The Unwritten

When I was a kid I read a lot of Choose Your Own Adventure books, because it was the late 1980s and it was the thing to do at the time. Other generations had stickball or kick the can or hula hoops. We had sentences like "If you stand and fight the yeti ninja, turn to page 47...

I think I will not be alone in saying that Choose Your Own Adventure books are freaking great, and that when I was a kid -- a time when you don't have so many choices in your life -- the idea of being able to personally steer the adventures of the hero or heroine was a particular thrill, even if most of the time those choices meant I ended up dead thanks to cobras, lasers, witches, or the razor-l

ComicsAlliance reviews the biggest, best, and most interesting comics that hit the shelves this week. SPOILERS FOLLOW. THIS CHILDREN'S BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND IS ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. AND AWESOME FOR EVERYONE ELSE - The Unwritten 12 Mike Carey and Peter Gross' series "The Unwritten" has, over the course of its eleven issue run so far, created one of the most

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BATMAN & ROBIN (& BATWOMAN, & KNIGHT, & SQUIRE, & BATMAN AGAIN) - Batman and Robin 8 Much of Grant Morrison's writing for the DC Universe over the past several years has involved callbacks to past events on a level that even the most devout of continuity fans would probably consider obscure references to details they never expected to see again. So it's only fitti... Read Mor

INSTANT CLASSIC - The Unwritten 9 I know that I've talked a lot about Mike Carey and Peter Gross' Vertigo series lately, and I'd normally be hesitant to cover the same book over and over again in this space. But issue #9 of "The Unwritten" is by far the best comic book to be released this week...

Tomorrow, the first trade paperback collection of Mike Carey and Peter Gross' Vertigo comic book series, "The Unwritten," hits bookstores. Subtitled "Tommy Taylor and the Case of the Bogus Identity," the book revolves around Tom Taylor, the son of a bestselling author named Wilson Taylor who mysteriously disappeared years before the story opens...

With 2009 about to draw to a close, now seems like a good time to look back on a year of Wednesdays and remind myself of the reason I buy new comics every week. To remember that it's worth sifting through the piles of never-ending zombie comics, celebrity biography cash-ins and Barack Obama team-ups because every once in a while you find a great story with beautiful artwork...

YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET IN HIS HEAD - Pilot Season: Murderer 1 Popular culture has taught me that there are two kinds of telepathy. There's the good, desirable kind where you can selectively read other people's thoughts, turning that ability on and off at will...

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- books coming out this week.THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT IS ADAMANTIUM, RIGHT? "The Marvels Project" #1 The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. It's a concise piece of wisdom that was first uttered by none other than Albert Einstein...