to small details and a surprising discomfort with the future.

January 18, 2012 | 12:03pm -
Book Review Gin Phillips: Come In And Cover Me

The second novel from the author of The Well And The Mine follows a museum director whose interest in archeology dovetails with her apparent encounters with ghosts.

January 18, 2012 | 12:02pm -