My latest “Adapt This” column for IFC recommends the 2008 graphic novel Bluesman, which is one of those amazing stories that manages to fly under the radar for most readers. It’s a compelling, heart-wrenching book about an African-American blues musician in the late 1920s who’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, and must flee [...]

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It feels like I’ve done nothing but write about “The Avengers” this week, and I’m sure it feels like you’ve read nothing but stories about “The Avengers” here, too. But such is life on my side of things, true believers. (Yes, I’ve got Stan Lee-isms on my brain right now, for obvious reasons…) And so [...]

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For this week’s “Adapt This” column at IFC, I recommended the book 27 by Charles Soule and Renzo Podesta. It’s an ongoing series that I really enjoyed in its first volume, and I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes from there. Here’s an excerpt from the column, which includes a basic synopsis of the [...]

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For this week’s “Adapt This” column, I recommended Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino’s WinterWorld, a post-apocalyptic saga that unfolds after the world has frozen over and humanity is left scrounging in the snow. Honestly, I feel like the people behind that terrible 1995 film “Water World” owe Dixon and Zaffino some money and an apology [...]

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This week’s “Adapt This” column for IFC takes a dark turn as I recommend Josh Fialkov and Rahsan Ekedal’s terrifying miniseries Echoes for adaptation as a big-screen horror film. If you haven’t read Echoes yet, I suggest doing so — but make sure you’re prepared for one of those stories that will creep you out [...]

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This week’s “Adapt This” column for IFC is unique in that it’s the first time I’ve ever recommended a comic for adaptation when there’s only been one issue published. The fact that I’m dedicating a column to Smoke and Mirrors based on a single issue is a testament to how impressed with the first chapter [...]

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For this week’s “Adapt This” column, I suggested a critically praised comic that it took me a while to get around to reading, but ended up being even better than all the hype promised. The Sword is a bloody series about a college girl who goes after the three element-controlling killers who murdered her family. [...]

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