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Black Canary is almost like Oskar from The Tin Drum becomes a martial artist woman, becomes a Superhero, joins the band from Snowcrash, and fights aliens. Good fun!

This book is like a cross between Futurama and Sideways Stories, and is probably a major inspiration for both. Supposedly made from rejected Doctor Who plots. Great for both fans of sci-fi and for those less familiar with the genre. Other topics covered include philosophy, politics (creepily prescient), and bureaucracy. The voice and humour is very British, so the style will probably remind American readers of Monty Python and Harry Potter at the same time.

This book attempts to cover the ways in which discussion about Israel is distorted by Israel's status as a sort of symbol, symbolizing different things to people both inside and outside Israel.
It also discusses how ignorance of political and cultural divisions within Israel and within the middle east in general distort western understanding of middle eastern politics.

I like stories about underdogs who live in self storage units, so I liked this one. The ending kind of came out of left field, although now that I think about it, it was kind of foreshadowed.

Love and Rockets superhero comic. Pretty upbeat. I'm still not sure what to make of it. The art reminded me of Daniel Clowes, except considering how far back Hernandez goes, the similarity is probably more the other way around.

Felt like a how-to guide to being held hostage for ransom. At the same time, I was surprised at how exciting it was. I was also amused by the historical exercises he goes through to keep occupied. Made me wonder what my prisoner/hostage situation mental exercise would be.

Explore's Michael Jordan as a person, a player, and a pop-culture phenomenon. Unfortunately, it gives no attention to his film career. Santiago uses collage like style to fit Jordan's life, career, and cultural impact into one short graphic novel. I was disappointed there was nothing about Space Jam, but all in all I liked it.

I liked this better than the Voyeurs. It felt more focused, and maybe less bleak. Not sure if it's her writing or her life that took on more focus. Either way, next time I see a book by Bell at the library, I'll pick it up.

Has many similarities to, and shares many themes with Mieville's Iron Council. Updated for a Harsh late 2010s reality. Also serves as sort of an "intro to surrealism".