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Graphic Novel Review: A Voice in the Dark Volume 1 by Larime Taylor

Posted on August 4, 2014 12 Comments

A Voice in the Dark, Volume 1 by Larime Taylor Genre: Horror, Crime Publisher: image Comics (July 2014) Author/Artist Info: http://www.larimetaylor.com Wendy’s Rating – 5 of 5 stars Taylor’s crisp lines and style–all drawn by mouth–are wonderfully detailed in their simplicity, and I love how well he brings the characters to life in both art […]

Graphic Novel Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis

Posted on August 1, 2014 8 Comments

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis Series: Collects Guardians of the Galaxy #1-3 and #0.1 and Infinite #1 Publisher: Marvel (August 2013) Author Info: www.jinxworld.com Wendy’s Rating: 2 of 5 stars Prior to the announcement of the movie, I did not even know the Guardians of the Galaxy existed, but the […]

Comic Review: Storm #1 by Greg Pak and Victor Ibanez

Posted on July 29, 2014 6 Comments

Storm #1 by Greg Pak and Victor Ibanez Affiliation: X-Men Publisher: Marvel Comics (July 24, 2014) Wendy’s Rating – 5 of 5 stars The fact that this Storm solo series exists at all is enough for me to give it an automatic five stars the moment it was announced, but of course, I don’t want my […]

PANELS: Rat Queens vol.1: Sass and Sorcery

Posted on July 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Violet and Hannah discuss the finer points of racial stereotypes in fantasy in Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery

Graphic Novel Review Bites

Posted on July 21, 2014 5 Comments

Battlefields, Volume 1: Night Witches by Garth Ennis I happened upon the obituary of Nadezhda Popova and learned of the existence of the Night Witches. Thereafter, I discovered that Garth Ennis had written a series of war stories called Battlefields, with the Night Witches appearing in the first volume. Sometimes, it’s hard to reconcile the […]

Graphic Novel Review: Glory – The Complete Saga

Posted on July 18, 2014 3 Comments

Glory: The Complete Saga Hc by Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell Genre: Apocalyptic Superheroing Series: Collects Glory volumes #1 and 2 Publisher: Image Comics (July 2014) Wendy’s Rating – 2.5 of 5 stars Glory, through art, plot and character development, has become far more than the sum of her breasts. A lot of not-so-wonderful things can […]

PANELS: X-Men: Regenesis #1

Posted on July 14, 2014 1 Comment

Magneto: “So, us… together. You can’t say it doesn’t appeal to your sense of drama. The terrorist and the goddess. The devil–” X-Men: Regenesis #1

Graphic Novel Review Bites

Posted on July 13, 2014 5 Comments

Naja by Jean-David Morvan Naja is also a woman who feels no pain, neither inside, nor out. It makes her the perfect assassin; number three in Zero’s arsenal. She does not question her purpose. When Zero gives an order, she follows it. Until she discovers that number one and number two are out to kill […]