My rating: 3 of 5 stars
When Zora goes searching for the lost tribe of Peryton, she only finds one young warrior left, Broxo, but he has lost most of his memory. When the walking dead attack them and a local witch gets involved, there’s no telling what legends or nightmares will be revealed in their adventures. Continue reading
Crogan’s Vengeance by Chris Schweizer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Swashbuckling action on ships in the 1700s Carribean, evil pirates, and some good pirates with ambiguous moral choices, a lightfooted hero, and a few sharks and storms at sea… this book has everything you need in a graphic novel about pirate adventure! Continue reading
Avatar: The Last Airbender 1 by Michael Dante DiMartino
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I love and adore everything to do with Avatar, but this little book was really just a cut and paste of screenshots from the TV show, and that doesn’t exactly work well for a book.
If there had been new art that was created for a book format, it would have looked better and flowed better for a written story. A lot of the time the action wasn’t clear, because the panels weren’t created to make that action clear on paper.
Other Avatar comics that I’ve seen (like The Search or The Rift) were actually created to be comics, and those are wonderful and work perfectly and the artwork is fantastic! So I was disappointed to see that this is so poorly organized.
As far as the story goes, of course I adore Aang and Katara and Sokka! The plot is perfection, the characters are marvelous, and the world building is phenomenal! I just wish this little comic did them justice.
Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation by Thomas Siddell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the story of Antimony, a young girl at a mysterious boarding school, who meets robots, forest spirits, mechanical birds, and some very strange classmates. With her friend, Kat, for backup, Antimony follows her curiosity, gets involved in some wild adventures, and stirs up strife between the technologically-advanced school and the forest spirits. And she somehow finds time to explore the library, and do her homework. Continue reading
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved loved loved this hilarious graphic novel, and then the end left me flat. I hate those poignant, leave-you-hanging, no closure endings that are supposed to be all philosophical and crap. Bleh. There is no resolution and I hate that!
The artwork is beautifully detailed, but still gives this impression of space on every page. It really draws your attention to these little changes and reflects the mood of the story perfectly!
I adore the writing style, the prose and almost poetry, that makes every word count. It’s just perfection!
The plot is hilarious and the weird and wild things going on just put the characters into stark relief before this background of a war between chaos and order.
I was laughing and weirded out and thoroughly enjoyed it…. except for the end.
Redwall: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Moore
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Matthias Mouse, whose home is being attacked by the evil rat Cluny the Scourge, is on a quest to recover the legendary sword of Martin of Redwall, so that he can meet Cluny in battle. There are riddles and secret passageways, old enemies and unexpected friends, and of course, several mighty battle scenes!
I adore the full novel, Redwall, so seeing it in graphic form was exciting! There is so much more depth to the story that couldn’t be included in this format, but it still managed to fit most everything in there, although it feels a bit rushed. Continue reading
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Anya is a Russian American with difficulty fitting in at school. When she falls down an old well, she meets a ghost who follows her around. Anya and the ghost become friends, but the ghost has secrets, and Anya has to find her true self in order to solve the mystery of her ghostly companion.
This story really surprised me! Just when I thought I had it figured out, the plot twists came at me. I love the artwork and the beautiful characters. The story almost seems superficial at first; fitting in at school and being accepted by the cool kids, but then the deep themes come in, like the nature of friendship and accepting yourself, the love of a family and how that can be a fortress against the world. There are so many good ideas behind the story that give it a powerful and meaningful message. Continue reading
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