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Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie: Lost Girls (Hardcover, 2006, Top Shelf Productions) 4 stars

Lost Girls is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Melinda Gebbie, …

Review of 'Lost Girls (Lost Girls, #1-3)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

It's a wonder that this book is so under-mentioned and neglected in the Alan Moore canon. It's a tour de force in terms of achievement. To take well-known characters in literature and reinterpret and recontextualize them purely as sexual beings, and doing it without demeaning or diminishing their essence, is – to use an oft-misused word – genius.

Fact and fiction - only madmen and magistrates cannot distinguish between them.

Mark Seal: Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli (2021, Gallery Books) 5 stars

Review of 'Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Ok, yeah. I am obsessed with the book and movie. The making-of story is a tale worth telling, with its ecstatic ups and nail-biting downs.

It's a wonder that I never realized that the designer of the iconic book cover and movie poster, with the hands holding the crucifix/puppet strings was a Japanese-American designer named S Neil Fujita, who was interned during WWII. He was also known for iconic Jazz album covers for Columbia recordings, including Dave Brubeck's Time Out.

"The most important unpublished work on one of the greatest films of all time, The …

Review of 'The Godfather notebook' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Accompanied by a viewing of the movie, of course. Fascinating to see the process of adaptation be mostly a matter of chopping off parts of the book, accompanied by trying to bring inner monologues and backstories to life in the most economical manner possible.