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Featured Review
The quirky author of Stiff and Spook returns with another exploration of how current science interacts with a fringe subject. In this case, sex.
by Donna Bowman
Book Vs. Film: The Other Boleyn Girl
Was Anne Boleyn a vengeful sister or a psycho bitch? Depends on which version you check.
by Tasha Robinson
Was Anne Boleyn a vengeful sister or a psycho bitch? Depends on which version you check.
by Tasha Robinson
From The Archives
The Somnambulist
A fictional investigator mirrors the weirdness of his off-kilter Victorian world.
by Noel Murray
A fictional investigator mirrors the weirdness of his off-kilter Victorian world.
by Noel Murray
People Of The Book
Religion, history, and mystery twine together in a book about a book.
by Donna Bowman
Religion, history, and mystery twine together in a book about a book.
by Donna Bowman
Inside Straight: A Wild Cards Novel
The latest revival of a 20-year-old shared-world series is more Heroes than Watchmen.
by Tasha Robinson
The latest revival of a 20-year-old shared-world series is more Heroes than Watchmen.
by Tasha Robinson
Welcome To Shirley
The author of this bittersweet memoir loved everything about her town except the lethal radioactivity.
by Ellen Wernecke
The author of this bittersweet memoir loved everything about her town except the lethal radioactivity.
by Ellen Wernecke
Hubert's Freaks
A real-life art-world treasure hunt comes to life in a compelling mini-history.
by Zack Handlen
A real-life art-world treasure hunt comes to life in a compelling mini-history.
by Zack Handlen
Arkansas
A debut novel finds that criminals, competent and otherwise, are just ordinary folks.
by Noel Murray
A debut novel finds that criminals, competent and otherwise, are just ordinary folks.
by Noel Murray
Recent Reviews
The Ten-Cent Plague
For a few glorious years, comic books were an anything-goes artistic playground. Then politicians needed a scapegoat.
by Zack Handlen
For a few glorious years, comic books were an anything-goes artistic playground. Then politicians needed a scapegoat.
by Zack Handlen
Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
Hagiography, set lists, and a narrative somewhere in between.
by Vadim Rizov
Hagiography, set lists, and a narrative somewhere in between.
by Vadim Rizov
Comics Panel: April 18, 2008
The A.V. Club's biweekly comics reviews.
by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson
The A.V. Club's biweekly comics reviews.
by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson