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Reading as of Oct. 15, 2007:
(novels/graphic novels)

Stardust by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess

(Reading and re-reading my own writing as of late. I've been writing quite a bit the past few months. Plus I'm reading a number of research books that I'm not about to list here only because they'd give away parts of what I'm writing about. I'm reading, reading, reading; writing, writing, writing.)

....I seem to read too many books, as you'll see.

Recommended books:

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind (This book is being made into a movie... go figure. Just found that out.)

My Petition For More Space a novel by John Hersey

Arrogance by Joanna Scott

Egon Schiele: The Complete Works compiled by Jane Kallir

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

Hollywood by Charles Bukowski

The captain is out to lunch and the sailors have taken over the ship by Charles Bukowski illustrated by Robert Crumb

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

WOMEN by Charles Bukowski

Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski

The Roominghouse Madrigals by Charles Bukowski

Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Summer Crossing by Truman Capote

Music For Chameleons by Truman Capote

Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimton

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Conversations with Capote by Lawrence Grobel

Selected Writings of Truman Capote (A Random House Book)

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Tenants by Bernard Malamud

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier

The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier

The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier is one of my favorite female writers to read, you can check out her website at: http://www.tchevalier.com

(Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite male writers.)

Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Make Love* *The Bruce Campbell Way... by of course Bruce Campbell.

Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb

The Stranger Next Door by Amelie Nothomb

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer

Spider by Patrick McGrath

Cole Porter: Selected Lyrics edited by Robert Kimball

The Battle of BRAZIL by Jack Mathews about the story of Terry Gilliam's victory over Hollywood to release his landmark film

Pinball by Jerzy Kosinski

Godbody by Theodore Sturgeon

Kink by Kathe Koja

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

The Collector by John Fowles

Mantissa by John Fowles

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Clive Barker's Shadow's In Eden edited by Stephen Jones

Inferno/From An Occult Diary by August Strindberg

Come On In! by Charles Bukowski

Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 Jack Kerouas & Joyce Johnson


The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

Andy Kaufman REVEALED! by Bob Zmuda with Mathew Scott Hansen

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath edited by Karen V. Kukil

An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender

Willful Creatures: Stories by Aimee Bender

My Education: A Book of Dreams by William S. Burroughs

FAST FICTION: Creating Fiction in Five Minutes by Roberta Allen (One very interesting book to read and reference back to)

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephan Vincent Benet

Story-crafting by Paul Darcy Boles



Recommended Comic Books/Graphic Novels:

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez (One of my favorite comic books of all time)

Lenore by Roman Dirge

Scud: The Disposable Assassin by Rob Schrab

12 Reasons Why I Love Her by Jamie S. Rich & Joelle Jones

I Never Liked You a comic-strip narrative by Chester Brown

The Fountain written by Darren Aronofsky & illustrated by Kent Williams

Concrete: Fragile Creature by Paul Chadwick

Concrete: Land & Sea by Paul Chadwick

The Ticking by Renee French

Fables: Legends in Exile written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: Animal Farm written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: Storybook Love written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: The Mean Seasons written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: Homelands written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: Arabian Nights (and days) written by Bill Willingham with various artists

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall written by Bill Willingham with various illustrators

Iron West by Doug TenNapel

The Crow by James O'Barr (First graphic novel)

Good-bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson

Blankets by Craig Thompson (A fantastic graphic novel. Honors and respects everything an artist can do in and for the comic book medium)

Carnet De Voyage by Craig Thompson

Beach Safari by Mawil (Markus Mawil Witzel)

Grickle by Graham Annable

MAUS (volume 1&2) by Art Spiegelman and MAUS on cd-rom (which has the entire contents of MAUS, audio and video interviews and commentary, hundreds of sketches, photos, rare artwork you won't find anywhere else, and more.)

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

CreeD by Trent Kaniuga

Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

David Boring by Daniel Clowes

Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes

Twentieth Century Eightball krazy komics by Daniel Clowes

MOME (anthology collections 1-5 by various creators)

The Mask by John Arcudi & Doug Mahnke

Madman by Michael Allred

Four Letter Words (an anthology by various artists) from Image comics

FROM HELL written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell

The Sketchbook Diaries by James Kochalka

Kissers by James Kochalka

Paradise Sucks by James Kochalka

Hate by Peter Bagge

Buddy Go Home! by Peter Bagge

Thieves & Kings by Mark Oakley (trade paperback volumes and comics)

Sin City (all of them) by Frank Miller

Pizzeria Kamikaze by Etgar Keret & Asaf Hanuka

Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form by Scott McCloud

Clumsy: A Novel by Jeffrey Brown (Not exactly high comic book art by any means but it does have a touching underlying coming-of-age story to it.)

Any Easy Intimacy by Jeffrey Brown the book is also known as AEIOU

Every Girl Is The End Of The World For Me by Jeffrey Brown

Road to Perdition written by Max Allan Collins, art by Richard Piers Raynor

Zebediah the Hillbilly Zombie Redneck Bites the Dust by Scott Mills

Oversight: Short Stories 1990-2005 by Phil Hester

Get a Life by Dupuy & Berberian

Maybe Later by Dubuy & Berberian

Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story by Harvey Pekar

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim Deitch

The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud

Shadowland comics by Kim Deitch

Little Star by Andi Watson

Bardin the Superrealist by Max

Completely MAD: The history of the comic book and magazine by Maria Reidelbach (MAD magazine)