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I started in the series Amulet from Kazu Kibuishi. Just read the first part, which was quite interesting.I also read Pumpkinheads from Rainbow Rowell, I thought it was too boring and I had trouble finishing it. 2 stars for this.
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Today's trip to the LCS.By the Horns: Dark Earth #10
Thor Annual #1
X-Men: Before the Fall: The Sinister Four #1
X-Men #24
Last week's adventures in comics, getting caught up on Europe Comics edition.Seven Places Without You β β
Seven vignettes taking place after a woman breaks up with her boyfriend for unknown reasons. Nothing much happens in this. It's random little interludes as she copes with being without Jorge.
Taxi Tales: The Fragrant Lady β β β�
GΓΌndΓΌz started these Taxi Tales after working as a cab driver in Istanbul. I doubt this one is true as it reads like a letter to Playboy or something.
The Only Living Girl #1: The Island at the Edge of Infinity β β β�
In this sequel to The Only Living Boy graphic novels for kids, Zee awakens in this weird amalgam world of her father's creation. She and her friend Erik are the only two humans left in a dystopian world populated by fantastical creatures.
The Art of Dying β β β�
A Parisian cop learns that he may have a daughter from his ex-wife upon the daughter's death. It's been labeled a suicide but it's soon realized that's not the case as the worst gang in Barcelona is involved.
Malaterre: Part 1 β β
An awful man has kids and then abandons them for five years. He then returns and sneaks off with two of them to a jungle plantation his family owned when he was a boy. This is only the first half of the story and the shady things going on are vague at this point.
Malaterre: Part 2 β β β β
This 2nd volume is more from the perspective of the children than the delinquent father who desperately wants to reclaim his family business in the jungle but in no way knows how to manage it. The whole thing is a downward spiral as it all gets worse and worse and the father secretly dodges creditors and the government.
RenΓ©e Stone: Murder in Abyssinia β β
Seems to be trying for a 30's mystery vibe. Renee Stone is a mystery writer in Ethiopia to see the coronation of Haile Selassie. While there she and a new friend stumble upon some kind of mystery. This really wasn't very interesting and Stone was vapid and shallow.
Aldo β β
Aldo may be immortal but no one believes him. Or he may just be a crackpot. I found this too out there and often unclear about what was happening.
Blossoms in Autumn β β β β
This is one of those books where I'm mad at myself for letting it set on my shelf for so long before reading it. It's about two older people who find each other later in life. One has just lost her mother and is dealing with never having married but runs her own business. The other has recently been laid off from his job as a mover. The first half of the book can be pretty dour as these two struggle to deal with their bodies getting older and being alone. Then when they meet the book turns to joy.
Arale β β
Very nicely illustrated but a confusing story that you just get dropped into. It's a world where World War 1 never ended and Russia is doing well. Rasputin has some mages keeping the Czar's body alive. Baba Yaga is on the opposite side (of what I'm not entirely sure).
The Defender - Volume 1 - Legal Eagle β β β�
A legal story about an Iraqi woman accused of war crimes in France for 20 years before when she was still in Iraq. Our legal expert heads to Iraq to investigate.
Adventures of Kid Lucky by Morris - Volume 1 - Cowboy in Training β β
These one page strips of Lucky Luke as a kid feel really dated.
Percy Shelley β β
Percy Shelley would definitely be considered an awful person these days. Someone who because of his money and charisma was able to slide through life, getting away with being an incorrigible human being.
Secret Elites β β β�
In 19th century England a bunch of strangers are scooped up and dropped into a secret program working for the Crown. They (and us) are given very little information as they have to figure out puzzles to keep moving on. It has the feel of a video game.
Pierre β β β β
I thought this was a really strong beginning. It's about a boxer who uses math to calculate how to beat his opponents. His best friend T.J. and T.J's new girlfriend, Anne. All three are keeping secrets about who they really are and that begins to play out.
Authorised Happiness β β
Contains 3 stories of government run amok in a Kafkaesque setting.
Sun Vol. 1 β β
A wealthy family with a coffee business has two daughters vying for control of the business. When one loses out, she gets pregnant after a drunken rampage. The mother is cold and wants nothing to do with the son while his grandparents dote on him. The story just keeps getting darker and darker.
