Title: The Closet Published by: Image Comics Written by: James Tyrion IV Illustrated by: Gavin Fullerton ISBN: 9781534323254 Ages: 17+ You can’t outrun your problems. In The Closet, a father resents adulthood and responsibility as his four-year-old child begins to see a monster in his bedroom closet. When the family moves from New York to…
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Graphic Novels Reviews: Little Monsters Volume One
Title: Little Monsters Volume One Published by: Image Comics Written by: Jeff Lemire Illustrated by: Dustin Nguyen ISBN: 9781534323186 Ages: 16+ The world will end in blood. The apocalypse has happened, and vampires are the last survivors. A group of eight vampires wait for the elders to return. Forever children, they play the same games…
Graphic Novels Reviews: Side Effects
Title: Side Effects Published by: Aftershock Comics Written by: Ted Anderson Illustrated by: Tara O’Connor ISBN: 9781956731088 Ages: 16+ Results may vary with these prescriptions. Side Effects dramatizes one LGBTQIA+ college student’s anxiety as she exits her comfort zone and enters adulthood. Hannah begins college and therapy. Her medications seem to help her anxiety; however,…
Graphic Novel Review: Life Zero
Published by: Ablaze Written by: Stefano Vietti Illustrated by: Marco Checchetto ISBN: 9781684970865 Ages: 18+ In the snowy city of New Easton, Derek Shako waits in prison. The halls are quiet, except for the shuffling feet and light moans of the recently infected walking dead. The cloud that caused the conversion has moved on, but the threat is…
Graphic Novel Review: Slumber Vol. 1
Published by: Image Comics Written by: Tyler Burton Smith Illustrated by: Vanessa Cardinali ISBN: 9781534323360 Ages: 15+ Three detectives show up at a crime scene. With the strange symbols written on the walls in blood, as well as the message “I seek the DREAM EATER”, they know that another of the Sleepwalker Killings has happened. A random series…
Graphic Novel Review: The Closet
Published by: Image Comics Written by: James Tynion IV Illustrated by: Gavin Fullerton ISBN: 9781534323254 Ages: 16+ There are the monsters we see… and the ones we don’t. Thom, his wife Maggie, and their son Jamie are packing for a move to Portland, Oregon, leaving New York City behind them. For several weeks, Jamie has been complaining about…
Graphic Novels Reviews: It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
Title: It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth Published by: Image Comics Written by: Zoe Thorogood Illustrated by: Zoe Thorogood ISBN: 978-1534323865 Ages: 18+ Happiness is difficult. It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth is an LGBTQ+ auto-bio-graphic novel that chronicles the author’s internal conflicts to take the reigns of her life. She…
Graphic Novel Review: Twig Vol. 1
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…
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…