NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (John Williams, 1948)
Even early, lesser Williams like this Dostoyevsky-style debut is more interesting than most of what's published today. Recommended, but not as a Williams introduction (that honor goes to STONER).
THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY (Kay Sohini, 2025)
Only six weeks into the year and we've been gifted 2025's first Great comics work: by turns beautiful, informative, poetic, mouthwatering, and heartbreaking, Sohini manages to make me miss cities even more than I do all the time. Her true gift here, though – thanks to her impeccable eye for the beauty of the smallest detail – is that she makes me feel as at home in her NYC as I felt when I made my first treks to that magical city all too long ago. She has found her home’s beating heart and is in perfect synchrony with it; highly, highly recommended.
SECTION 31 (2025)
What happens when what should be a pilot needs to be a series to improve on an interesting concept but will exist only as a casseroled movie undeserving of a star's talent and boasting the franchise’s most irritating Vulcan character. Disappointing.