The Angels of Nostradamus (Arthus Trivium #1) β β β β
This was very good. It's about Nostradamus and his three disciples who canvas the countryside righting wrongs and the like. A plot to kill the king is revealed leaving the three to figure out how to stop it. There's a supernatural element that I wasn't expecting either.
A Hell of an Innocent β β
Great art but a strange off-putting story. It's about an Australian man who has been in hiding for the last 27 years for killing his wife. In the 70's, his brother confessed to the crime on his death bed and the brother heads home. He's plagued by visions of his dead wife graphically talking to him about all the men in the town she slept with.
A real job β β
A slice of life comic about a young Spaniard who moves to Berlin to pursue his dream to be a comic book artist.
Theodore Poussin 1. Captain Steene β�
This was terrible. I don't understand how there are so many volumes. It's about a paper pusher that longs for adventure and joins the crew of a ship sailing to Asia in 1927. He keeps getting visited by this shady character as things get worse and worse for him. None of it makes any sense and it was dull as can be.
Double 7 β β
This story set during the Spanish Civil War was hard to follow. The characters and story kept shifting to something different so that the blurb on the back only really applied to the second half of the story. The first half was about 3 mercenary pilots from France, America and Russia who are in Spain fighting against Franco's forces.
Miles Morales Suspended β β
This go around Jason Reynolds really wanted to write a book of poetry disguised as a Miles Morales book. You can't go more than 2 pages without there being another one.
The Regiment - The True Story of the SAS, Vol. 1 β β
I was looking forward to this one but the articles at the end were more informative than the comic itself. The story was disjointed, skipping chunks of time without notice.
Melvile: The Story of Samuel Beauclair β β β β
A writer in a small town has hit a block he can't get past and he has the added stress of a pregnant wife to take care of. He answers an ad to paint a house in order to bring in some money. There he meets a brother and sister who he becomes friends with and maybe more with the sister. The twist was well done and I didn't see it coming.
Spirou - The Diary of a Naive Young Man β β β�
This was OK. It's about Spirou working as a bellhop at a fancy hotel in Belgium right before World War II. Within the hotel, Germany and Poland are negotiating Poland's surrender to avoid war.
Legends of the Pierced Veil: Izuna β β β�
A decent but dense read set in Japanese mythology of some sort. But this isn't Manga. It's put out by a French publisher. There are a lot of terms that weren't familiar to me. But it's about two different realms, one of man and one where the Kami reside, these fox creatures with antlers. The two realms end up clashing together due to the humans, of course. Some of the motivations and reasonings were hard to decipher with this first go through. Where this book really shines is the art.
blossoms in autumn... i adore AimΓ©e de Jonghs work so much. loved the book.
Chad wrote: "Today's trip to the LCS.By the Horns: Dark Earth #10..."
I didn't realize that series was continuing. I liked the first collection.
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So far this month, I've read:
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I really don't care for zombie media and I've only read a few volumes of The Walking Dead so I figured I would be very out of the loop on this, but I think it works for people who've never read/watched TWD. I'm sure there are things I missed out on, but I found it an enjoyable read.
I Hate This Place β
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β�I loved this horror book! I didn't think it would be as spooky as it was, I was totally sucked in by this.
Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels β
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β�Not Eisner reading, but I've been chewing through this 800 page brick since April and the library wants it back! A really cool retrospective through 25 years of Drawn & Quarterly, featuring essays about various creators at the publisher, a detailed timeline of the company, behind the scenes photos, and snippets of probably 100 books. Really cool reading if you like D&Q books!
Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes β
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Decently fun book, I love most Chip Zdarsky books so I had a good time reading it. He definitely takes inspiration from the Jack Kirby/Stan Lee drama.
Talk to My Back β
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Translation of an 80s manga about a woman chafing against the expectations of motherhood/being a wife in Japan. A relatively calm and quiet read made up of various strips.
The Hellbound, Vol. 1 β
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Lots of the reviews of this called it wordy and boring, but I liked the slower burn on this story. I love a culty thriller, might need to check out the Netflix adaptation!
PTSD Radio 1 (Vol. 1-2)β
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β�Meh. This was boring and disjointed to me. I don't find hair inherently frightening so maybe that's why it didn't hit for me? I don't know, I just didn't get into this at all. More like a 2.5 but feeling generous so I rounded up!
