W. 11th & Bluff

About Ben I was born and raised right here in Dubuque before I headed out for awhile, traipsing about the country in search of work unti...

Ever feel like you’re stuck in a rat race? Yeah, me too. RX: a graphic memoir by Rachel Lindsay explores the rat race of corporate Amer...

Daredevil is a streaming series released on Netflix. It takes place in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen and stars Matt Murdock ( Charlie Cox )...

“It’s as if I feel at home everywhere or nowhere at all?” Simon Muchat bares this telling sentiment near the beginning of the newly tra...

There are a lot of television shows based on comic books these days, and it often feels overwhelming to try to keep up with them all (even...

Greta is a young girl learning the art of blacksmiths. She finds a wounded tea dragon on her way home one day and befriends its owner...

Continuity is both the best and the worst thing about superhero comics. It’s a huge part of what fans love about these stories, but it’...

Victoria Jamieson is one of my favorite middle grade graphic novelists. She wrote the Newbery Honor Book Roller Girl ,  and I've bee...

Do you love cats? How do you feel about outer space? I love cats and I also love space, so  CatStronauts Mission Moon  by Drew Brocking...

I really enjoyed Mad Max: Fury Road (a.k.a. the car chase movie with interesting female characters), so when I saw previews for Atomic...

Sometimes it pays to take a chance on a book based entirely on the cover art or a clever title. Jumping into a story blindly with no re...

None of us will live forever, but Callie, who was born with a congenital heart defect, has never been able to escape the awareness that...

If you grew up on a steady diet of Nancy Drew and Scooby-Doo , and are particularly drawn to stories about plucky girl sleuths, I highly...

When I was in fourth grade, I discovered the Redwall series by Brian Jacques . I devoured them, reading what my library had and then beg...

When it comes to superhero comics, I prefer my stories to be optimistic, fun, and, well, heroic. Not necessarily heroic on a save-the-w...

If you're looking for an old-fashioned, fast-paced, riveting adventure story, look no further than Compass South  by Hope Larson a...

This week I want to tell you about Bad Machinery Vol. 1: The Case of the Team Spirit  by John Allison . Bad Machinery started and contin...