Douglas Wolk

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  • Secrets, lies -- and lawyers!

    "Daredevil" suffered for years under Frank Miller's shadow, but Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev made it one of the most engrossing comics of the last decade.
    By Douglas Wolk January 5, 2006

  • Finding "Little Nemo"

    At the legendary comic strip's centennial, Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" gets the treatment it deserves in a huge, lush new collection.
    By Douglas Wolk December 3, 2005

  • Sex freaks

    In "Black Hole," Charles Burns' remarkable graphic novel, sex spreads among scared, horny teenagers like a terrifying disease.
    By Douglas Wolk November 7, 2005

  • Notes from a famous nobody

    Harvey Pekar remembers high school football, street fighting, and life before "American Splendor."
    By Douglas Wolk October 6, 2005

  • The inimitable Chris Ware

    The author of "Jimmy Corrigan" explores a fallen world in this new installment of breathtakingly intricate comic strips.
    By Douglas Wolk September 2, 2005

  • Yurts, robot secretaries, and talking dinosaurs

    In Carla Speed McNeil's "Finder" comics, cultures past, present and future clash and combine to create a fantastic vision of a different world.
    By Douglas Wolk August 5, 2005

  • Magic comic ride

    In his fantastical "Promethea" series, Alan Moore indulges his fascinations with tantric sex and the tarot -- and reveals his take on kabbalistic philosophy.
    By Douglas Wolk July 1, 2005

  • The amazing Steve Ditko

    Spider-Man's reclusive co-creator went into hiding decades ago, but his spirit continues to haunt the best of today's comics
    By Douglas Wolk June 3, 2005

  • "Joy of Cooking"

    Irma Rombauer might have been a terrible cook, but her elegant instruction manual belongs in every kitchen.
    By Douglas Wolk July 1, 2002

  • Nick Drake's music moves more than Volkswagens

    "Like potent narcotics"
    By June 22, 2000

  • Nick Drake's post-posthumous fame

    The English folkie left behind three perfect records when he died of an overdose in 1974. It took a recent Volkswagen commercial for them to find an audience.
    By Douglas Wolk June 19, 2000

  • Sharps & flats

    Pastoral pop group Belle and Sebastian finally re-release their out-of-print debut "Tigermilk," a copy of which once sold for $1,200. The excellent disc is worth the long wait, if not the inflated auction price.
    By Douglas Wolk July 15, 1999

  • Genius

    The MacArthur Foundation rewards Chicago jazz improv insider Ken Vandermark.
    By Douglas Wolk June 30, 1999

  • Ink Polaroids

    Our man snaps imaginary photographs at Belle & Sebastian's Bowlie Weekender music festival.
    By Douglas Wolk May 4, 1999

  • More power to low-power!

    Broadcasters balk as the FCC considers opening up the radio airwaves
    By -- Douglas Wolk April 15, 1999

  • Sharps & Flats

    By Lois Maffeo March 30, 1999

  • Sharps & Flats: Elvis Presley

    By Douglas Wolk March 10, 1999

  • Sharps & Flats

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine
    By Douglas Wolk February 23, 1999

  • Sparklehorse

    By Douglas Wolk February 9, 1999

  • Sharps & Flats: The Magnetic Fields

    Holiday & the house of tomorrow
    By Douglas Wolk January 26, 1999

  • Jonathon Richman

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
    By Mark Athitakis October 21, 1998

  • Sheryl Crow

    By Douglas Wolk September 16, 1998

  • Charming Hostess

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
    By Douglas Wolk January 22, 1998

  • Sharps and Flats: Closed on Account of Rabies

    By Douglas Wolk December 4, 1997

  • Sharps and Flats: Paul Simon

    Douglas Wolk reviews 'Songs from the Capeman'.
    By Douglas Wolk November 26, 1997
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