“Nightwing: Leaping Into The Light” by Tom Taylor and Bruno Reddondo.
What a fun book! And Reddondo is incredible! This DC Compact format - manga-sized collections of DC Comics all at a $10 price range- is pretty perfect to get me to read books I otherwise would not have.

“Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar.
Excellent collection of short, mostly fantasy, stories.

“Mark Gruenwald” by Paul V Allen.
I’m mildly obsessed with both Gruenwald and this series of biographies of comics creators. I grew up reading Gru’s run on Captain America. Finding a stack of DP7 at a flea market made me the only kid I knew who loved/knew about that comic.

“The Migraine Diaries” by Zach Powers.
This is an incredible, fractured, look at pain and grief. Both conditions carry heavy auras and are felt across the body, social groups, and time in surprising ways. Told with great humor and pathos.

“Anarchy in Greece” published by Detritus Books. Collects monthly reports from anonymous anarchists from 2018-2025. A striking document of the oppression of the far right New Democracy government. And a contemporary history of a vibrant anarchist movement.

“Death of COPRA” by Michel Fiffe.
What an accomplishment. All the flowers to Fiffe for making COPRA happen. I remember when this series launched. I was living in New York and regularly going to Bergen Street Comics. Now this final story by collected by Image. This is just phenomenal comics 💓

“There Is No Anti-Memetics Division” by QNTM.
This was really fun. Inventive problems and solutions dealing with things, monsters, concepts, that hide from or erase people’s memory. Way more body horror than I expected at first, but it really adds to the suspense.

“The Grammar of Fantasy” by Gianni Rodari.
What a beautiful book and reading experience. The narrative experiments and thoughts on fantasy, imagination and education have given me plenty to think about and unpack. And the physical book itself is a joy to hold. Wonderful illustrations!

@alexlarman.bsky.social I loved the book. But as a Yinzer, I am offended.

This is a big deal for me, because I used to work at the Warhol museum. And there was one exhibit up for years with a TV that just played Bowie’s scenes in “Basquiat” on loop. Those few minutes of film are burns into my brain.

One mistake that threw me out of the book: in discussing Bowie’s role as Andy Warhol in the “Basquiat” film, Larman mentioned the Andy Warhol Museum in “Philadelphia”. I almost threw the book across the room. PITTSBURGH, Larman, PITTSBURGH! Completely opposite side of the state!

“Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie” by Alexander Larman.
This is a really engaging and well-researched dive into the latter years of Bowie’s career. “Heathen” and “The Buddha of Suburbia” were always favorites of mine from that era, but this has me more to look for in other albums.

“World Heist” by Linnea Sterte. What a beautiful short fantasy comic. Sterte is one my favorite cartoonists.

Don’t get me wrong this is an incredible book - I just think that there would be some different decisions made if itwas designed and printed today.

I remember when the Jack Cole book came out in the early 00s. Chip Kidd was just starting to do his thing in the comics world. This book is interesting, part biographical essay, part beautiful reprints of comics. Some of the design and materials, though, really feel “of its time.”

“The New Gods” by Ram V, Evan Cagle, and a bunch of other artists. “Jack Cole and Plastic Man” by Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd.

“The New Gods” is incredible - definitely getting volume 2.
Jack Cole was born in New Castle, PA. So he holds a special place for me.

“One World Under Doom” by Ryan North, RB Silva and David Curiel. It’s been a while since I really enjoyed a Marvel event. This was a good one. North’s FF has been an all-time high for the book and it’s great to see him work on something this big. The art is phenomenal.
Only Doom can save you.

Finally read Emily Wilson’s translation of “The Odyssey”. This has been on my TBR pile for a long time and I’m glad I finally picked it up. I really enjoyed this, as well as her “Iliad”.

“House of Day, House of Night” by Olga Tokarczuk. Another excellent novel by our girl Olga.

“Lying and Politics” by Hannah Arendt.

This was fantastic. Picking up volumes 2 and 3 immediately.

“Tokyo These Days” by Taiyo Matsumoto. A Manga editor quits his job, wanting to leave manga behind him. And after several visits with old friends and former colleagues, he decides that what he really wants is to work with a few hand picked collaborators to make a rare, truly great, manga.

“Promethea” 20th Anniversary Edition, Book 1 by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III.
I’ve read a bunch of Alan Moore comics, but his late 90s work, outside of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is a big gap of mine. Promethea is incredible to come back to. I will have to jump right into book two.

“The Beatrix Gates” by Rachel Pollack.
I was familiar with Pollack’s tarot work and was aware that she also wrote comics. But this is the first fiction collection of hers I have read and I am going to find her “Doom Patrol” next.
Also, this series of books by PM Press are all fantastic.

“Every Day I Read” by Hwang Bo-Reum and “Hannah Arendt” by Samantha Rose Hill.
Two very different audiobook vibes.

“Soundtrack from Twin Peaks” by Clare Nina Norelli.
I love the 33 and 1/3rd series! This was a great way to spend some more time in Twin Peaks and learn more about the work of Angelo Badalamenti.

“Will There Ever Be Another You?” By Patricia Lockwood.

Another fantastic book by Lockwood. Inventive and playful language. Sharp renderings. Surprisingly intense and visceral at times.

“A Magical Girl Retires” by Park Seolyeon.
A fantasy novella is actually the last book I will finish in 2025. This was a fun read and I’ll be looking for more of Seolyeon’s work in translation when it comes out.

“The Mountain in the Sea” by Ray Nayler.
Last book I’ll finish in 2025. I feel I am late to the Ray Nayler party. This book was fantastic and I can’t wait to read his new novel.

“Search and Destroy” volumes 1-3 by Atsushi Kaneko is a gorgeous, violent manga story. A reinterpretation of a classic work by Osamu Tezuka. A story of rage and revenge in a dystopian Japan.