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Dystopia never looked so wrongly beautiful

Brave New World: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Never having read the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and only having a passing knowledge of the text/story itself, I was not sure what to expect with Brave New World: A Graphic Novel. The other reviews I read on Goodreads mention the misogyny of the male characters. I am sorry to point out, but duh…. It was 1932. Do you think the author was “woke?” I am assuming he never expected women to read his works because you know, women “don’t read” and […]

Pretty people doing not pretty things

The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by K. Woodman-Maynard

July 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr12bingo The Roaring 20’s The Roaring 20’s probably would not be the Roaring 20’s if not for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I am not going to go all English Lit on you and say the meaning of the story but will tell you it is about several 20-to 30-something rich, spoiled, brats (editorial comment) and their boredom. You can say that our narrator is unreliable, judgmental, the whole works. Or not. But in the end, what it is all about is people […]

An adventure in name, but almost not in reality

The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman

April 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman had a lot of potential. But it never really got off the ground. Sure, it had a James Bond meets every Ghost Ship story you know. And sure, the graphic novel illustrations were nice. Fred Fordham did To Kill A Mockingbird that I enjoyed. And I would like to see his adaptation of The Great Gatsby this summer. But something about the overall package never “did it” for me. The story has elements of […]

Not only it a sin to kill a Mockingbird, it would be a sin to miss this!

To Kill a Mockingbird: Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

September 18, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#crb11bing #BackToSchool Unpopular opinion here: I have never really been a fan of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I appreciated it, but feel we are made to read “the classics” too soon. But then again, even high school could be too soon for the reader who is a reader, but not necessarily a sophisticated reader. We know the story of To Kill a Mockingbird; therefore, I will not go into the plot. I will say that it was like reading it for the […]

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