Comics: Just Not For Kids Any More
There was a time when most kids read comics - but these days, if they read any comics at all, they're reading ones from fifty years ago. Zack Smith looks at the state of modern comics for kids.
19 June 2006

Top Nine: Smith's Choice
Reviewer extraordinaire Zack Smith reveals his top nine comics from a lifetime's reading, from his early affection for SCROOGE MCDUCK to his passion for Lawrence Marvit's SPARKS.
13 March 2006

The Book Review: Spiral-Bound
Hey, kids! A comic! Ninth Art enters the charming world of Aaron Renier's SPIRAL-BOUND: TOP SECRET SUMMER, where a little menace may just lurk beneath the waters in this hugely enjoyable children's tale.
23 January 2006

The Book Review: Capote In Kansas
The murder of a Kansas family lies at the heart of IN COLD BLOOD, but what was in Truman Capote's heart that made him want to tell their story? Ninth Art follows Ande Parks and Chris Samnee, as they follow Capote to Kansas.
12 September 2005

The Book Review: The Book Of Ballads
To mark the weekend of May Day, Ninth Art dips a toe in the waters of folklore and myth in the good company of former SANDMAN artist Charles Vess, as he brings a host of classic tales and ballads to life.
02 May 2005

The Book Review: Courtney Crumrin
If you go into the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise - but it's not the twilight, the mystics or the night things you have to worry about; it's a little girl named Courtney Crumrin. She's very, very good. And she's horrid.
25 October 2004

The Book Review: The Best Of Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury is one of the masters of fantasy and sci-fi, so it's no surprise that some of his 500 works have made the leap to comics. IBooks brings together some of the best, with contributions from Chiarello, Mignola, Russell and Van Fleet.
23 August 2004

The Book Review: Stray Bullets: Somewhere Out West
August is the perfect time to a trip to the seaside, but David Lapham's Seaside is like no holiday town you've ever seen. Ninth Art trades cotton candy for crime fiction as it heads SOMEWHERE OUT WEST.
09 August 2004

The Friday Review: Honour Among Punks
Never mind the spandex, here come Gary Reed and Guy Davis with the collected edition of their Baker Street mysteries - a little bit Conan Doyle, a little bit Sid Vicious. It's pretty, and it's far from vacant.
02 April 2004

The Friday Review: Jonny Double
Before 100 BULLETS, the creative team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso first worked together on this tight, intelligent private eye noir story. Ninth Art moseys up the bar and orders a DOUBLE.
20 February 2004

The Friday Review: Clumsy/Unlikely
Jeffrey Brown has made his mark in 2003 with his autobiographical tales of loving and losing. Ninth Art makes a double date with CLUMSY and UNLIKELY, two of Brown's earliest works.
05 December 2003

The Friday Review: The Interman
As the summer draws to a close, there's time to squeeze in just one more blockbuster, and this one's got it all; action, adventure, exotic locales, fisticuffs and swordplay. Ninth Art goes global with THE INTERMAN.
22 August 2003

The Friday Review: Mail Order Bride
The classic romantic tale is always supposed to end with a wedding. Here's a story that begins with one, but it's a long way from romantic. Ninth Art discovers a clash of cultures and a clash of expectations in Mark Kalesniko's MAIL ORDER BRIDE.
25 July 2003

The Friday Review: Sleepwalk & Other Stories
In the world of Adrian Tomine, loneliness, despondancy and disillusionment are the order of the day. In fact, the world of Adrian Tomine is often uncomfortably close to home.
28 March 2003

The Friday Review: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice
There are few comics that so perfectly capture an emotion as Craig Thompson's deeply affecting debut. The characters may seem strange, but their experiences are only too familiar.
21 March 2003

The Friday Review: Slow News Day
If reading the papers is getting you down, take a break from the headlines in a small English town, where love might just be allowed to flourish - if they can just read between the lines.
07 March 2003

The Friday Review: Three Fingers
If you believed Porky Pig when he said, 'Th-th-that's all, folks', think again. There's more to life in the Hollywood cartoon-making machine than acme anvils and silly symphonies. Ninth Art visits Cartoon Babylon, courtesy of Rich Koslowski.
22 November 2002

The Friday Review: Sparks: An Urban Fairytale
It's a fairy tale for people who've given up waiting for a happy ending. It's about a lonely, disillusioned girl and her robot. And it may just be one of the best books you'll read this year. Ninth Art sparks up.
13 September 2002

The Friday Review: Arsenic Lullaby: The Devil's Hat Trick
Voodoo, foetuses, deviltry and the Klan? Ninth Art delves into the world of Douglas Paskiewicz, for one dark little lullaby that certainly won't give you a pleasant night's sleep.
30 August 2002

The Friday Review: The Essential Howard The Duck
It was strange, satirical, and unlike anything ever published before by a major comics company. It was Steve Gerber, Frank Brunner, Gene Colan and a duck. Waaaugh! What is it good for? Absolutely plenty.
05 July 2002

The Friday Review: Pistolwhip
It's a film noir turned radio pulp turned comic book - and there's plenty more turns where those came from. Ninth Art revisits one of the most assured debuts of recent years.
14 June 2002

The Friday Review: Finder: Sin-Eater
In the first two collections of Carla Speed McNeil's FINDER, a patchwork city forms the chaotic backdrop for one of the finest works of science fiction in recent years. Ninth Art takes a closer look.
05 April 2002

The Friday Review: Little Nemo
One of the avowed true classics of comics literature, Winsor McCay's LITTLE NEMO was a wildly innovative newspaper strip whose influence can still be felt today. Ninth Art dons the pyjamas for some wonderful dreams.
22 March 2002

The Friday Review: Tantrum
Jules Feiffer has won both an Oscar and a Pulitzer, but for a true measure of the man's talents, one need look no further than his widescreen fable TANTRUM, about a grown man who wills himself back to infancy.
08 February 2002

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