Title: Helm Greycastle: Book One Published by: Top Crow Productions, Inc. Created by: Henry Barajas & Bryan Valenza ISBN: 9781534319622 Ages: 17+ Helm Greycastle Book One takes your hand, puts a battle axe in it, and takes you on a fantastical quest through Mesoamerica introducing Mexica culture and language along the way. Seems like too…
Category: Graphic Novel Reviews
Graphic Novel Reviews: The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering
Title: The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering Published by: Image Comics, Inc. Written by: Nate Piekos ISBN: 9781534319950 Ages: 12+ Become a professional! Step into the shoes of a graphic novel letterer with The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering. Author Nate Piekos turned his love of graphic novels into career motivation. He has…
Graphic Novel Review: Fine Print Vol. 1
Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Stjepan ŠejićIllustrated by: Stjepan ŠejićISBN: 9781534320703Ages: 18+ Meet Merryl Alaris. Strong, confident, female bookstore owner who always seems to know exactly what her patrons need. As we watch her work, we catch glimpses of something, possibly magical, under the surface. Only when a young woman named Rachel enters the store…
Graphic Novel Review: Punderworld Vol. 1
Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Linda ŠejićIllustrated by: Linda ŠejićISBN: 9781534320727Ages: 13+ Taking an adorably cute spin on the story of Hades and Persephone, PUNDERWORLD VOLUME 1 brings humor and a sense of humanity to the chaos of the Greek Pantheon. Hades, “not in charge of death, only accounting for it”, has been noticing many…
Graphic Novel Review: Syphon
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…
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 Reviews: The Old Guard, Tales Through Time 1-6
The Old Guard, Tales Through Time 1-6 Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Greg Rucka, Andrew Wheeler, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Eric Trautmann, Brian Michael Bendis, Robert Mckenzie & David Walker, Matt Fraction, David F. Walker, Jason Aaron, Alejandro Arbona, Vita Ayala, and Greg RuckaIllustrated by: Leandro Fernández, Jacopo Camagni, Valentine De Landro, Mike Henderson, Michael Avon…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Bunny Mask Vol. 1: The Chipping of the Teeth
Bunny Mask Vol.1: The Chipping of the Teeth Published by: Aftershock Written by: Paul TobinIllustrated by: Andrea MuttiISBN: 9781949028850Ages: M You may think you are ready for Bunny Mask – I dare say, you are not. Penned by Paul Tobin (Bandette, Colder, and I Was the Cat) with art and color by Andrea Mutti (Batman Eternal,…
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…