Hollywood Writers on Strike - Read a Book!

Now that Hollywood screen and TV writers have gone on strike and late night television and daytime soaps will be taking a great hit, it's a good time to do more of what we all say we'll do more of -- read a book!

We at Comics & Classics offer these new gems and timeless standards to replace those hours we find ourselves in front of the boob tube (yes, you could watch reruns - but come on, wouldn't that be like breaking the picket-line - - "Union!"):

Alan Moore's Watchmen - The only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award and graphic novel to be included in Time Magazine's 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present." A look at superhero status deconstructed.


Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible - Written by freelance game designer and published by Pantheon Books, this entertaining look into the mind of evil genius Dr. Impossible and new superhero female cyborg Fatale offers a fun read that blends the world of comic book heroes and villains with traditional novel writing. Check it out at www.sooniwillbeinvincible.com


Katherine Dunn's Geek Love - A twisted story of family love and sacrifice, Dunn's Geek Love looks at common themes in a intense and uncommon way. The novel is the story of a traveling circus run by husband and wife team Al and Crystal Lil Binewski, who, in order to create their own side shows for the circus, repeatedly inject Crystal with multitudes of drugs and questionable substances during her pregnancies, of which are born their deformed "special" children. Both disturbing and touching, Dunn's work calls all we understand about love and family into question.

Shazam and The Monster Society of Evil - A retelling of Captain Marvel's origin. This trade includes his first encounters with such characters as The Wizard Shazam, Mr. Tawky-Tawny, Dr. Sivana, and Mr. Mind. Also, look out for the introduction of Mary Marvel.

Post us with your comments on good books to read during the strike!