Friday, September 29, 7 p.m.
NEIL GAIMAN FRAGILE THINGS (William Morrow, $26.95)
Gaiman's third collection of "short fictions and wonders" (after Smokeand Mirrors and Adventures in the Dream Trade) includes an alternate-world Sherlock Holmes, a new last book of the Bible, verses from "a vampire's Tarot," and love stories that stretch the definitions of "love" and "story" in previously unimaginable ways.
Friday, October 13, 7 p.m.
JENNY ALLEN and JULES FEIFFER THE LONG CHALKBOARD (Pantheon, $16.95)
Feiffer's distinctive drawings, made famous by his PulitzerPrize-winning editorial cartoons as well as his children's illustrations, enhance the subtle humor of Allen's three stories about aging baby boomers still not sure they've grown up.
Saturday, October 14, 8 p.m.
SCOTT MCCLOUD MAKING COMICS (HarperCollins, $22.95)
America's leading comics theorist (and creator of the cult classicZot!) shares—in cartoon form—secrets of the art of storytelling that other cartooning how-to books don't cover. McCloud's earlier critical works made waves in the comics world; this one is sure to do the same.
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