As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has preemptively picked up Shadecraft, an upcoming comic book from Image Comics created by Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson and artist Lee Garbett. From the creative team that brought you the Eisner-nominated SKYWARD, SHADECRAFT follows Zadie Lu, a teenager who is afraid of her own shadow. She REALLY should have grown out of…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Dead Day
Dead Day Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Ryan ParrotIllustrated by: Evgeniy BornyakovISBN: 9781949028546Ages: 15+ Ryan Parrot returns to Aftershock Comics with an action-packed story that takes into consideration what may happen if the dead were only revived for a short period of time. Deemed “Dead Day” (not to be confused with “Day of the Dead”),…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Teaching Artfully
Teaching Artfully Published by: Clover Press, LLCWritten by: Meghan ParkerIllustrated by: Meghan ParkerISBN: 9781951038205Ages: 13+ Teaching Artfully is the delightfully unique debut of a Master’s thesis completed by Meghan Parker–all in the form of sequential art! Parker’s presentation is one that describes her experiences with teaching visual arts and sharing her fervor for its fluidity…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Heavy Vol. 1
Heavy Volume 1 Written by: Max BemisIllustrated by: Eryk DonovanPublisher: Vault ComicsGenre: Crime, FantasyISBN: 9781939424822Ages: 17+ What’s really out there in the Great Beyond? Bill has an up close and personal view of the Big Wait and its multiverses in a chaotic adult tale about redemption and closure. An untimely demise leaves Bill in purgatory limbo…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Elric: The Eternal Champion Collection
Elric: The Eternal Champion Collection Published by: Titan ComicsWritten by: Michael MoorcockIllustrated by: Jim Cawthorn, Philippe DruilletISBN: 9781785869556Ages: 18+ Get ready to spread some chaos! Elric: The Eternal Champion Collection offers two separate stories illustrated by two different and iconic artists featuring the same notable hero, Elric. This series is a high fantasy taking place…
Graphic Novel Reviews: A Man Among Ye
A Man Among Ye Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Stephanie PhillipsIllustrated by: Craig SermakISBN: 9781534316911Ages: 12+ From the very cover of this book, you know what you are getting into: high seas adventure, treasure, and lady pirates! Anyone familiar with pirates at all knows a few names like maybe Blackbeard, Long John Silver, or the…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Money Shot Volume 1
Money Shot Volume 1 Published by: Vault ComicsWritten by: Tim Seeley, Sarah BeattieIllustrated by: Rebekah IssacsISBN: 9781939424600Ages: 18+ In 2027, aliens visit the planet Earth and make contact, offering their help and inviting us to join The Covalence, an intergalactic alliance of many worlds. Soon after, for unknown reasons, they rescind their offer and…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Money Shot Volume 2
Money Shot Volume 2 Published by: Vault ComicsWritten by: Tim Seeley, Sarah BeattieIllustrated by: Rebekah Issacs, Kurt Michael RussellISBN: 9781939424730Ages: 18+ The XXXplorers are back with a second Volume! The “Adults Only” universe of MONEY SHOT operates on a unique premise: scientists, who have become human-on-alien porn stars, use their pay-per-view money to fund a…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Sera and the Royal Stars Volume 1
Sera and the Royal Stars Volume 1 Published by: Vault ComicsWritten by: Jon TsueiIllustrated by: Audrey MokISBN: 9781939424570Ages: 10+ When we look up into the night sky and see the stars in their constellations, some of their shapes and names are known to us. But what if each of those stars was actually a deity,…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Sera and the Royal Stars Volume 2
Sera and the Royal Stars Volume 2 Published by: Vault ComicsWritten by: Jon TsueiIllustrated by: Audrey MokISBN: 9781939424693Ages: 10+ Sera’s mystical quest continues in Volume 2. At the end of the last Volume, needs of her Kingdom weighing heavy on her heart, Sera has left the Royal Stars and headed home. Aldebaran, Antares, and…