More old Europe Comics I tried to catch up on last week and some other odds and ends.The Daughters of Salem: How we sent our children to their deaths: Part 1β β
A sensationalized version of the Salem Witch Trials (Although we don't get to any trials in part 1.) It's honestly kind of boring.
Memories of a Crappy Poochβ β
A strange story about an old woman whose dog dies in an oddball accident. Then it's about her friends trying to comfort her and we get some flashbacks into her life that are somewhat difficult to put in the proper timeline.
White Claw - Volume 1: The Egg of the Dragon Queenβ β β�
This may be titled White Claw but the main character of this first volume was the rogue, Taho the Quick. He's part of a dragon clan that kills dragons and after wounding a dragon is tasked with carrying a dragon egg to the rest of the dragons.
Vizilsan: Blue Rabbit's Crystalβ�
Oof! This was real bad. I'm not sure why this even became a comic. There's so much text. It's written as prose and the art is bad. Real bad. Some generic fantasy claptrap that I couldn't be bothered to keep up with. Reads like someone wrote some fan service thing like Turkish Star Wars. (That's a real thing. Get drunk and watch it in a MST3K way. It's beyond awful.)
Rageβ β
An overlong story about an extremely unlikable boxer from the French projects rising to fame. It's the same story you've seen in Rocky with nothing new to add except the guy is a grade A ass.
Keepers of Lost Timeβ�
I have no idea what was happening in this science fiction comic from Serbia. It's about two cultures, one advanced, one primitive that swap items once every set amount of time. Who knows why? Who knows why one of the primitives gains powers? Who knows who half the cast was as they came and went? This is just terrible.
1066: William the Conquerorβ β
A retelling of William the Conqueror based on a tapestry. Even though I knew the basics, I found this really hard to follow. The characters tended to look the same and there were quite a few of them. Their motivations weren't really provided which didn't help.
Hearts at Seaβ β β�
A comic about a neurotic guy with a good job working at the family's company. He lives a small life and has an overbearing mother. He's also very lonely. So he sneaks away on a singles cruise where he meets a bunch of old ladies and train wrecks.
BΓ©rΓ©zina, Vol. 1: The Fireβ β β�
Follows Napoleon's campaign into Russia. The book begins after three grueling months where Russians have fled while destroying all their crops and taking their livestock with them leaving the French tired and hungry as they enter a deserted Moscow. A deserted Moscow that is really one big trap...
Flora And The Shooting Starsβ β
Flora is now in her forties and recently divorced. She's considering getting back on the horse again and begin dating. So she does the whole online thing to various results. This felt really superficial with little new to say.
Yallah Byeβ β β β β�
This was intense. It's about a French family with a Lebanese dad. They head to Lebanon on vacation to visit family in 2006 when Israel starts bombing the country. You can feel all of the tension as their fear and terror grows, knowing everything is out of their control and if they are going to survive all of the random but continuous bombings. I can't even imagine going through this like the Lebanese did.
Dodin-Bouffant : Gourmet Extraordinaireβ β β�
A comic that will make foodies' tummies grumble. When a food connoisseur's chef dies, he goes through a lot to find a worthy successor. A nice little story based on a century old book.
The Wolves of La LouviΓ¨reβ β β�
World War II from the perspective of a Belgium family. It's based on the diary of one of the girls. The story starts as Germany is invading Belgium and details life in occupied Belgium throughout the war. Some people try to get by, some people resist, some collaborate.
The Grande Odalisqueβ β β�
Two female, high end art thieves rob paintings from famous museums. Alex is the impulsive, unreliable one. Carole is always in control, bailing Alex out of trouble. When their next job is a heist at the Louvre, they bring in a third girl, Sam. Their's little characterization here. It's all nonstop action.
Tentacles at My Throatβ β β β
Zerocalcare returns with three stories revolving around his school, all about 10 years apart. They are all very funny and irreverent. They are certainly embellished or maybe just completely made up.
Tebori - Volume 1β β
This is about a young man in Japan who has gotten himself into some trouble with a gang. He's sent to learn from a master tattoo artist. Years later, he's become as good as his master. That's when he finds out that his master secretly tattoos Yakusa in the room above the store.
