American Virgin #1 (American Virgin, Volume 1) Steven T. Seagle Vertigo, 2006 Written by Steven T. Seagle Art by Becky Cloonan Cover by Frank Quitely YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TIME... Adam Chamberlain is a 20-year-old youth minister, a best-selling author, and most important, the head of a rabid national virginity movement. But practicing virgin or not...Adam is about to lose it. Just a few weeks shy of marrying the girl of his dreams - the only woman God has said ...             The Walking Dead Book 1 (Walking Dead)36 reviews Robert Kirkman Image Comics, 2006 The Walking Read + a "Zombie movie fans" MUST HAVE + If your a zombie enthusiast, don't pass this up!! + Zombies with Brains + Living People should be the title             The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government7 reviews David K. Johnson University Of Chicago Press, 2006 Marvelous + A fine piece of scholarship on homophobia in government and the early gay rights struggle + The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government + an essential addition to the history of the McCarthy period + I'm now a history lover!             Transmetropolitan Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard10 reviews Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson Vertigo, 1999 American Politics Meets Its Match + Spider, Spider, Spider + consistency + Warren Ellis is for real! + Graphic SF Reader             A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)962 reviews John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 Smart, Funny, Without the Usual Conceit + The funniest book I've ever read + incredible book + Odd, Sad, Funny, Unique and Just Plain Great! + Hilarious, dark, brilliant             The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down216 reviews Anne Fadiman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 Eye Opening + Fascinating study of the important role cultural competency plays in Western medicine + thought provoking + The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down             Four Plays1 review Eugene O'Neil Chamberlain Bros., 2006 Two many editions? This Signet Classics edition's plays are also available in a much cheaper paperback, with an appendix instead of a preface. Actually, both have their values; the commentaries are worthwhile, and the pagination of the two editions is identical ( that's the teacher in me giving the students their ...             Runaways, Vol. 145 reviews Brian K Vaughan Marvel Comics, 2006 Ran away with my heart + Weird premise + Runaways, Vol. 1 This hardcover trade collects the entire first run of the series Runaways, created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona. Included are issues #1-18 of the first run of Runaways. The story arcs: Pride and Joy (issues 1-6) Teenage Wasteland (issues 7-10) Lost and Found (issues ...             Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile50 reviews Bill Willingham Vertigo, 2002 Best comic book series ever? + Off to a Great Start + Very Good But Not Spectacular Start When it comes to comic book geeks we think something like Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol is a masterpiece but what are true masterpieces are titles that transcend the hobby to appeal to people other than aficionados of the hobby. A testament to the series is that it transcends the hobby to ...             Lolita449 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1989 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             As I Lay Dying191 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1991 Homegoing + Worth the effort! + A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale + Now I can get them teeth...             White Noise: Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)21 reviews Don DeLillo Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Get this edition! + Not light reading + Lots of extras + Great Text; Essays are OK + An Excellent Case Study             The Walking Dead Book 2 (Walking Dead)13 reviews Robert Kirkman Image Comics, 2007 Great series! + Great Zombie Lore + Another graphic zombie hit This is my new fave series. Can't get enough. If you love romero, things undead, or just character based work, you'll really dig this. I've gotten all 3 hardcovers and now mope about till the new issue hits newsstands. Recommend getting the hc for easy access to all the gooey stuff inbetween. ...             Marvel Zombies71 reviews Robert Kirkman Marvel Comics, 2006 wonderfully unsettling + Marvel+Zombies=Excellent Read I purchased and read Marvel Zombies 1 and 2 and I was intriguingly appalled at the behavior and condition of my childhood heros. To see them shamelessly (except for spidey) pursuing and devouring every living body in sight is profoundly disturbing, but its so riveting. I love to hate them but I ...             Ex Machina, Vol. 3: Fact v. Fiction16 reviews Brian K. Vaughan Wildstorm, 2006 Nice Collection With a Different Structure + Political intrigue with superpowers + Does Not Disappoint + More development in a good comic             Ex Machina, Vol. 2: Tag12 reviews Brian K. Vaughan Wildstorm, 2005 A good comic gets better + Consistent Quality + Another fine entry. + Awesome + Graphic SF Reader             Best of American Splendor7 reviews Harvey Pekar Ballantine Books, 2005 The Saga Continues + Chronicler of the quotidian + A Fine Pekar Snapshot + Graphic literature + Hard to say what draws one to a Pekar comic             Testament: Akedah (Testament)4 reviews Douglas Rushkoff Vertigo, 2006 Check It Out, this changes everything... + good job + Worth Checking Out. "the most assured and original project to emerge from Vertigo since SANDMAN." - Comic Buyer's Guide "Make no mistake, The Greatest Story Ever Told continues right here?" - Grant Morrison "A stunning, richly entertaining book!" - Robert Anton Wilson, co-author "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" ...             Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm27 reviews Bill Willingham Vertigo, 2003 Some rough action + Willingham Switches It Up + It works. I'm not quite sure how or why, but it works + Goldilock isn't so sweet!             Summer Blonde9 reviews Adrian Tomine Drawn and Quarterly, 2003 Slap in the face + Tomine At His Peak Just like his other two books of collections, this one is another SLAP in your FACE, when it comes to your emotions. As I read the stories I get drawn into the charcaters' simple events, yet complex emotions surrounding those events and feel hit when the end comes. I love how all of Tomines stories ...