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80’s wrestlers, ghosts, betrayal, indie comics, and more!

August 23, 2016 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Do you enjoy 1980s professional wrestling, indie comics, social media, metal, fantasy, and juvenile humor? Yes? Then For the Title is the book for you! As you can probably tell from the book cover, this is a silly comic. It tells the story of a man called Warrior. He receives a dream visit from a ghost called Macho Ghost. The Macho Ghost needs Warrior to win “the belt” so that Warrior gets a “Champion Wish”. The Champion Wish can let you do anything! Warrior can […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Comics, indie, pro wrestling

Halbs's CBR8 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Comics, indie, pro wrestling ·
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I still love it.

August 23, 2016 by narfna 2 Comments

Vol. 3, or the one where Sex Criminals goes even more meta than usual. This series is probably the weirdest ongoing thing I read by quite a large margin, but it’s so kindhearted and earnest and willing to take chances, I just very much want everyone to give it a go. I’m trying right now to get my book club to read the first volume, so we’ll see about that (I think some of them might read it with their hands over their mouths in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Chip Zdarsky, Comics, humor, image comics, Matt Fraction, narfna, sex criminals, three the hard way, volume 3

narfna's CBR8 Review No:121 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Chip Zdarsky, Comics, humor, image comics, Matt Fraction, narfna, sex criminals, three the hard way, volume 3 ·
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Kamala survived Secret Wars and is now just as awesome as before.

August 20, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

How does this series continue to be SO GOOD. It is the only superhero comic I read that doesn’t allow the larger events of the Marvel (or whatever other comics) universe to completely mess with the narrative it’s trying to tell. Kamala is always Kamala. I never feel discombobulated when I’m reading about her, even if I’ve missed issues where she’s popped in to other superheroes stories, or there’s been some sort of crossover event, like Secret Wars/Battleworld. No idea how that mess all got […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Comics, G Willow Wilson, Marvel Comics, ms. marvel, narfna, super famous, vol. 5

narfna's CBR8 Review No:106 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Comics, G Willow Wilson, Marvel Comics, ms. marvel, narfna, super famous, vol. 5 ·
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The Picture Version of Texts With Jane Eyre

August 8, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

I’m glad I lent crystalclear the Hamilton book when I had it out from the library, or I’d feel in real friend debt, since she has been lending me books all year. This is another delivery from her, and it served as a palate cleanser between Children of God, When a Scot Ties the Knot, and The House of the Spirits. Yes, I have weird reading habits, Casino Royale was in there too for a short time. I feel this book works best in that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Comics, faintingviolet, hark! a vagrant, history, humor, kate beaton

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:49 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Comics, faintingviolet, hark! a vagrant, history, humor, kate beaton ·
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I will not equivocate on my opinion, I have always worn it on my sleeve

July 25, 2016 by baxlala Leave a Comment

The first Julia Wertz graphic novel that I read was Drinking at the Movies and, as I read it, I realized I’d found a kindred spirit. Wertz is a sarcastic curmudgeon who drinks too much and makes the same mistakes over and over and yet still remains realistically optimistic about her life. So. She’s a person, I guess. She also has a fucking filthy mouth and is hilarious and reminds me of my friends. So reading her books is like hanging out with a friend. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: baxlala, Comics, Graphic Novel, Julia Wertz

baxlala's CBR8 Review No:39 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: baxlala, Comics, Graphic Novel, Julia Wertz ·
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Not what I was expecting.

July 7, 2016 by narfna 4 Comments

Okay, help, you guys. This hasn’t been reviewed for CBR yet, and I need someone to explain it to me. I literally do not understand what is happening with this comic. I WANT to like it, and parts of it are downright amazing (the art, in particular, has this great retro 80s vibe, and the characters are typical BKV amazingness) but THE PLOT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. People were losing their minds over this, so I couldn’t believe when it I closed the first […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, narfna, nostalgia, paper girls, sci-fi

narfna's CBR8 Review No:90 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, narfna, nostalgia, paper girls, sci-fi ·
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