The Forgotten Slaves of Tromelinβ β
A true story about slaves shipwrecked on an extremely small island in the South Pacific for 15 years. There's two stories really as it goes back and forth between this story and the story of the scientists excavating the island in 2008. The story of the excavation is overly packed with detail and drones on and on without providing any new details. There's not much point to it other than making the reading very dry and tedious.
In Search of Peter Panβ β β�
A writer hides out in a small village in the Alps with writer's block. The village has the threat of an avalanche any day hanging over it. Over the years counterfeit coins have continued to pop up here.
The Roots of Chaos, Volume 1: Luxβ β
It's 1953 and a British man working at Scotland Yard gets a call that his mother has just died in a hit and run with a bomb on her even though she's supposed to be in a nursing home. He begins to find out about a secret life she had involving Yugoslavia.
El MesΓasβ β
A rich man in Spain falls from grace during the 2008 recession. He hears about a town that has enveloped communism and seems to be doing well. At times this almost seems like a farce. I do think this is something that you'll only get if you understand Spain's history of dealing with fascism, communism and socialism throughout the 20th century and beyond.
Body and soulβ β
A look into a handful of unsympathetic people's lives in Paris.
Ark Landβ β β�
A girl, her two dogs and robot live as scavengers in the future where people live off of the alien tech falling out of the sky.
The World Book of Recordsβ β β�
It's about a man who works at the World Book of Records who is bored with his job. He's tired of people who think they need to come up with a way to get their name on some obscure record they just made up. Then he gets a letter from someone who goes a much darker path to make the list...
The Last Jungle Book - Volume 1 - Manβ β β�
An adaptation of The Jungle Book broken into 4 segments. This first volume is the story we know of from Disney, Mowgli as a child growing up among the wolves while Shere Khan tries to get to him.
Sykesβ β β�
Your standard Old West tale of a Marshall tracking down the outlaws. The ending that showed the rest of his life after the main story was over felt really tacked on and actually detracted from the rest of the story.
Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empireβ β β β
Back in the day after Infinite Crisis, DC skipped ahead a year with all of its comics and 52 was a year long, weekly comic where you could look back and see what happened in the DC universe while the big three of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman all disappeared. This collection cherry picks all of the Black Adam stuff that happened and it's all excellent. You can see it's a murderer's row of talent writing the book. It's a terrific journey of an anti-hero as he climbs and falls. That moment where the hammer first falls is just brutal.
Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Manβ β
This one is all about the art. The story doesn't make any sense. Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas is back writing comics for Marvel. This one even has Pete and friends singing along to the Black Eyed Peas during a road trip. I mean, come on!
Silent Partner (Graphic Novel)β β β�
I'm not sure why this 4th book in the Alex Delaware series was randomly chosen to be adapted into a graphic novel. Delaware is a psychologist. He's on the outs with his girlfriend when he sees an old flame. She wants to see him professionally but kills herself before their appointment so Alex starts looking into her. Things get extremely complicated.
Thor, Vol. 6: Blood of the Fathersβ β
This feels exactly like what it was, a book where the author disappeared and left someone else to pick up the pieces. So this version of Thor ends with a thud.
The Web: The Graphic Novelβ β β β
I thought this was a much better adaptation than the first Kellerman one. It's about Alex Delaware and his girlfriend Robin heading to a small island in the South Pacific. Alex has been hired to help a doctor there organize his research for 4 months. The island seems to be on its last legs as the military base there is winding down. This starts with a murder and finishes with some nutso stuff you could never guess was coming.
Spider-Man: Fake Redβ β β�
The art is way better than any other Manga I've read with Marvel or DC characters in it. Full backgrounds too. The story is about a normal kid who finds a Spider-Man suit in an alley and decides to help out even though he doesn't have super powers.
Future State: Gotham Vol. 3: Batmen at Warβ�
Oh my god, this was terrible. Five different Batmen are running around fighting one another. One of them is Damian returned from Hell. He looks just like Zoltar from Battle of the Planets. It all reads like a terrible manga.
Fantastic Four: Life Storyβ β β�
An alternate timeline story where time for the Fantastic Four passes normally from the 60's to now. It's bold in some of its choices. Ben Grimm is no longer the life long friend of Reed Richards. He's just some guy that Johnny knows so he doesn't have the ties to the rest of them.
