Sept 13: Gemma Correll at Wonderland Books

 

And we are so excited for a Sunday evening event (Sept. 13) with award-winning author, cartoonist and illustrator Gemma Correll at 6:30PM. She will be in the store to discuss her graphic memoir Anxietyland. In this funny and poignant book, Correll leads readers through the roller coaster of her mind in the wake of a panic attack. Her book has been featured in the New Yorker and NPR, and is Molly Ringwald's inaugural book club pick!  

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Why the Silver Surfer is the superhero for our cosmically fraught times [in print as The Silver Age]

Column by Chris Richards

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): E1, 8-9.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/silver-surfer-fantastic-four-marvel-superhero/

A surrogate dad. America's guardian. What Superman means to us. [letters]

Tina Rhea et. al.

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): A21

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/superman-christopher-reeve-george-reeves/

Aggressive instructions, impossible locks: When vacation rentals go wrong [in print as Vacation rentals gone wrong]

By Gemma Correll

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): F6.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/06/29/vacation-rental-comic/

'Donkey Kong Bananza' is a smashing grab bag of classic Nintendo ideas [in print as 'Donkey Kong Bananza' rises to the moment]

Review by Gene Park

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): E1, 11.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/07/16/donkey-kong-bananza-switch-2-review/

 

Steve Benson, provocative Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dies at 71 [in print as Provocative Pulitzer-winning cartoonist known for skewering politicians].

While shifting from the political right to the left, he skewered politicians including Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham and President Donald Trump.

By Harrison Smith

July 20, 2025 : B20.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/07/16/steve-benson-dead-cartoonist/

 

and missed this.

Season 2 of 'The Sandman' sits in the dark shadow of Neil Gaiman [in print as 'Sandman' sits in the dark shadow of Gaiman].

Review by A.A. Dowd

Washington Post (July 4, 2025): C1-2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2025/07/03/sandman-season-two-neil-gaiman-review/