GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK It’s not surprising that I’ve missed out on nearly all the Kick-Ass graphic novel/comic series since I haven’t been very good about staying current with my graphic novel reading (so many books, so little time!) and it was seeing John Romita, Jr’s name on this book that had me request an ARC. … Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK I typically think that Neil Gaiman has the Midas touch when it comes to comics and graphic novels so when I saw his name on this book I put in a request for it, even though I knew nothing about the background of the book or the characters.  I discovered some of… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK It’s not a secret that Green Lantern is one of my favorite superheroes and when I see the opportunity to get an ARC of a GL graphic novel, I’m likely to put in a request.  Based on this cover, however, I was really concerned as to how much I was going to… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK I recognized Bill Willingham’s name from the hit graphic novel series Fables and combining him with the heroes and heroines of the Edgar Rice Burroughs books, I was sure this was going to be a real blast. I was wrong. There are a LOT of Burroughs’ characters here.  Well…I assume they’re in… Continue reading

I guess I just don’t get it.  I mean, I understand this is a dark, allegorical tale of the meaning of life … “Where am I” “What is going to happen to me” “Is that it?” … but I don’t understand why. The book is 90+ pages of stylized art (and by ‘stylized’ I mean… Continue reading