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I'm still on my Attack on Titan kick. I have read through volume 23 now and I'm kind of surprised I'm still reading it. I almost need a wiki to keep track of the characters and now the backstory is like 3 levels deep. I'm too interested in how it's all going to wrap up to stop now though. (The series is 34 volumes.)
The Greatest Thing β
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This is a slice-of-life coming-of-age story about a young women with an eating disorder learning to make new friends and understand herself. She also makes a few zines that you see as part of the book, which I liked a lot. The story ended a little bittersweet but optimistic.
Born to Run β
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This is the second book in a series. Aliens have abducted every human able to do manual labor, leaving mostly kids behind on Earth. A teenage brother and sister pair basically start a revolution to undermine the aliens and get their people back. This second book has the brother and sister apart and follows their stories separately, but the pacing and parallel of their storylines works really well. I hope I can get ahold of the third book soon.
Today's trip to the LCS.TMNT / Stranger Things #1
Immortal X-Men #13
Parker Girls #8
X-Force #42
World's Finest: Teen Titans #1
Sirens of the City #1
Antarctica #1
The Hunger and the Dusk #1
Planet of the Apes #3
Planet of the Apes #4
Last week's adventures in comics.Monster β β β�
Psychologist Alex Delaware helps his police detective buddy investigate a couple of murders revolving around an insane asylum. These 3 graphic novel adaptations of the Alex Delaware novels seem to be chosen at random but that's OK.
Power Girl Special (2023) #1 β β
Ugh. DC brings Power Girl back just to muck with her again. This one shot should be a reintroduction to her character. Instead unless you know her incredibly complicated history already, you'll only be left more confused.
New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative (2023) #1 β β β�
A bunch of short stories set in the Milestone universe featuring new writers and artists with established inkers and color artists.
AraΓ±a and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow β β β�
This prose novel was alright. It suffers from having a really weak villain. Judas Traveler is just lame as can be.
Midnight Sky β β β β
A pretty good series about an Invasion of the Body Snatchers type infiltration of the Earth. 13 years after the invasion began one family struggles to survive.
24 Panels β β β�
An anthology put together to help those suffering from PTSD after the Grenfell fire in England killed 72 people. The gist here is that you have 24 panels to tell your story so the stories are short.
Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen Vol. 3 β β β β
All of the fallout of Sins of Sinister. No one on the Quiet Council trusts one another and it's all starting to fall apart.
Knockturn County β β
If Dr. Seuss made a noir comic about gambling and spousal abuse, it would be this comic. I get it. It just all feels kind of lame and the rhymes quickly began to wear on me.
Head Wounds: Sparrow β�
I decided to check this mess out when I saw it finally hit Hoopla. It's a complete and utter mess. Oscar Isaac just slapped his name on it even though I doubt he had much to do with the final product. Everything about it feels slapped together. Nothing makes any sense or is explained.
Multiversity: Harley Screws Up the DCU β β
This is a regression to the Coney Island era of Harley with all of the slapstick and jokes. Tieri actually does a pretty good job of revisiting that but then he also wrote that comic for awhile too. Harley is given a time machine and creates a future where she killed all of the heroes in their infancy allowing Starro to take over the Earth without the Justice League there to stop her.
Bush Leaguers β β
An irreverent comedy comic about a Brooklyn baseball team that is more concerned with fighting than playing the burgeoning game of baseball. They are pursued by the overly law-abiding Teddy Roosevelt when he was police commissioner.
The Lunar Ladies β β
Goofy, retro sci-fi with a race of women living inside the moon back in prehistoric times. It's OK in a bad D-list movie kind of way.
Mindbender β β β�
If it had been fleshed out with some more answers it would have been really good. It's about a man who has been catatonic for 16 years after manifesting something that killed a bunch of people as a boy. Now he's back from exploring other dimensions.
Wolverine: The Best There Is - The Complete Series β β β�
Possibly the most violent and gross Wolverine comic you'll ever read. Wolverine gets abducted and experimented on by a bunch of folks with healing factors that have been around for centuries. This book is filled with nonstop technobabble. Too much to make this really good.
Star Trek: Countdown β β β β
This was actually pretty good. It fleshes out what happens at the beginning of the Star Trek reboot movie that kicks off the Kelvin timeline. A lot of the Next Generation cast shows up.
