Graphic Novels

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Marvel NOW!)
Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon (Marvel NOW!)

Review:One of my all-time favorite Avengers finally gets stories worthy of his abilities. This collection hits the bullseye constantly. A worthy and recommended read for all fans of the Avengers, New Avengers, Young Avengers and all marvel comics.
However the character portrayed in these comics are nothing like Hawkeye seen on screen. Hawkeye is a hero, living in a world where most of the heroes have super powers or mutated abilities. Hawkeye is human, figuratively and literally.
So if you are a ... Read more

Stephen King's N.
Stephen King's N.

Review:I chose this rating because Stephen King is the best horror writer that I know in my lifetime. He writes story's about very evil people He gets you engrossed in the whole story and has you sitting on the edge of your seat from start to finish. I look forward to a new book coming out. Read more

Zita the Spacegirl
Zita the Spacegirl

Review:After this book arrived, and after I thumbed through it, I was quite surprised my kids liked it. It has very few words. It is mostly graphics....lots of pictures.
The books is quite thick compared to most graphic books I've seen.
I bought the book for my 6 year old, but my 9 year old really like it too.
I sent the book to another little girl, but I've received no feed back. I'm hoping she enjoyed it too. Read more

The Three Musketeers (Classics Illustrated)
The Three Musketeers (Classics Illustrated)

Review:Whether or not you will enjoy The Three Musketeers depends on two factors:
1. Vocabulary: I've read pretty widely, and in some cases the 'classics' are unbearable to read simply because it does not flow. It is very hard to concentrate on the plot or the characters when you have to think about the language being used. Thankfully, this is not as much of a problem in Three Musketeers. If you don't read classics at all, this may not suit you.
2. Length: This is the unabridged verson, it is a v... Read more

WE3
WE3

Review:for a guy like me that loves mature graphic novels, We3 not so great compare to graphic novels like Ex Machina, Y the Last Man or Criminal. It's a fun read, don't get me wrong but the comic is all about how cruel humans are and the humans are the actual beasts in this world. The three animals don't really have that much character to them, they are just poor little things that are scared and wanting to go back "home". After reading it once, I never picked it up again.
But defiantly check it ou... Read more

Pride of Baghdad
Pride of Baghdad

Review:Brian K. Vaughan is the best writer in comics. Of this, I'm sure. I have loved almost everything he's written and was happy to finally get a chance to read this. He has an amazing way of humanizing so many different types of characters. The plot here, based on a true story, is simple and pure: survival. He takes it so far past that. Just an amazing story. The art was very good. Overall a fantastic must read! Read more

Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever
Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

Review:“City on the Edge of Forever” is almost universally considered one of the best, if not the best, STAR TREK episodes. Famously penned by Harlan Ellison, and nearly as famously changed quite a bit, IDW Comics has come out with a comic of Ellison original Hugo-winning teleplay. Done in five installments via collaboration between Ellison and Scot and David Tipton, and illustrated by J.K. Woodward, the end result makes for a fascinating read that stands on its own with the eventually produced episode... Read more

The Prince (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks)
The Prince (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks)

Review:Have lofty aspirations of world dominance?

Dream of the laments of your enemies?

Do you want to learn to bend the masses to your will?

Here's the book for you!

I used the knowledge I gained from this book to depose the pretender to the throne of Carthage last week. And I'm only halfway through.

I also used its power to trick my wife into switching sides on the bed so I could be closer to the fan.

I'm drunk with power.

Come and join me. Read more

Ghost World s/c
Ghost World s/c

Review:I have recently started reading screenplays, and this was given as a gift after having seen Ghost World four times. This is an excellent movie and I recommend it to most anyone.
The screenplay itself is just a screenplay, but a well written one. There are a few scenes that were either cut or shortened, and I really enjoyed them. But the best part of the book was all the extras, like introductions by Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff. Plus there were a lot of pictures, and all the scene notes at... Read more

Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Asterios Polyp (Pantheon Graphic Library)

Review:Stunning! All I could think after reading Asterios Polyp for the first time was "what just happened to me?" This ground-breaking graphic novel achieves something I thought could not be done- it is completely original. Let's start with the cover- the artist's approach to the letters in the title of the book is so original that I couldn't stop from staring at the cover for ten minutes. Inside the cover, the end pages are beautiful drawings of flowers. This was just a taste of the painstaking d... Read more

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