Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Mohsen Ashraf, Patrick MeaneyIllustrated by: Jeff EdwardsISBN: 9781534320734Ages: 15+ We all have pain. It’s part of what makes us human. We also have sympathy and empathy to help us relate to each other in our times of pain. But what if you could actually take away another’s pain? Physically make…
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: Monolith
Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: Roberto RecchioniIllustrated by: LRNZISBN: 9781951719142Ages: 15+ How safe is too safe? Monolith is the safest car ever created. Designed to keep a family safe no matter what, this car can survive almost anything. Carl, who bought the car for his family, is the reason his wife and child are not…
Graphic Novel Review: Geiger Vol. 1
Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Geoff JohnsIllustrated by: Gary FrankISBN: 9781534320024Ages: 13+ The post-nuclear apocalypse has one tall tale told by many: that of the Glowing Man who walks outside without a suit… The year is 2030, and the world has finally lost it. Tariq Geiger takes his family to the fallout shelter they built,…
Graphic Novel Review: Babyteeth Vol. 4
Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Donny CatesIllustrated by: Garry BrownISBN: 9781949028836Ages: 18+ This amazing Volume completes the story of BABYTEETH, and ‘epic’ doesn’t even begin to cover it! Picking up right where Volume 3 left off, Clark’s tears are strong enough (as he is the Antichrist) to open a portal to hell. As Satan continues…
Graphic Novel Review: Phantom on the Scan
Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Cullen BunnIllustrated by: Mark TorresISBN: 9781949028805Ages: 18+ Matthew isn’t like ordinary people. Ever since a comet hit the Earth twenty years ago, he has been haunted by the ghost of a young boy. This boy grants him extraordinary psychic abilities, but they come with a cost. Every time he uses…
Graphic Novel Review: The Girls of Dimension 13
Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Graham NolanIllustrated by: Bret BlevinsISBN: 9781949028812Ages: 12+ The rules were simple. To continue to live in the upscale New York City house you must: 1) Take care of Anna’s dog, Pitch, while she is away on business. 2) NEVER open the door to the room at the end of the…
Graphic Novel Review: Summertime Rendering Vol. 2
Published by: UDON EntertainmentWritten by: Yasuki TanakaIllustrated by: Yasuki TanakaISBN: 9781772942392Ages: 15+ Having come home to simply pay respects to his recently deceased friend and foster sister Ushio, Shinpei probably never expected to be caught in a time-loop, reliving the same 3 days over and over. “Shadow sickness” has fully taken over the small island…
Graphic Novel Review: Summertime Rendering Vol. 1
Published by: UDON EntertainmentWritten by: Yasuki TanakaIllustrated by: Yasuki TanakaISBN: 9781772942385Ages: 15+ Shinpei returns to his childhood home for the funeral of his friend and foster sister, Ushio. Having left home years ago for Tokyo to study, he hasn’t been back to the small island of Hitogashima since. At the funeral, while taking care of…
Graphic Novel Review: A Man’s Skin
Published by: Ablaze PublishingWritten by: HubertIllustrated by: ZanzimISBN: 9781950912483Ages: 18+ When you typically look at a romance story from Renaissance Italy, you expect to see courtship from dashing heroic men, arranged marriages, and corseted hoop-skirted gowns worn by “ladies of the court”. Bianca is one of these ladies, but she is disappointed that her marriage…
Graphic Novel Review: Crueler Than Dead Volume 1
Published by: Ablaze MangaWritten by: Tsukasa SaimuraIllustrated by: Kozo TakahashiISBN: 9781950912414Ages: 16+ Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab with too many corpses around. Admittedly confused and disoriented, she struggles to discover where she is and what has happened… while us readers can only imagine which kind of zombie apocalypse she is living through, as…