Star Trek: Spock - Reflections β β
This wasn't nearly as interesting as the lead-in to the Star Trek reboot. It's cherry-picked moments from Spock's life as he ventures back to Earth to lay an old friend to rest.
Star Trek: Nero β β β�
Fills in what Nero was up to in the 25 years his crew had to wait for Spock to show up in the Kelvin timeline of the Star Trek reboot.
Karma β β β�
Starts off pretty boring about a photographer meeting a super model and starting a relationship. Then gets hot and heavy and very steamy into hard R territory. It's an extremely adventuresome relationship too which I didn't expect. Reminded me some of Stjepan Ε ejiΔ's stuff.
Harrower β β
Too short and not fleshed out enough to be good. It's like watching a 'B' level horror flick. Brahm Revel's art wasn't very good either.
Army of Darkness: 1979 β β β�
A by the numbers Army of Darkness mini that hits the same beats as the movie just in a different time period. This time Ash gets transported to New York in 1979 where a gang called the Warlocks have the Necronomicon and are turning the other gangs to bloody mush (literally). Ash takes over a gang called the Half Dead and goes after them. It's all a weak sendup of The Warriors.
Bettie Page: Curse of the Banshee Collection β β
This starts off OK with Bettie and another female agent hunting down a banshee. Then it just makes less and less sense as it goes along. It's not helped by how anachronistic the dialogue is. It's supposed to be 1954 and Bettie and her coworker are constantly using words words like "bitchin" and "goddamn".
Vampirella VS. Purgatori β β β�
This was fine. Kind of your standard fare for this corner of Dynamite. Vampirella is fighting Lillith yet again. Lillith can destroy the world if she can corrupt just one of the 36 pure humans on the Earth. Purgatori is sort of helping Vampirella while also playing her own game.
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1 β β β�
Jason Aaron's new series at Boom. A hellish dystopian future where only a few people still survive along with all the rats. Mezzy is on the run from the group that trained her to be a badass. Maceo is a kid with his head in the clouds. He's lived a sheltered life in a flooded skyscraper with his parents while the world burned around them. Something happened to them in the past and he's been all alone inventing for a long time. When Mezzy crosses his path, he decides to tag along which begins a begrudging friendship while being pursued by the Wasteland Rangers.
Today's trip to the LCS.Void Rivals #2
Alien #4
World's Finest #17
Something Is Killing the Children #31
X-Men Red #13
Big Game #1
Knight Terrors: Shazam! #1
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β�Three siblings and their families get together to fix up the family vacation home that the siblings all helped build when they were kids. They reminisce about their dad and decide what to do with the house for the long term. This is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. I also have a family vacation home I'll have to make a long term decision about someday so this story really spoke to me.
Himawari House β
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β�I'm glad I finally got around to reading this story. I noticed it when it first came out and happened to find it at my library recently. The story focuses on 5 people living in a student house in Japan together, all studying either English or Japanese. They are united by their Asian heritage but were raised in different countries and bring together their different cultures and backgrounds. I appreciated the exploration of differences in their communication styles (in terms of honesty and forthrightness) and how every character gets at least one point-of-view chapter.
Nightwing, Volume 1: Traps and Trapezes β β β β
My first Nightwing book. He is Daredevil and Spider-Man mushed together. I thought it was great how the story wove into the Court of Owls story.
The Flash by Geoff Johns, Book Two β β β β β�
Improves on everything the first book did and fixes the few problems I had.
Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters β β β β
The tone is almost slice of life which was a refreshing change. Cory Walker's character designs are so strong.
Invincible, Vol. 2: Eight Is Enough β β β�
Most of the best moments from this volume were done better in the show.
Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Vol. 2 β β β β β�
Exceptional. The death of Electra and its aftermath were perfectly done. I'll never forget the DD and Bullseye's fight when they're two shadows leaping through the city.
Taskmaster: The Rubicon Trigger β β β β
Taskmaster goes on a globe trotter adventure with Nick Fury Jr to prove he didn't kill someone.
Red Hood: Outlaw, Volume 1: Requiem for an Archer β β
A mess, but a quick read at least. There's also a nice annual with Roy Harper at the beginning.
Noragami: Stray God, Vol. 13 β β β β β�
After the anime ends, Yato's father appears and is more sinister with every chapter. I couldn't put the series down.
