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Second Verse, Same as the First! But a little bit louder and darker

Haru Book 2: Summer by Joe Latham

August 30, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In February 2024 I read book one of Haru by Joe Latham (or Haru 1: Spring). In August of 2024 I read Haru Book 2: Summer still by Joe Latham. Both were read via an online reader copy but I was thinking I would purchase copies of both when book two came out. However, it is not due until October 2024 and I am glad I did not wait. This is because Book Two is much darker than Book One was. Things are more layered […]

Fairy tale villains and loving sisters

Into the Goblin Market by Vikki VanSickle

August 29, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently I located a list of books that were recommended by other booksellers across the country. I found the picture book section and said, “Online reading here I come.” And I was able to read most of them (I have one in physical form so I passed and I have two more to read), but one that really stuck out to me was Into the Goblin Market by Vikki VanSickle and Jensine Eckwall as the illustrator. It is a contemporary folktale or fairy tale that […]

Ironheart: the other metal superhero

Marvel-Verse: Ironheart by Eve L. Ewing and various

August 28, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Another book in the Marvel-Verse graphic novel series I found is Marvel-Verse: Ironheart by Eve L. Ewing, Brian Michael Bendis, Kevin Libranda, Luciano Vecchio, Marco Rudy, Nico Leon and a few others. I hadn’t planned on writing another Marvel review (even though I have read two of the baddies, Marvel-Verse: Kang and Marvel-Verse: Kraven the Hunter, plus two of the Guardians of the Galaxy comics: Marvel-Verse: Rocket & Groot and Marvel-Verse: Guardians of the Galaxy. But honestly, I was not as impressed with them as I had […]

The female Web designers

Marvel-Verse: Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider by Jason LaTour and various

Marvel-Verse: Spider-Woman by Marv Wolfman and various

August 28, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I recently found several series of graphic novels called Marvel-Verse that covered a variety of Marvel characters. And while I found villains, they are mostly the heroes. Since they are all similar (you get a few stories for each character as the feature and they do their thing. They range from 1960s classic, 1980s and even now), I can pretty much say: “Which Marvel character do you like?” You then answer and I can say Yes or No they have it. Of course there is […]

This Sh*t Is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Final Girls by Riley Sager

August 28, 2024 by Zirza 8 Comments

A young woman stumbles out of the woods in a red dress, screaming loudly that someone is chasing her. A nearby police officer finds her and shoots the crazed killer, a psychopath who has escaped from a nearby mental hospital. Years later, Quincy is known as a ‘final girl’: the only survivor of a bloody massacre. There are other Final Girls and when one of them dies, another comes to find Quincy. Quincy, at first, is happy to have Sam with her: Sam knows what […]

A Guest in the House: a twisty, turny, graphic novel

A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll

August 23, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

mood music: Crazy – gnarls barkley The last graphic novel I read was Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, a dark and gritty telling of the Joker’s origins as a failed comedian turned violent criminal. This seems to be a pattern with the graphic novels that I gravitate towards, including Watchmen and Maus, and this novel is no different. Written and illustrated by E.M. Carroll (formerly Emily Carroll), the story tells the tale of Abby, a recently married discount store clerk, and follows her day-to-day with […]

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