Monsters and Critics

Comics/Graphic Novels Reviews

Thursday 23 August 2007

• Comic Book Review: 20 Million Miles More

  

  Special 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. 

Tuesday 21 August 2007

• Comic Book Review: Wrath of the Titans #1 and #2

  

  Special 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. 

Monday 23 July 2007

• Comic Book Review: Amazing Spider-Man #542 – “Back in Black” pt. 4 of 5

  

  Spidey 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.

Thursday 28 December 2006

• Book Review: The Lost Colony Book One: The Snodgrass Conspiracy

  

  How 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 Chinese

  

  There 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. 

Sunday 03 December 2006

• Book Review: Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda

  

  Deogratias: 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.

Tuesday 21 November 2006

• Book Review: Kampung Boy

  
  
  

  Kampung 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 East

  
  
  

  Klezmer 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.

Monday 20 November 2006

• Book Review: Lost Girls

  
  
  

  Lost 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.

Friday 17 November 2006

• Book Review: Vampire Loves

  
  
  

  Ferdinand 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.

Tuesday 14 November 2006

• Book Review: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

  
  
  

  To 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.

Monday 02 October 2006

• 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.

Friday 23 December 2005

• 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.

Sunday 21 August 2005

• Comic Book Review: Runes of Ragnan #1

  

  Runes 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.

Tuesday 12 July 2005

• 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.

Thursday 28 April 2005

• 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?

Wednesday 16 February 2005

• 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."