Books

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  Comics Panel Freddie Stories, One Trick Rip-Off, and Nemo in recent comics releases

  Also reviewed: the latest Before Watchmen story and a Valentine’s Day anthology chronicling superheroes in love and lust.

  February 11, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Book Review Lawrence Wright: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & The Prison Of Belief

  A New Yorker profile on how Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis broke from Scientology gets the full book treatment with this riveting history of the organization.

  February 11, 2013 | 12:02am -

• Book Review Adam Mansbach: Rage Is Back

  The author of Go The Fuck To Sleep returns to adult novels with this flawed but compelling novel about a tagger’s murder by an up-and-coming politico.

  February 11, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Book Review J. G. Ballard: Miracles Of Life: Shanghai To Shepperton

  Diagnosed with terminal cancer, the author of Crash and Empire Of The Sun wrote this final book, a telling, analytical autobiography.

  February 11, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Big Issues New Green Arrow and Winter Soldier creative teams rise to the challenge in different ways

  Incoming creative teams spotlight the different ways to take over an established, ongoing superhero book.

  February 8, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (February 2013)

  We look at some of the month’s releases and ask our staff and readers what books they’re currently exploring.

  February 6, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Back Issues The final book of The Sandman’s main run ends one Dream and begins another

  Our collective look back at Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comics series concludes with a look at different kinds of wakes, and last thoughts on the series.

  February 5, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Book Review Pete Wentz with James Montgomery: Gray

  Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz ventures into semi-biographical novel-writing, but can’t escape his own abstracted navel.

  February 4, 2013 | 12:02am -

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  Book Review Ali Smith: Artful 

  The Accidental’s author tries another literary stunt by fusing college lectures with a narrative frame, but never finds a complete book in the process.

  February 4, 2013 | 12:01am -

• Book Review Ludmilla Petrushevskaya: There Once Lived A Girl Who Seduced Her Sister’s Husband, And He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

  A Russian veteran brings a book of taut, elegant short stories to America.

  February 4, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Invent your own pulp magazine cover with The Pulp-O-Mizer 

  Tell Tales Of Weird Science and Amazing Adventure Stories with ease.

  February 1, 2013 | 4:00pm -

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  Big Issues WTF is going on at DC Comics?

  Two exceptional releases prove that there’s still potential for quality at the floundering publisher.

  February 1, 2013 | 10:00am -

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  Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Spaceman Ace Frehley offers his bland version of Kiss’ story in No Regrets

  Our look at the Kiss memoirs concludes with Ace Frehley’s underwhelming account of his strange journey.

  January 31, 2013 | 1:30pm -

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  Back Issues The ninth collection of The Sandman sees its hero hounded by vengeance personified

  Our collective look back at Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comics series continues, as Morpheus realizes he has to change or die, and makes his choice.

  January 29, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Newswire Amy Poehler is writing the book to end all books

   It has everything.

  January 29, 2013 | 11:47am -

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  Comics Panel New comics releases: Uncanny X-Force, Tarzan, a brick-like Comics Journal, and more

  Comics Panel combines and expands into a super-sized bi-weekly roundup.

  January 28, 2013 | 1:30pm -

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  YA Why? Yes, 50 Cent wrote a YA novel about a bullied, violent kid and his gay mom

  The rapper’s first solo book addresses thorny issues in not-very-thorny ways.

  January 28, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Book Review Peter Hook: Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division

  The Joy Division/New Order bassist gives a yobbo’s-eye view of his former band, but without a yobbo’s energy.

  January 28, 2013 | 12:02am -

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  Book Review Benjamin Nugent: Good Kids

  Two kids vow never to cheat on anyone, then have their resolve tested as adults, in this clever, pop-culture-inflected novel.

  January 28, 2013 | 12:01am -

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  Book Review Juliann Garey: Too Bright To Hear Too Loud To See

  The hot mental illness of the hour receives an internal examination in this sometimes harrowing debut novel.

  January 28, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! Read This: Adam Mansbach writes about the agony of the book tour

  Ever wanted a book tour of your own? You might not after reading this pointed essay.

  January 25, 2013 | 5:30pm -

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  Big Issues The Young Avengers blast into Marvel Now! with a stunning debut issue

  “Being a superhero is amazing. Everyone should try it.”

  January 25, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  For Our Consideration Why George Saunders (or anyone else) can write whatever they damn well please

  Gawker is absolutely wrong to command a celebrated short-story writer to produce a novel.

  January 25, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire Ron Howard may take over adapting Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, because life is sad and cruel  

  The director of Frost/Nixon and (shudder) How The Grinch Stole Christmas may take over the project from Henry Selick.

  January 23, 2013 | 9:30am -

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  Back Issues The eighth collection of The Sandman offers stirring tales to pass a fatal night

  Our collective look back at Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comics series continues with tales of transition, during an ominous “reality storm.”

  January 22, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Book Review Steven Gould: Impulse

  1992’s Jumper series finally continues, with a sequel that will hopefully never become a Hayden Christensen movie.

  January 21, 2013 | 12:02am -

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  Book Review Nicholas Christopher: Tiger Rag

  A real-life jazz pioneer inspired the threads of this novel, as various characters hunt down a long-lost session recording for their own reasons.

  January 21, 2013 | 12:01am -

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  Book Review Marjorie Celona: Y

  This subtly characterized debut novel turns villains into the heroes of their own story, as a young abandoned girl explores her identity.

  January 21, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Great Job, Internet! The Onion’s “Diamond” Joe Biden releases autobiography, participates in Reddit AMA today

  Uncle Joe needs some cash, fast.

  January 18, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Big Issues Death threatens romance in Conan The Barbarian #12

  Conan and Bêlit’s relationship is changed forever as “The Death” concludes.

  January 18, 2013 | 10:00am -