Published by: Image Comics Written by: Skottie Young Illustrated by: Kyle Strahm ISBN: 9781534323469 Ages:12+ Twig is late for his new job. Picking up where his father left off, this adorable blue creature, with a small twig growing out of the top of his head, has taken the role of Placeling. This is no mere task, as a placeling’s…
Author: Adam Fisher
Adam Fisher has worked for more than a decade at Lane Libraries in Fairfield, Ohio, where he is a Reference Associate. He creates and leads programming for all ages, manages the graphic novel, sci-fi/fantasy, and magazine collections at his branch, and has recently seen great success with his self-created Escape Room programs. He writes reviews for everything he reads and can be found on Goodreads @FisherAd80 and on Twitter @adamreadscomics.
Graphic Novel Review: J.P. Roth’s Ancient Dreams
Published by: Ablaze Comics Written by: J. P. Roth Illustrated by: Mike Krome ISBN: 9781950912391 Ages: 18+ When you hear the phrase “Once Upon A Time”, you are conditioned to see this as the beginning of the story you are about to read. Have you ever asked yourself if this is really where the story begins? The author, J.P….
Graphic Novel Review: Little Monsters Vol. 1
Published by: Image Comics Written by: Jeff Lemire Illustrated by: Dustin Nguyen ISBN: 9781534323186 Ages: 16+ In a large city, seemingly not too far in the future, a group of kids run the streets playing games. To our readers’ eyes, this black and white world looks bleak and post-apocalyptic, but the children are having a great time. When one…
Graphic Novel Review: Bylines in Blood
Published by: Aftershock Comics Written by: Erika Schultz, Van Jensen Illustrated by: Aneke ISBN: 9781956731057 Ages: 16+ In this neo noir thriller set in a near post-pandemic future, former journalist, now private detective Satya Chatterjee is hired to investigate the murder of her friend and former colleague Denzin. Now writing an independent newspaper dedicated to…
Graphic Novel Review: The Blouse
Published by: Ablaze Written by: Bastien Vives Illustrated by: Bastien Vives ISBN: 9781950912667 Ages: 18+ Severine is a literature student at a university, living reasonably everyday life. However, she seems drastically unnoticed in almost every situation. Her boyfriend has different interests, yet they always seem more important than hers; her professor isn’t listening when she…
Graphic Novel Review: Porcelain
PORCELAIN Published by: Ablaze Written by: Maria Llovet Illustrated by: Maria Llovet ISBN: 9781950912575 Ages: 15+ “Sometimes… the risky option is the only one possible. The only one that really means choosing…” Beryl lives in the desert with her Aunt. Life flows slowly and passes unremarkably for the teen. Someday, she will move to the…
Graphic Novel Review: Dreams Factory
Title: Dreams Factory Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: Jerome HamonIllustrated by: Suheb ZakoISBN: 9781951719524Ages: 10+ Setting: London, 1892, Heavy Industrial vibe Making her way through the snow and ice, Indira heads to work in a coal mine. Though she is young, she has to make money to help her and her little brother Elliot to survive….
Graphic Novel Review: Ghost Cage
Title: Ghost Cage Published by: Image Comics Written by: Nick Dragotta, Caleb Goellner Illustrated by: Nick Dragotta ISBN: 9781534323155 Ages: 12+ “I’m not here for tech support! I’m babysitting a power plant grim reaper!” OHM, the company that provides the world with seemingly limitless energy, has a problem. Terrorists have been causing rolling blackouts. To deal with…
Graphic Novel Review: Trapped on Zarkass
Published by: Magnetic Press Written by: Yann, Stefan Wul Illustrated by: Didier Cassegrain ISBN: 9781951719562 Ages: 16+ The year is 3001. Women are in power and have solved many of our problems. Nature is back in balance with humans and technology, and gendered names are basically a thing of the past. There is peace. Earth has…
Graphic Novel Review: Chicken Devil
Published by: Aftershock Comics Written by: Brian Buccellato Illustrated by: Hayden Sherman ISBN: 9781949028973 Ages: 18+ “I’m not a criminal… I’m just a guy who makes really good chicken!” Mitch is much like your average family man. Wife, two kids, family issues, owns a business. That business is a very successful small chain of fast food restaurants…