I enjoy comics and graphic novels, but I have always found the big DC and Marvel comics to be very unapproachable. Their comic universes are so complicated and sprawling at this point that I have never seen what felt like a good jumping-in point, despite liking many characters from both universes. So, when I saw…
Bongiornio, folks! Does anyone fancy a trip to Italy with everyone’s favorite feline antihero? Let’s hop on a plane and join Catwoman in Rome. The graphic novel fills some of the gaps from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Dark Victory and brings us a new take on Selina Kyle. When In Rome sends Selina Kyle…
Continue reading ➞ Catwoman: When In Rome – Here Kitty, There Kitty
The Unlikely Story Of Felix And Macabber is a monstrous graphic novel by writer/letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and artist Juni Ba. The story contains speckles of greatness and a deluge of eye-catching art, but it ultimately falls short in the narrative department. Felix is a monster in the literal sense of the word. Everyone who lives…
Continue reading ➞ The Unlikely Story Of Felix And Macabber – Monsters Sink
The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe was a recommendation that popped up on my TikTok. I caught a quick glimpse of the manga’s odd friendship pair consisting of a monster and a little girl and I was sold. I decided that volume one wasn’t enough, so I read the deluxe edition that spanned…
Continue reading ➞ The Girl From The Other Side – Friends in Dark Places
ND Stevenson’s graphic novel Nimona piqued my interest for myriad reasons. First, it features Stevenson’s unique, eye-grabbing art style and pithy dialogue. Second, the title reminded me of this song, which stuck in my head throughout my entire time with the book. Finally, news of a Netflix adaptation broke in April, and you can bet…
Die Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen, has a fairly simple premise. It’s about a gritty tabletop RPG that sucks its players into the game and refuses to release them until they win, die, or decide to leave as a group. The concept alone was enough for me to give the graphic novel a…
Earlier this year, I reviewed volume one of Descender, the opening installment of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s sci-fi comic book spacefaring romp...and I loved it. Now, I’m picking up where I left off and diving into Descender: Volume 2: Machine Moon. Tin Stars ended with a reveal that seismically changed the trajectory of the…
Continue reading ➞ Descender Vol. 2: Machine Moon – A Thrilling Orbit
Nearly three years ago, I read Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Descender Volume 1 Descender, starting with a reread of Tin Stars. The bad news: it’s not quite as polished as 2018-me remembers. The good news: Descender still stands out as an excellent sci-fi story. Tin Stars opens with a panoramic shot of a far-future society…
Continue reading ➞ Descender Vol. 1: Tin Stars – Up Up and Away
Twin brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá have inked their way into the graphic novel hall of fame with Daytripper. The Brazilian brothers crafted a genre-bending work of art that brought me joy from start to finish. Brás de Olivia Domingos writes endings--namely, obituaries. His dad is a world-famous writer, and Brás grapples with his…
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, created by My Chemical Romance frontrunner Gerard Way and brought to artistic life by Gabriel Ba, sits at a unique crossroads both within the current cultural zeitgeist and on my bookshelf. With the Netflix adaptation premiering tomorrow as of this writing, I can only imagine the book’s sales have received…
Continue reading ➞ Umbrella Academy – A Blunderous Bumbershoot
