July 2020

Charles Dunn

I'd Really Like to Eat a Child, by Sylviane Donnio [an offbeat review]

I’d been looking forward to this one for a while based on the title alone. In my ongoing search for offbeat selections, it frequently...

Charles Dunn

And another thing...

Them: You got your preliminary character studies from the illustrator? Congrats! Me: Thanks. It's so cool to finally see them in the...

Charles Dunn

Cecil the Pet Glacier, by Matthea Harvey [an offbeat review]

Cecil the Pet Glacier might be described as avant-garde, somber, borderline surreal. If you use those adjectives on a regular basis,...

Charles Dunn

Claire? Is that you?

I got the preliminary character designs for Claire, Betsy, and the Martians! It's so exciting. I've never seen anything I've written...

Charles Dunn

Will the real Claire please step forward?

Ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod! Mariano says he may have the initial character design ready to show me by as early as this week. I don't know...

Charles Dunn

That's Not Your Mommy Anymore, by Matt Mogk [an offbeat review]

"Zombies?" you're thinking to yourself. "That is sooo early 2000's." Or maybe "Holy shit, that's inappropriate." You wouldn't be wrong on...

Charles Dunn

Monsters Eat Whiny Children, by Bruce Eric Kaplan [an offbeat review]

I have two children, neither of them whiny. I also have a donut tree in the backyard. And I can turn college loan statements into bacon...

CHARLES DUNN