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Bryan Hood
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Bryan Hood - Writer
Bryan Hood is a native of Los Angeles, a storyteller at heart, and a master of tomfoolery. When not writing, his other pursuits include fistfights, mixing whiskey with Dr. Pepper, and eating British candy bars (when available).
THE ART OF MICHAELA COLETTE ZACCHILLI
08/03/09
The Providence-based hectic and imaginative illustration and comic art is the visual equivalent of a brain-melting guitar solo.
CHEEVER MANIA: A REVIEW OF RECENT BOOKS ON AND BY THE LITERARY ICON
04/01/09
Cheever: A Life reverentially exposes the conflicted and endlessly complex literary giant, warts and all.
COMIC CRITIC: NAOKI URASAWA‘S "20TH CENTURY BOYS" AND "PLUTO: URASAWA X TEZUKA"
03/05/09
One of Japan's leading adult manga creators (not like that, you perv), releases two new spectacular works.
BOOK CRITIC: ANDERS NILSEN’S "MONOLOGUES FOR THE DENSITY OF BLACK HOLES"
02/11/09
Looser and more stream-of-conscious than usual, Nilsen's latest comic is also one of his most rewarding.
BOOK CRITIC: "FREE DARKO PRESENTS THE MACROPHENOMENAL PRO BASKETBALL ALMANAC"
01/07/09
There's a poetry to basketball―the grandiose slam dunk, the fade away jump shot―one that Free Darko meticulously (obsessively?) describes.
BUENAVENTURA PRESS
12/09/08
We take a deeper look at Oakland's Buenaventura Press, the publishing house behind Kramer's Ergot 7.
DRAWN TO IT: SAMMY HARKHAM & THE FUTURE OF COMICS
12/01/08
The full, original text of our profile on cartoonist Sammy Harkham, Kramers Ergot 7, Family, and L.A.'s art independent comic scene.
"THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2008"
10/24/08
The Best American Comics 2008 is good, but maybe not entirely deserving of its name.
"LUSH LIFE" BY RICHARD PRICE
09/30/08
Richard Price's latest, Lush Life, released back in March, isn't his greatest novel, but it's worth a read.
POLVO
09/11/08
The recently-reunited math rock legend, Polvo, sits down with Anthem for a quick interview.
