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Didn’t really see what the fuss is about

July 10, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

Carol Danvers, who is apparently a hot-shot pilot and one of the Avengers, lives in the crown of the Statue of Liberty (you can do that?) with her sister and niece. When the Avengers find an escape pod from a spaceship with an alien refugee inside it, they decide that Carol be the one to return the girl to her homeworld, as well as take up a more permanent presence in space as a representative for the Avengers Initiative. As she returns the girl to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: action, captain marvel, CBR8, comic book, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Malin, science fiction, space adventure, superheroes

Malin's CBR8 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: action, captain marvel, CBR8, comic book, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Malin, science fiction, space adventure, superheroes ·
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Forget the stupid rat-creatures. Stupid and annoying Phoney Bone, more like it

July 9, 2016 by Malin 1 Comment

The three Bone cousins Fone Bone (renamed Hero Bone in my head), Smiley Bone (Comic Relief Bone) and Phoney Bone (Greedy, or frequently Insufferable, Bone) have been driven out of their home town of Boneville because Phoney Bone had some sort of get rich quick scheme and scammed the entire town, and now an angry mob has driven them off. They are wandering in the wilderness when they are attacked by a huge swarm of locusts and end up in a mysterious forest in a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, Bone, CBR8, comic book, dragons, fantasy, Graphic Novel, Jeff Smith, Malin, Young Adult

Malin's CBR8 Review No:73 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Bone, CBR8, comic book, dragons, fantasy, Graphic Novel, Jeff Smith, Malin, Young Adult ·
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You Mean Sharon Carter is Actually an Awesome Agent and Not Just a Forced Romance??

June 23, 2016 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

I will admit that when it comes to comicbooks (and especially well-established characters), I have read far less than I would have liked. They all have so much history and so many appearances that it’s hard to keep up or even know where to start! Therefore, a lot of my knowledge of these characters has come from just looking things up, talking to friends who are also into these worlds, and ultimately watching the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Along those lines, I must […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: captain america, comic book, ed brubaker, marvel

Lisa Bee's CBR8 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: captain america, comic book, ed brubaker, marvel ·
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Hitting my Cannonball goal before December 31st? Crazy!

June 11, 2016 by crystalclear 2 Comments

With this review, I’ve hit my Quarter-Cannonball goal!  And I did it before the end of December this time! Chapter 6:  I notice something I’ve never noticed before.  Oddly always wears a star on her shirt, as does her Auntie Oddly.  The more “traditional” witches wear a crescent moon as their symbol.  Auntie Oddly cements her awesomeness.  She’s obviously very powerful, although she sometimes seems a little sad despite her effervescent personality. Chapter 7:  We get to see something lovely.  Auntie shows Oddly a memory […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: All Ages, Children's, comic book, fantasy, Fiction

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: All Ages, Children's, comic book, fantasy, Fiction ·
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Oddly Normal is my gateway drug

June 7, 2016 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I’m not much of a comic book reader, but I found the work of Otis Frampton at the New York Comic Con and fell in love with it.  I searched out Mr. Frampton because of the preview of Oddly Normal I had found before attending my first Comic Con.  I had spent the entire time I was there looking for an issue of Oddly Normal, and was delighted to find one (at the last minute!) at the table Mr. Frampton was manning in Artist Alley. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: All Ages, Children's, comic book, fantasy, Fiction

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: All Ages, Children's, comic book, fantasy, Fiction ·
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A task too large for even a super man.

May 26, 2016 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t call myself a fan of comic books. I collected them when I was young, but it was mainly for their art. There are some stories that I still treasure the memory of, and there are even some I’ve thought of revisiting for the Cannonball, but I haven’t really felt the need to do so. These days, most of my superhero interactions come from whatever the latest release from the MCU is. But, the other day a friend of mine posted a hypothetical choice […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: art, comic book, superhero, Superman

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: art, comic book, superhero, Superman ·
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