Category Archives: Graphic Novel

Injection, Vols. 1 & 2

March 14, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: What exactly did they do, those five brilliant minds given reign to imagine the future and how they could make it arrive more swiftly? What, exactly, is causing things like ghosts and transhuman zombies and leafy spirits of Olde England to appear in our world? And can any of it be stopped? The Review: I’m a wide-ranging fan of Warren Ellis’s particular take on the specifically-very-English blend of technology, history, and magic (however you define it). Even […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi • Tags: AI, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Declan Shalvey, Fantasy, Image Comics, Injection, Jordie Bellaire, Magic, review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, Technology, Warren Ellis

Roundup: February 2017

March 1, 2017 by Drew

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Rating: 3 out of 5 The Short Version: Locke Lamora is a young thief at the head of a band of merry misfits known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Alternating between tales of his rise to the head of the Bastards and an ongoing story in Camorr that starts as a simple job but quickly expands to be far more deadly, it’s time to meet Locke Lamora… The Review: I had the highest of hopes for this […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Spy • Tags: All Hail God Mammon, All the Old Knives, CIA, Comic Books, Douglas Preston, Elizabeth Strout, Fantasy, Fiction, Gentlemen Bastards, Horror, Jonathan Hickman, Lincoln Child, Literature, My Name is Lucy Barton, myths, Neil Gaiman, norse mythology, Olen Steinhauer, Pendergast, Preston & Child, Review Roundup, Roundup, Scott Lynch, Spy, Storytelling, The Black Monday Murders, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Obsidian Chamber, The Tournament of Books 2017, Thriller, Tomm Coker

Head Lopper and The Island, or A Plague of Beasts

November 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The famed hero Head Lopper (“Norgal is fine”) arrives on the island of XXXX, with the head of Agatha the Blue Witch in tow. After vanquishing a terrible sea serpent in the harbor, he is tasked to slay the sorcerer who has cast such a pall on this land – but the sorcerer has his own plan for Norgal… The Review: I found this one by accident, as often the best discoveries occur. I’ve been reading more […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: A Plague of Beasts, Adventure, Agatha the Blue Witch, Andrew Maclean, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Head Lopper, Head Lopper & the Island, Mike Spicer, Monsters, Norgal, Reviews, Vikings

Rising Action (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4)

October 7, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Laura – or, now, Persephone – is back and she makes her big debut. The Pantheon splits in two and one hell of a showdown is coming on… and nobody knows what might happen next. The Review: What a welcome return it was to have Jamie McKelvie back behind the pen(s) for this arc. Commercial Suicide was an interesting experiment but ultimately bordering on forgettable; I picked up this book and remembered simply that Laura had turned into Persephone, been […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Clayton Cowles, Comics, Fantasy, Gods, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, review, Reviews, The Divine, The Wicked, The Wicked + the Divine

Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

October 3, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After a horrific home invasion kills their father, the Locke family retreats to their ancestral home across the country: Lovecraft, MA. But the past has not let them go, in more ways than one, and Key House turns out to be full of secrets of its own… The Review: I’m on record as being an immense fan of Joe Hill. He’s got a bogglingly huge imagination, an equally big heart, and a pen that can somehow capture […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Gabriel Rodriguez, Graphic Novel, Horror, Joe Hill, Locke and Key, review, Reviews, Supernatural, Welcome to Lovecraft

Roundup, August 2016

August 31, 2016 by Drew

A monthly round-up of any books that didn’t get a full review! Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang 3 out of 5 The Short Version: On Nov. 1, 1988, four paper girls are doing their early morning route when they encounter strange creatures. What seems like leftovers from Halloween quickly turns out to be something else entirely: some kind of invasion from across time and space. So they fight back. The Review: I’m a sucker […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, History, Literature, Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: August 2016, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Fiction, Frederic Morton, Graphic Novel, History, Judaism, Literature, Non-Fiction, Paper Girls, Rebecca Schiff, review, Review Roundup, Reviews, Roundup, Science Fiction, Short Stories, The Bed Moved, Thunder at Twilight

Fight Club 2: The Tranquility Gambit

July 8, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Ten years have passed since the end of Fight Club – and in that time, Sebastian (that’s his name, now) and Marla got married and had a baby and discovered the mundanity of ordinary life. But Tyler Durden wasn’t just a split personality… and he certainly isn’t gone… The Review: I think everybody and their mother had a moment of head-scratching when it was announced that Chuck Palahniuk was not only writing a sequel to Fight Club but that […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literature • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Cameron Stewart, Chuck Palahniuk, Comic Books, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Fiction, Fight Club, Fight Club 2, Graphic Novel, Literature, Reviews

The October Faction (Vol. 1)

March 21, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Frederick Allan has gotten out of the monster hunting business and become a father and professor. But his kids have their own desires to join the family business, so when his estranged wife returns to the fold… what else is a family to do but go into business together? The Review: It’s no secret to say that I love Halloween and all that comes with the month of October – so when I heard tell of a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Damien Worm, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Reviews, Steve Niles, The October Faction

Commercial Suicide (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3)

February 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The world is still shaking after Ragnarock and the sudden deaths that twisted the entire plot of the series into knots. No one knows who to trust or even, really, what’s going on… and so it’s fitting to bring in some guest illustrators for one-shots and dive into individuals for a moment. The Review: The title of this arc, “Commercial Suicide”, nearly applies to the actual choices made by the comic team too. Coming off of two high-octane arcs […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery • Tags: Brandon Graham, Clayton Cowles, comic book, Comic Books, Commercial Suicide, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novels, Grimes, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown, Kieron Gillen, Leila Del Duca, Literature, Mat Lopes, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, Rock, Rock and Roll, Stephanie Hans, The Wicked + the Divine, The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 3, Tula Lotay, WicDiv

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