Streamliner 2: All-In Day Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: ‘FaneIllustrated by: ‘FaneISBN: 9781951719036Ages: 18+ Smell that gasoline? Grab the clutch, and go for the finish line. Streamliner 2: All-In Day puts you in the fast-lane. This adrenaline-pumping graphic novel is Mad Max meets dieselpunk. Dieselpunk features an alternate universe where diesel powers advanced technology. Several…
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Graphic Novel Review: Brindille
Brindille Published by: Magnetic PressWritten by: Frederic BrremaudIllustrated by: Federico BertolucciISBN: 9781951719111Ages: 12+ “Discover who you are and you’ll be saved!” A young girl has escaped a fire. Waking in a cave, she finds herself the guests of animal people who call her “Fairy”. But she cannot remember who she is or where she came…
Graphic Novel Review: Crossover Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains
Crossover Volume 1 Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Donny CatesIllustrated by: Geoff ShawISBN: 9781534318939Ages: 14+ When it comes to comics, a term that is getting thrown around a lot lately is “multiverse”, or the concept that there are multiple universes existing in the same fandom. In this way, fans can put the comics, tv shows,…
Graphic Novel Review: Savage The Wild
Savage the Wild Published by: Valiant ComicsWritten by: Max BemisIllustrated by: Nathan StockmanISBN: 9781682153840Ages: 13+ When I was younger (in 1992) a movie came out called Encino Man. In it, two teens from Southern California find a caveman in their backyard, whom they then teach all about living in the 80s. It’s a fun comedy…
Graphic Novel Review: Van Helsing vs The League of Monsters
Van Helsing vs The League of Monsters Published by: Zenescope ComicsWritten by: VariousIllustrated by: VariousISBN: 9781951087227Ages: 14+ With Dracula now resurrected and standing with his daughter Charlotte, the next thing to do is consolidate their power base. They can do that by recruiting a team of monsters to stand against the forces of good. For…
Graphic Novel Review: Van Helsing vs Dracula’s Daughter
Van Helsing vs Dracula’s Daughter Published by: Zenescope ComicsWritten by: Raven GregoryIllustrated by: Allan OteroISBN: 9781951087104Ages: 14+ A staple of the Zenescope Comics line, the character of Liesel Van Helsing, daughter of the famous Abraham Van Helsing (of Dracula fame) has companions from the lore she originates from as well as the character base of…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts
Home Sick Pilots Volume 1 Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Dan Watters Illustrated by: Caspar WijngaardISBN: 9781534318922Ages: Teen Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts collects issues 1-5 of Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard’s fantastic foray into 1990’s teenage angst, possession, and haunted objects. Set in California in 1994 against the backdrop of a tumultuous and everchanging…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Kane and Able
Kane & Able Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Shaky KaneIllustrated by: Krent AbleISBN: 9781534320161Ages: Adult Just the look of Shaky Kane and Krent Able’s Kane & Able will catapult some readers back to the past; maybe to small, crowded comic book stores or perhaps to a random spiny magazine rack located in a family-owned drug store. Either…
Graphic Novel Reviews: We Live, Volume 1
We Live Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Inaki Miranda and Roy MirandaIllustrated by: Inaki MirandaISBN: 9781949028607Ages: Teen In We Live, Vol. 1 the Miranda Brothers deliver a story of hope from an Earth that has been wracked with disasters, natural and human-made. Their post-apocalyptical world is terrifyingly beautiful and desperately sad. The Earth is on the eve…
Graphic Novel Reviews: X-O Manowar (2020)
X-O Manowar Book 1 Written by: Dennis “Hopeless” HallumIllustrated by: Emilio LaisoPublisher: Valiant Entertainment, LLCGenre: Science Fiction, SuperheroISBN: 9781682153680Ages: 13+ Valiant Entertainment delights us with another installment of X-O Manowar, penned by Dennis Hopeless (Spider-Woman) and illustrated by Emilio Laiso (Spider-Man: Velocity)! Aric of Dacia is a 5th-century European prince who acquires his superhero abilities…