Comics/Graphic Novels Reviews
- Book Review: Cry Wolf: Volume 2Based on Brigg’s bestseller Cry Wolf in the Alpha and Omega series, part two of this graphic comic adaptation finds werewolf enforcer Charles and his mate Anna, a rare omega wolf, hunting a rogue killer werewolf deep in the Montana Mountains. What they discover is far more chilling then...
- Book Review: T-rex Trying
What started as a joke rapidly took on a life of its own as Hugh Murphy’s redundant yet hilarious view of what life would be like for the world’s most fearsome predator acquired a worldwide internet following. Now you too can enjoy Murphy's twisted look at...
- Book Review: Alpha and OmegaBriggs’s popular urban fantasy Alpha and Omega, released in 2008 is certain to find a new audience with its re-release as a graphic novel. Surviving the violent attack that turned her into a werewolf, Anna Latham spent three years living a hellish existence as the lowest...
- Book Review: The Truth About CatsBrandenburg’s hilarious follow-up to her 2008 Everyday Cat Excuses will most certainly resonate with anyone pressed into service as a cat care provider. Anyone lucky(?) enough to have a cat in their household knows they are owned by their felines, not the other way around...
- Book Review: Post-It Note DiariesThis eclectic collection of twenty stories covers everything from a price increase on the New York subway to an ill-fated entrepreneurial venture into a water taxi service to the loss of a testicle. It is amply illustrated by hilarious drawings in black...
- Huntress #1 – Comic ReviewIn the first issue of the new DC Comics series Huntress, the female crime fighter leaves the cold streets of Gotham to bring her own form of justice to the Italian city of Naples, and stumbles into a criminal ring shipping girls and guns worldwide.
- Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1 – Comic ReviewWith a cinematic feel that would be comfortable in a Martin Scorsese gangster film, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1 sees one of Batman’s classic villains stepping out of the shadows thanks to a gritty story written by Gregg Hurwitz and art chores by Szymon Kudranski.
- Comic Review: Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs ZombiesAs readers of Monsters and Critics' smallscreen section will undoubtedly know by now is that I am a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, and was one of the biggest supporters of the new BBC Series "Sherlock" last year when it aired.
- Comic Book Review: 20 Million Miles MoreSpecial effects master Ray Harryhausen has given his blessing to Blue Water Comics to continue on some of the films he’s worked on in comic book form. This time the company has committed to go 20 million miles more in a sequel to 20 Million Miles to Earth.
- Comic Book Review: Wrath of the Titans #1 and #2Special effects master Ray Harryhausen has given his blessing to Blue Water Comics to continue on some of the films he’s worked on in comic book form. I’d say this is a must-have if you’re a fan of the master or of the original film.
- Comic Book Review: Amazing Spider-Man #542 – “Back in Black” pt. 4 of 5Spidey is back in the black suit and his attitude and actions reflect his color. Following his public outing and break from Iron Man as part of the Civil War storyline, he is on the run with his family.
- Book Review: The Lost Colony Book One: The Snodgrass ConspiracyHow does one even begin to describe a comic like Grady Klein’s “The Lost Colony”? I suppose a few basics are in order: “The Snodgrass Conspiracy” is the first volume in a series of “Lost Colony” books, it is a colorful romp through early nineteenth-century America, and it is currently being published by First Second.
- Book Review: American Born ChineseThere are certain things that make for a good piece of literature - such as the ability to make a person (when they finish a book) want to go back to the beginning and read it again. The very same can be said for graphic novels.
- Book Review: Deogratias: A Tale of RwandaDeogratias: A Tale of Rwanda is a graphic novel that tells the fictional story of a young Rwandan, Deogratias, a Hutu, and his journey to madness and depravity during the mass genocide that occurred in the country in the early 1990’s.
- Book Review: Kampung BoyKampung Boy, by Lat, is a favorite of millions of readers in Southeast Asia. And as the old saying goes, how can millions of Southeast Asians (or Elvis fans) be wrong? Kampung Boy tells the story of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in a kampung in the heart of the tin mining district in the Kinta Valley in Perak.
- Book Review: Klezmer, Collector's Edition: Tales of the Wild EastKlezmer is Hebrew for “instrument of song” and refers to a group of traveling musicians. Noah Davidovich (aka the Baron of my Backside) is one such traveling musician, but finds himself the only survivor when other musicians murder all of the party traveling with him.
- Book Review: Lost GirlsLost Girls, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Melinda Gebbie, is the accumulation of approximately sixteen years of labor into three large volumes and sold as a boxed set through Top Shelf Productions.
- Book Review: Vampire LovesFerdinand is a vampire who appears to be unlucky in love. He’s a somewhat kind vampire in that he only uses one fang to sup to make the victim think they’ve only gotten a mosquito bite.
- Book Review: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic NovelTo Dance, a Ballerina’s Graphic Novel, is a memoir written by Siena Cherson Siegel, with artwork by Mark Siegel. It is a delightfully written and depicts the story of a young girl’s coming of age in the world of ballet.
- Book Review: Grimm Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 (Trade Paperback)Grimm Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 collects the first six issues of the new hit comic from Zenescope Entertainment, and is well worth the money if you failed to catch the comic when it started or just want all of the first set of tales collected into one reading.
- Comic Book Review: Dracula Vs. King Arthur #3
As the forces of Dracula continue their push to Camelot and a struggling King Arthur learns an awful truth, Silent Devil Production’s Dracula Vs. King Arthur #3 (of 4) takes the action established in the first two issues and cranks it up to a frenzied pitch.
- Comic Book Review: Runes of Ragnan #1Runes of Ragnan #1, from Silent Devil Productions, is a comic that delivers every thing months of sneak peeks and tempting interviews have been teasing, and in true comic style leaves you not wanting to wait for issue #2.
- Book Review: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary
Rick Geary’s latest true crime graphic novel has an abundance of bad guys, which is what makes it worth reading.
- Comic Review: Madrox: Multiple Choice (X-Men)
Ever wish you could send a copy of yourself to work while you hit the snooze button and slept in?
- Book Review: Batman: Year One
With the "Batman Begins" movie just around the corner we take a retrospective look at the graphic novel "Batman: Year One."
