Tag: comic
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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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Haunted Mansion – Sina Grace
Haunted Mansion by Sina Grace My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love the Haunted Mansion in Disney World, it’s been my favourite ride since I was a little kid. The idea is that it is like a retirement home for spirits to spend the rest of their unlife and there is room for one…
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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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New Kid – Jerry Craft
New Kid by Jerry Craft My rating: 4 of 5 stars New Kid is an incredibly accessible graphic novel that introduces us to seventh-grader Jordan and his life as the new kid in a new school. As a black kid, he experiences daily micro aggressions in his new school. He watches other kids be stereotyped…
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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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Gotham High – Blog Tour
Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz & Thomas PitilliPublisher: DC InkRelease Date: April 7th 2020 Genre: Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Sequential Art, Superheroes, Comics Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza and The Witches of East End comes a reimagining of Gotham for a new generation of readers. Before they became…
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The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (Parts Two and Three)
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three was the final book in this arc and it was so good. Turf Wars continues the story where the animated series ended and shows Korra continuing to balance her…
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