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...mathematics major from the University of California at Berkeley, Shiga smartly takes "Meanwhile..." beyond a gimmick by incorporating a theme of multiple universe theory. But even if the design didn't reflect the content, "Meanwhile..." would still be treat to read. More like a toy than a comicbook, it kept me busy for a couple of hours, going back and forth to discover its secrets. Shiga has recently created another CYOA-style book, "Hello, World," which has been cut in half horizontally, allowing the reader to create a story by flipping through either half. It contains a secret code...
...Double Happiness" and "Fleep" might be found at superior comicbook stores. "Meanwhile..." can be ordered through Jason Shiga's website...
...reinvented the art form into "comix." Then he got better. Through the following decades Crumb continued to stretch the form's limits with his mix of biting satire and naked autobiography. When Terry Zwigoff's documentary, "Crumb," came out in 1994, he became the world's best-known comicbook artist. Residing in France since the 1990s, Crumb's output has slowed. But this month fans will get a double dose of Crumb material both old and new. "The Complete Crumb Comics" volume 16 (Fantagraphics Books; 128pp.; $18.95) continues a series of annual books that seeks to include every scrap...
...predictable audience and becomes a monster hit. Around fifteen years later you decide to come out with a three-part sequel that becomes one of the most anticipated new series of the millennium. No, your name is not Lucas, it's Miller. Frank Miller, author of the remarkable 1986 comicbook "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," has finally completed a three-issue sequel, "The Dark Knight Strikes Back...
Issue four of "Eiland" (Bries; 28pp.; $13.95), by a pair of Dutch artists, Sefan J.H. van Dinther and Tobias Tycho Schalken, doesn't come at you like a comicbook. You push the contents out of an open-ended cover sleeve. Into your lap plops an eight-and-a-half-foot-long piece of shiny cardstock that has been folded back and forth, accordion-style. Each side of the sheet contains a story by one of the artists, which because of the folding, means the book has no front or back and the end of one turns over to the beginning...