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Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

June 4, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The graphic novels featuring Zita the Spacegirl are back in two more adventures (from 2012 and 2014). The first (technically second) book is Legends of Zita the Spacegirl #2 and the second (technically third) book is The Return of Zita the Spacegirl. Ben Hatke published Zita in 2011 but had been working on her for years. Both stories flow well and are solid stories. Even though the first two books “wrap up” that books story, there are open endings to each of them. Therefore, it […]

A Nibble of Hope can make you hungry for more

The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Dubb

March 19, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Root of Magic is one of those books that the adult me has issues with (the mom “forgets” about her oldest child due to the illness of the younger one; her relationship with her ex-husband is stereotypical and the daughter takes on a “mother role” due to the fact it is all about her brother). The kid in me however thinks this is an awesome book. I started out with the negatives because, while I totally understand where Kathleen Benner Dubb is coming from […]

Avoid the man-eating walking dead that periodically drag themselves out of a fetid lake

Broxo by Zack Giallongo

February 19, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I will start with that this review is based on a one time reading. See end for a comment on this. Broxo by Zack Giallongo is a graphic novel that from page one always felt like it was missing something. Like this was book two and not a first book. Like it was starting in the middle of a story and had already fleshed out the characters in previous books. However, from what I can tell, this was a stand-alone book that should have had […]

Your Roman holiday

December 21, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The one thing I have noticed with The Magic Tree House series, you do have to read them in order. As an adult, I can pick up something, but in Vacation Under the Volcano #13, Jack and Annie have had so many adventures you need to know some of the pieces of information given before to help explain a few things. However, it is a standalone title if you and your child talk about it. The story is basic: Jack and Annie go to Ancient […]

She’s fought giants, clobbered dragons, now she’s gotta churn that butter?

December 13, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Monsters Beware! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre is the third in the series of Claudette and her friend’s adventures. There is Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware! as well. And while this is a mostly standalone story, find the first two and read them first. Of course, if I had done that I probably would not have read this one. First, let me say the writing is great. There is a lot going on, you are wondering how they will fight the monsters, churn that […]

Transformers meet Voltron

November 29, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Transformers meet Voltron in Mech Cadet Yu Volume one by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa and Triona Farrell. I would like to point out when I say Transformer and Voltron I do not mean the modern-day versions but the awesome 1980s versions I grew up on. The story itself is totally today, but still the creators are paying honor to the classics. The story is every few years giant robots from outer space come to bond with cadets from the Sky Corps Academy. Sixty-years ago, the […]

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