Bookforum looks at Sean Howe’s history of Marvel Comics.

In other comics-related news, here’s a take on Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s Spaceman.

The Paris Review on Handwritten Recipes.

The excellent TV critic Alan Sepinwall has a book coming out.

“…and hopefully Alec Baldwin as a meat salesman.”

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