Published by: Ablaze PublishingWritten by: Maria LlovetIllustrated by: Maria LlovetISBN: 9781950912407Ages: 16+ Boarding schools always come with their own challenges, but La Rosa School For Girls is especially challenging because if you break the rules you end up either expelled or dead. When you add in a sorcerous secret society, the setting is prime for…
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: Grimm Tales From the Cave
Published by: Mad Cave StudiosWritten by: Cullen Bunn, Mark London, Stephanie Phillips, VariousIllustrated by: VariousISBN: 9781952303241Ages: 14+ When we think of fairy tales, depending on who you talk to, most people will go towards the fun and musical Disney tales, or the dark and foreboding original stories of the Brothers Grimm that they were based…
Graphic Novel Review: Radiant Black Volume 1
Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Kyle HigginsIllustrated by: Marcelo CostaISBN: 9781534319165Ages: 14+ Nathan Burnett is moving back in with his parents. The thirty year old is stuck in a rut at two jobs, he’s got incredible credit card debt, and he feels like a failure, his writing career not going as well as he might…
The RIGHT Way to Organize Graphic Novels
by Adam Fisher Being the avid graphic novel and comic book reader that I am, anytime I head into a new library or bookstore, I inevitably end up in their graphic novels section. Not only am I interested to see what they have, but also how they organize their collection. It almost always differs from…
Graphic Novel Review: Mawrth Valliis
Mawrth Valliis Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: EPHKIllustrated by: EPHKISBN: 9781534320543Ages: 14+ Let me start this review by stating something… this story is written completely in Martian. Now you might be thinking “Martian?” and your confusion is well warranted. But is it really so crazy? The graphic novel, as a visual media format, is recognized…
Graphic Novel Review: Nottingham
Nottingham Published by: Mad Cave StudiosWritten by: David HazanIllustrated by: Shane Connery VolkISBN: 9781952303142Ages: 18+ In almost every version of Robin Hood that I’ve seen or read, the heroic Robin of Locksley returns home from the Crusades, sees the injustice that has taken hold in England with King Richard gone, unites together with the common…
Graphic Novel Review: They Fell From the Sky
They Fell From The Sky Published by: Mad Cave StudiosWritten by: Liezl BuenaventuraIllustrated by: Xavier TarragaISBN: 9781952303135Ages: 10+ 10 year old Tommy is just like any other kid: shirks his chores, hangs out with his friends in a treehouse, goes to school, and talks obsessively about his fandom. His friends get together to watch Space…
Graphic Novel Review: Mongolian Wind
Mongolian Wind Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: Lu MingIllustrated by: Lu MingISBN: 9781951719098Ages: 18+ Graphic novels are the true hybrid between art and storytelling. The rich story, much of which is expressed in visual format, plunges the reader into a world where anything can happen. “A picture is worth a thousand words” afterall. That saying…
Graphic Novel Review: Terminal Punks
Terminal Punks Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: Matthew ErminIllustrated by: Shelby CriswellISBN: 9781952303074Ages: 14+ When it comes to our consumption of audio and visual media, we all have things that we consider to be “guilty pleasures”. A movie critic may secretly enjoy a “cult classic” or a horrific “B movie”. A classical composer might be…
Graphic Novel Review: Lonely Receiver
Lonely Receiver Published by: AftershockWritten by: Zac ThompsonIllustrated by: Jen HickmanISBN: 9781949028577Ages: 18+ LONELY RECEIVER is a graphic novel that makes you self-reflect once you finish it. Thinking back on all the toxic relationships, both romantic and merely friendly, that I have been a part of, I come to the realization that this futuristic love…