Editor Pick: Books

'Hot or Not' by Jessica Campbell is a tongue in cheek comentary on the physical attributes of male artists of the 20th century.

'Becoming Kerouac' by Paul Maher Jr. offers a vivid depiction of the “tortured artist” archetype, both its creative power and its personal cost.

'Metadoggoz' by Bérénice Motais de Narbonne, published by Drawn+Quarterly, creates a world as intricate as it is thought-provoking and as beautiful as it is horrifying.

Many of us still “want to believe,” but belief should not come at the expense of empathy or respect for those who remain unconvinced, says Markovsky. And vice versa.

Read Pretenders to the Throne of God by Adrian Tchaikovsky for pleasure, but appreciate the picture he paints of the dangers of anyone preaching greatness or perfection.

'Your Place in this World' by Jake La Botz is an empathic and caring story of someone from the streets of Chicago who's just desperately trying to find a way to be.

Marc Torices explores the comic medium while Cornelius the hapless dog explores an existence of finding roommates and solving kidnappings.

'Reel Politik' by Nathan Gelgud follows the adventures of a theater crew that overthrows authority and seizes the means of projection.

'The Rose field' – The Book of Dust Vol. 3 by Philip Pullman brings the story of Lyra and Pan to a resounding and beautiful conclusion.

'The Gaslit Brain' warns that assaults on the mind are as real as those on the body, a warning that needs to be heard.