The Polish science fiction writing genius, gave us a short story par excellence with The Seventh Voyage. It’s one of many adventures of his indefatigable comedic protagonist Ijon Tichy. In this instance the innocent Ijon is merely cruising in his space ship when he gets caught in a time loop. As a result, past and …
When Craig Thompson won a 2012 Pacific Northwest Book Award for the graphic novel Habibi, the awards committee declared that the book “should take its place alongside groundbreaking classics, such as Maus and Persepolis.” Praise doesn’t get any higher in the graphic book arena. I’m not certain a middle grade (and up!) cosmic adventure featuring …
It is with much gratitude that a graphic novelist accepts an award bestowed upon such brilliant company of prose writers. And it’s intimidating to play in the field with these wordsmiths, since I myself am clumsy with words and far more graceful and expressive with drawings. Yet, making stand-alone drawings doesn’t hold my interest. I …
