in the shadows by kiersten white and jim di bartolo
“The world swayed beneath Cora.” Kiersten White and Jim Di Bartolo‘s In the Shadows tells the story of five young people whose lives become entangled in a shadowy conspiracy that spans the globe and...
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the unwritten: tommy taylor and the bogus identity by mike carey & peter gross
Chance, oh wonderful chance! Without it, I never would have gotten my paws on The Unwritten Volume One: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (2010, Vertigo). But because...
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the unwritten: tommy taylor and the ship that sank twice by peter gross &...
The Book Depository has played a cruel trick on me. After reading the first volume of The Unwritten (that would be Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity), I found myself obsessed. I immediately ordered...
View Articlethe unwritten volumes 2-5 by mike carey and peter gross
Academics like to ignore genre. If a “literary” author goes slumming in the SFFinal, it might be worth a look. If it gets shelved in Science Fiction & Fantasy, it might as well be in the trash can....
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freakangels volume one by warren elli & paul duffield
Twelve children born at the same moment. Twelve children with violent eyes, pale skin, and telepathic powers. Twelve children who, somehow, have caused the end of the world. In London. *cue review*...
View Articlewasteland book 01: cities in dust by antony johnston & christopher mitten
Oni Press began publishing Wasteland in 2006, a black and white post-apocalyptic series that takes place in the desert formerly known as the United States. A monster-esque people referred to as...
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steam noir: das kupferherz, volumes two & three by verena klinke & felix...
Starting a series in the middle is always a bad idea. But alas, shit happens, and Cross Cult sent me volumes two & three (2012, 2013) of Das Kupferherz (The Copper Heart), a darkly pretty German...
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gung ho: schwarze schafe by benjamin von eckartsberg & thomas von kummant
If somebody had shown me Cross Cult’s Gung Ho ten years ago, maybe it wouldn’t have taken me so long to fall in love with comics. The art in this over-sized hardcover is abso-fucking-lutely gorgeous....
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representations of mothers in saga
Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughn is the single best comic I have ever read. Granted, I haven’t read many, but that is because there are so few comics like Saga. If you hate comics, read this....
View Articlenimona by noelle stevenson
I was contemplating including Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona in my first ever flash review post, but that would be doing this incredible graphic novel an injustice. And also: this is, at this point in time,...
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