Stargazing Dog

Stargazing Dog

Rating:  Stargazing Dog, by Takashi Murakami. NBM Publishing (2011), 128 pages. Stargazing Dog was first published in Japan in 2008, where it has sold over a half million copies. It’s a relatively short graphic novel that should take about a half hour to...
Stitches

Stitches

Rating:  Stitches:  A Memoir, by David Small. W.W. Norton & Company (2009), 329 pages. This memoir is the biggest surprise of the year for me. I had not intended to read Stitches as I’m not much of a graphic book fan, but the nonstop rave reviews it kept...
Korgi

Korgi

Rating:  Korgi, by Christian Slade.  Top Shelf Productions (2007), 88 pages. I read this seven months ago and have not stopped thinking about it since. It is the first and only graphic novel I’ve ever purchased, and though I’ve never had much interest in the...