Tag: comic book
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The Shadow Threat by Claudia Gray
The Shadow Threat by Claudia Gray My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the Shadow Threat, which takes readers into the world of Krypton as they struggle to recognize that despite all of their advancements – their homeworld is dying and they can’t do anything to save it. This is the Krypton that […]
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Critical Role – Vox Machina
Critical Role – Vox Machina: Origins by Matthew Mercer My rating: 5 of 5 stars As much as I love the idea of Dungeons and Dragons, I have never watched an episode of Critical Role before. It was just such a daunting prospect to undertake, hundreds of hours of storytelling, drama, and video to commit […]
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Happily Ever After & Everything In Between – Debbie Tung
Happily Ever After & Everything In Between by Debbie Tung My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Happily Ever After & Everything In Between is a cute graphic novel about the author/illustrator’s life with her husband, which is a life that is bookish, introverted, and with her best friend. I think if you’re not with your […]
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Swamp Thing: Twin Branches – Maggie Stiefvater
Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater & Morgan Beem (illustrator) Happy release day to Swamp Thing: Twin Branches! Summary: From #1‑New York Times‑bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater (the Raven Cycle series) and artist Morgan Beem comes DC’s newest young adult original graphic novel, the spine-tingling saga Swamp Thing: Twin Branches. In the pages of this haunting retelling of the Swamp Thing origin story, teenage twin brothers Alec and Walker […]
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Teen Titans: Raven – Kami Garcia
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars As I mentioned in my Beast Boy review, I didn’t watch too much of the Teen Titans tv show nor did I read many of their comics. I know the characters, but not well enough to be an expert on their backstories and […]
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Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, Vol. 1: A New Beginning – Jody Houser
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, Vol. 1: A New Beginning by Jody Houser My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love the show Doctor Who and I wanted to see how this graphic novel was. It is the first featuring the thirteenth doctor, so I thought it would make for a good starting point. Honestly, […]
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Teen Titans: Beast Boy – Kami Garcia
Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars As much as I love superheroes, I never really read any of the Teen Titans stuff nor did I watch more than a few episodes of the show. I honestly didn’t know what to expect and wasn’t sure if I would enjoy […]
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Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats – Joelle Jones
Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats by Joëlle Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars As much as I enjoy some iterations of Catwoman, I have not followed her storyline particularly closely so I was curious to see how well she would hold up in the first entry in this new series. One of my coworkers wanted […]
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Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed – Laurie Halse Anderson
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson is a great coming of age graphic novel that explores who Diana is before she is truly Wonder Woman. The character and story bring a lot of humanity to a superhero that, while […]
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Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Luen Yang
Superman Smashes The Klan by Gene Luen Yang My rating: 4 of 5 stars One reason that I like Gene Luen Yang so much as a writer is that he is both entertaining and informative. It is clear in his writing that he loves history and he can bring it to life in his graphic […]
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