The Secret Service: Kingsman β β β β
Kingsman is one of my favorite movies and this did not disappoint. One thing it does better is criticising the spy genre, like one henchmen goes tells he needs to stop naming people after disabilities, its bringing down moral.
Last week's adventures in comics.God Complex, Vol. 1: Dogma β β β�
A cyperpunk series about a police officer investigating 3 murders of a religious faction. The world is ruled by some version of the Greek gods with cool character designs. The problem is it moves way too slowly and it's really dense. These 6 issues are really the intro to the series and that looks like all we'll get as this was published in 2018 and never went anywhere else.
Fathom: Kiani Volume 2: Blade of Fury β β
Absolutely bored me to tears. Good lord there's a lot of bad Fathom comics out there.
Batman Beyond the White Knight β β β β β�
Bruce Wayne has been in prison for the last decade. He hears what's been going on with the Gotham police department and how Gotham's become a fascist police state and breaks out. The time gap allows Murphy to bring in Terry McGinness and some of the Batman Beyond stuff. I never thought I needed Sean Murphy to create his own Batman universe but I sure am happy to be proved wrong.
Chronicles of Hate Book 1 & 2 β�
This is fine if you are okay with random, bloody battles and no explanation of what's going on. The art is so dark and murky that's it's often difficult to tell what's happening.
The Red Hook Volume 1: New Brooklyn β β β�
This is a comic where if you don't know anything about Brooklyn or New York in general you might not get it. Most of the characters are named after places in Brooklyn, including the Red Hook himself, Benson Hurst, the Green Point, etc. Brooklyn secedes from the Union and all of its bridges roll up and tunnels flood as if Brooklyn is alive anthropomorphically. It's all very Silver Age and Jack Kirbyian in its execution.
It Will All Hurt β�
This makes about as much sense as a bunch of monkeys banging away at a typewriter would. Then you compound it with the Godawful hand lettering and get quite the clusterfuck. There are some great illustrations. If you look at this purely as an art book, you may get more out of it.
A Girl Called Echo Omnibus β β β�
Turns out America isn't the only country to commit crimes against their indigenous people. Canada has a poor track record as well. This follows a girl of MΓ©tis heritage as she learns about the history of her people in Canada throughout the Pemmican Wars and beyond. It's told in the present but as she gets in the story with each installment, she's pulled into the past reliving it with the people of the time period.
X-Men Red, Vol. 3 β β β β
Apocalypse's wife, Genesis, has returned from their exile at the end of X of Swords. She's not happy about what's happened on Mars and is headed there to take over.
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 4: Dark Web β β
Boy, this turd of a crossover was slapdashedly put together. Nothing connects properly. It's clear that you need to read all of the other crossovers to get a coherent story. The basics are this. Spidey's clone, Ben Reilly, lost most of his memories in Spider-Man Beyond and has turned evil. He meets up with Madelyne Prior, the clone of Jean Grey, the impetus behind the original Inferno which this is an extremely pale and deflated imitation of.
Barbaric Vol. 2: Axe to Grind β β β β
Not the most original fantasy series, but it may be the most fun one. Owen and his talking cursed axe are hilarious. This one expands the world as an old friend partners with Owen and Soren as an old foe of Owen's returns.
Break Out β β β β
A heist story about an Earth where flying cubes have arrived that abduct kids between the ages of 10 and 20. When the main characters little brother gets abducted, he decides to do something about it and puts together a team of kids from his high school to get him back.
Murky World β β
The art in this is just plain fugly. The proportions are all exaggerated and wrong. Corben's art is typically better than this. The fantasy world he's created is fine.
X-Force, Vol. 7 β β
Ugh, I'm so tired of evil Beast stories. Even though Beast is out as leader, he's found a way to make himself a menace in the future. Hail the return of Quentin Quire so they can go to an alternate future and boringly stop the Beast.
Elixir β β β�
A slapdash world that's all about the art. It's a world dominated by science but there's this Macguffin elixir that can convert everything to magic.
Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars β β β�
A story of the Apache Wars from the view of the Apache. America has committed a great many atrocities against Native Americans since becoming a country. This is another one. It's a shame this wasn't made into the film Ethan Hawke was going for because then a more polished writer could have cleaned up the unclear parts of this book. There were times where I was lost as to who was who early on and then times where scene changes seemed to leave parts of the story out. Where the story really shines is in Greg Ruth's terrific black and white art.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, Volume 1 β β β�
A series in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Each Doctor gets an issue to show off his era.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, Volume 2 β β β�
Four one off tales with Doctors 5 through 8. This go around there are more pages devoted to who is kidnapping the companions and that mystery is beginning to roll into shape.
