Bad news. The Apocalypse is coming. Soon. Luckily, Heaven and Hell have left the business with the Anti-Christ in the hands of Crowley and Aziraphale, demon and angel respectively. Now they have misplaced the Anti-Christ and pretty much decided they really like humanity a lot more than their either of their bosses. In the first [...]
This comprehensive collection of American Splendor autobiographical comics by Harvey Pekar features the artwork of many prominent underground comic artists, including Jim Woodring, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Chester Brown, Spain, Drew Friedman, and R Crumb.But Pekar is truly the dominant force here.Whether he is trading records, arguing with people at work, getting sick, or losing [...]
Cat’s Cradle is by far the best Vonnegut novel that I have yet read. Blending his patented wry humor with acute social insight presented in an absurd fantasy world, Vonnegut has written an exceptional novel of love, lies, and the self destruction of mankind.The story centers around the narrator, Jonah, who is called by name [...]
Slaughter House Five deserves its reputation of being a piece of great American literature.The book follows a young man, Billy Pilgrim through his life.Billy believes aliens, tralfamadorians to be exact, have abducted him.We assume that it’s through these aliens that he learns to time travel, a skill he frequently uses.In the book Pilgrim bounces around [...]