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Michael Alan Nelson Hexed-ravaganza: Graphic Novel and Book Reviews

Posted on May 4, 2015 16 Comments

Once upon a time, Tiara and Mogsy had a conversation on Twitter about Michael Alan Nelson and thus the idea of a “Hexed Day” was born… * * * A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Hexed: The Sisters […]

YA Weekend: Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction (Novella) by Gwenda Bond

Posted on May 3, 2015 6 Comments

Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction by Gwenda Bond Genre: Young Adult, Leading Ladies Series: Lois Lane Publisher: Capstone (April 6, 2015) Author’s Information: Twitter Tiara’s Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction is a short story tying in with Gwenda Bond’s novel Lois Lane: Fallout, […]

Comic Stack 04/29/15: Urban Fantasy Novels Turned Comics

Posted on April 29, 2015 8 Comments

After a hectic work week for me, I finally got some down time to spend catching up on some comics! This week I visit some familiar faces and one new face. This week’s comics are based on popular urban fantasy novels. I revisit the worlds (now with PICTURES!) of Mercy Thompson and Harry Dresden comics based […]

Graphic Novel Review Bites: Zombies and Clockworks and Big Bangs

Posted on April 19, 2015 3 Comments

Rachel Rising, Volume 1: The Shadow of Death The beauty of a comic book that remembers its a comic book meant to tell a story through its images more than its words. The first few pages of this book are silent, following a mysterious woman who claws herself out of a ditch and makes her […]

Comic Stack – 04/15/15

Posted on April 15, 2015 8 Comments

Low #1 by Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (artist) Publisher: Image Comics Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, When I first started reading this, I was a little bored with it. It seemed to be about humans living underwater, trying to figure out where new planets are to move to when, not if, they had to evacuate […]

#ThrowBackThursday – Graphic Novel Review: Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar

Posted on April 9, 2015 2 Comments

If you’re not familiar with the #TBT, which is how Throwback Thursday is usually shortened, it’s a meme done on various social media sites and blogs that repost/post old pictures, old posts, and old tweets, from the past (throwbacks) and post them on Thursday . For a while I’ve been wanting to go back to old […]

Comic Stack 04/08/15 – 5 Manga Recommendations

Posted on April 8, 2015 8 Comments

I said I would be back to my #1s. This week, but I had a load of fun with my comic graphic novel recommendations that I thought I’d give you a few manga recommendations to follow up on that! I read a ton of manga, so don’t think this is my complete list by far. […]

Graphic Novel Review: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

Posted on April 7, 2015 12 Comments

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang Genre: Gaming, Fantasy, Young Adult, Economics, Social Studies Publisher: First Second (October 2014) Author Info: craphound.com Artist Info: jenwang.net This is a graphic novel about gaming and economics, as it states in the long intro that perhaps delved more deeply into these topics than the actual comic does. In […]

Comic Stack 04/01/15 – 5 Graphic Novel Recommendations

Posted on April 1, 2015 16 Comments

I’m going to be a little lazy this week because I haven’t had a chance to read any of my comics this week or last week, which is why I didn’t post last week (also it was my birthday week last week). I’ve been traveling with work and working on a new project, which has […]

Comic Stack 03/18/15

Posted on March 18, 2015 2 Comments

C.O.W.L. #1 by Kyle Higgins Publisher: Image Comics Genre: Superhero, Crime Chicago 1962. The Chicago Organized Workers League, or C.O.W.L., is a labor union for superheroes both powered and non-powered led by Geoffrey Warner, alias The Grey Raven, and they’ve just eliminated the last remaining villain of the Chicago Six. Now, their relevancy is questioned. […]