We've mentioned a few instances this year where we've preferred the British book jacket of a particular title to its American counterpart, but in this case the opposite is true. From the moment we saw the cover to Empire in Black and Gold, the first volume in Adrian...

Today's Featured Book of Color is A Matter of Trust by Anne Schraff. Part of the Bluford High series, A Matter of Trust follows Darcy Wills who is trying to deal with changing friends, a new boyfriend, school, and jealousy. Darcy used to be best friends with Brisana...

DECEMBER 7 — ANTONIO MACEO “The Bronze Titan.” Cuban revolutionist, anti-imperialist. DECEMBER 7, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS FESTIVAL OF PRIMORDIAL BEINGS. ALSO ON DECEMBER 7 IN HISTORY… 1872 — “Ludentologist” Johan Huizinga born, Groningen, Holland. 1896 — Cuban revolutionist, military hero...

These come from a chap-sized book I just found out about called ADVENTURES OF WIGGER CHICK. These aren’t even the best strips. There is one where in the first two frames Wigger Chick is eating pizza and watching TV and then in the third frame she says “I guess I jus’ bored a life” and [...]

Thousands of what, you ask? Thousands of TweetBookz. That’s right. It’s exactly what it sounds like. From the about page: Our concept for TweetBookz is to bring content as short-lengthed and short-lived as tweets to the “serious” world of books. ($30 a hardcover and $20 a paperback) The FAQ page is even better: Is there a minimum number of tweets I [...]

NPR posts their 5 picks for best foreign fiction this year. A nice idea, but would have liked to see more. Here are a few other 2009 releases I read in translation this year and would highly recommend: Homage to Czerny by Gert Jonke [Dalkey Archive] The Other City by Michal Ajvaz [Dalkey Archive] With Deer by Aase Berg [...]

To celebrate the release of his book, “Sex Dungeon for Sale!”, Patrick Wensink is holding a coloring contest. He had a series of illustrations created based on some of the book’s stories, including a Kindergartener who thinks he’s French, a puddle of ketchup shaped like Elvis and something called, “Chicken Soup for the Kidnapper’s Soul.” To [...]

Easter Rabbit (Publishing Genius 2009) 100pp perfect bound cover art by Christine Sajecki $12 I seem to recall that somewhere online Adam Robinson (the publisher) double dog dared people to read this book all in one sitting. His contention was that it was too overwhelming, that after reading a few...

So I tell you, this blogging-and-being-a-new-dad thing is tough, tougher than I thought. And just as I was entertaining thoughts of beginning this year's holiday hiatus earlier than usual, a lifeline came my way in the form of Katherine Taylor,...