Category: Graphic Novel Reviews
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Silence & Co. Graphic Novel Review
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Silence & Co. is about as unapologetically pulpy, hard boiled and devoted to its genre as any work of fiction can be. But, in the case of Gur Benshemesh’s tale of a hitman who wreaks vengeance on the clients who set him up, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Superzelda: The Graphic Life of Zelda Fitzgerald Review
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While Zelda Fitzgerald’s life story itself didn’t particularly engage me, Superzelda succeeds in providing some insight into both this feminist icon and her significant other, as well as painting a vivid portrait of celebrity in its early stages, and I really enjoyed the book’s charming presentation and compulsive attitude.
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Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl TPB Review
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Bridging the events of the first two Kick-Ass volumes (with volume 3 on its way), Hit-Girl ostensibly follows Mindy McCready as she deals with school life and a stable family unit. But while by day Mindy is suppressing her father’s conditioning and donning the cowl known as conformity, by night she’s ticking the remaining names…
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Journey by Starlight: A Time Traveler’s Guide to Life, the Universe, and Everything Review
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Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.
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Medusa Graphic Novel Review
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Now reprinted with 20 additional pages, this serpentine tale of a troubled soldier who returns home from Iraq to find his daughter has gone missing is still a surreal, uncomfortable experience that doesn’t fit into a convenient niche.
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Doctor Who: The Dalek Project Graphic Novel Review
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After helping to exterminate some of his mortal enemies, in true Doctor Who style the Time Lord whisks away one of the (female) archaeologists and travels back in time to discover why the Daleks have imbedded themselves in ancient human history.
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Mass Effect: Evolution Graphic Novel Review
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Evolution faces a difficult task of delivering gamers the back-story to the Mass Effect trilogy’s enigmatic antagonist, the Illusive Man; a fascinating villain who is difficult to comprehend and impossible to second-guess. Or at least he was.
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Dark Reign: Hawkeye TPB Review
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Writer: Andy Diggle Pencils: Tom Raney Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Guru eFX If Marvel still adhered to the Comics Code, the first two issues of Dark Reign: Hawkeye would have been snipped down to three pages. But after 20-odd pages of unadulterated fun, Andy Diggle’s miniseries, which follows Bullseye’s brief stint as The Dark Avengers’…