Lot 13 β β β�
Another one of those Steve Niles stories where he doesn't really want to explain anything. This one is about a family that somehow ends up in a haunted apartment building.
Fortune and Glory: A True Hollywood Comic Book Story β β β�
Brian Michael Bendis gives us a humorous, first-hand account of his initial foray into Hollywood. This was from when Bendis was still an indie darling, before he become the comics juggernaut he is today.
Star Trek: Manifest Destiny β β β β
A rogue Klingon captain lays a trap for the Enterprise and attempts to take the ship. A really good story set in the Kelvin timeline.
X-Men, Vol. 4 β β β β
Some smaller stories as we inch forward to this year's Hellfire Gala and Fall of X.
Peter Parker & Miles Morales: Spider-Men Double Trouble β β β�
An all ages story about Peter taking Miles with him superheroing as part of bring your sidekick to work day. Then Villain Con is happening the same day which causes all kinds of trouble.
Spider-Man 2099: Exodus β β
Steve Orlando's idea of writing a 2099 comic is to throw as much technobabble as possible in there to disguise the fact he didn't do his research on Marvel's 2099 future.
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot β β β�
Originally published back in 1995, long before it became a cartoon, this was a take on the Godzilla story. With this giant kaiju that absorbed the people of Japan turning them into monsters. It's a Lovecraftian take on it. Geof Darrow brings it on art while Frank Miller drones on and on with the exposition.
Occulted β β β β
The true story of a young girl raised in a cult and how she came through it.
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I really enjoyed the first 5 issues of this story about a race to get the first human feet on Mars to claim it, and who they decided to pick. Pretty emotional thus far, looks to be pretty exciting in the next arc!
Star Trek, Vol. 1: Godshock β
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Pretty good Star Trek story, if I'd watched DS9 I probably would have gotten more out of it!
The Book of Niall β
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β�This was so good! Really cool art, and some inventive storytelling techniques towards the end.
Ultrasound β
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β�Somewhat confusing story, might try to watch the movie of it so I can understand it more!
Alice Guy β
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β�Well-done biography of the first female film director!
The Passβ
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CW for child medical issues, a tense but overall heartwarming story.
Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story β
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The Human Target, Volume 1 β
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The art in this book is SO GOOD. I really loved the art. Story was interesting but not my favorite or anything.
Miracleman: The Golden Age β
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β�Meh. I found this boring and I really didn't care about it. I think I'm just not the Neil Gaiman comic audience, even though I like his prose books.
The Atonement Bell β
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Mixed feelings on this book - I loved that it was set in St. Louis so there were places I recognized, but there were other things I was much less into!
Stillwater, Vol. 1: Rage, Rage β
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Is it the most original story premise? No. But I still enjoyed it! Will definitely read further in the story.
Love Everlasting, Volume 1 β
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β�The beautiful art could not save this confusing ass book - how did we get to the end of the first arc and have no clue what's going on?
Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense β
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Didn't enjoy this - crammed full of information and dry as hell.
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1 β
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Cute manga about a group of 30-something women who want to get married, I thought this was fun!
I just read The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen. It is a short memoir. Like most memoirs, I didn't find it very interesting. But the style is nice. Instead of drawings, everything is photographed. Photo-comics have been done before, but this is the first photo-memoir-comic that I know of. It must be interesting knowing this guy because he stages so many photos with everyone around him.
Today's trip to my LCS.Ultimate Invasion #2
Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider #3
Night Club #6
The Ribbon Queen #1 <-- A new Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows comic
Fire Power #25
Invincible Iron Man #8
Predator #5
Wolverine #35
X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1
Incredible Hulk #2
The X-Cellent #5
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I have read through volume 30 (of 34) of Attack on Titan and the final battle is well underway. It seems like there is a huge number of character storylines and subplots to wrap up in the four remaining volumes of the series.
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Very cute relatable stories about living with a cat. The use of color was interesting, with shades of yellow and green used on occassion with otherwise grayscale art.
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