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How do you choose between the covert organizations of your Mum and your Dad?

November 18, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

After she and her gay BFF Go Go Fiasco are attacked by ninjas, Angela St. James discovers that her mother, the head of super secret spy agency G.O.O.D (Global Organization for the Obliteration of Dastardliness) has been keeping secret from her. Her father, who she believed was killed when she was little, is very much alive and is in fact the head of E.V.I.L (Extralegal Vendors of Iniquity and Licentiousness). Now both her parents are interested in recruiting her and Angela has to make a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #CBR6, action, Codename:Knockout, espionage, Graphic Novel, Malin, Robert Rodi

Malin's CBR6 Review No:118 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: #CBR6, action, Codename:Knockout, espionage, Graphic Novel, Malin, Robert Rodi ·
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Feminism ruins everything, but not in the way you might think.

November 15, 2014 by Robyn Robotron 1 Comment

You know how when you’re young and you don’t realize how problematic some things are, but then you learn better and cringe when you reread a comic you once thought was super awesome?  It’s like that.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Animal Man, Animal Man: Flesh and Blood, Comics, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Jamie Delano, Robyn Robotron

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Animal Man, Animal Man: Flesh and Blood, Comics, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Jamie Delano, Robyn Robotron ·
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All is forgiven.

November 13, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

It’s the return of Hope for Fables fans, literally and figuratively.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Bill Willingham, Comics, Fables, Fables: Camelot, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Robyn Robotron

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Bill Willingham, Comics, Fables, Fables: Camelot, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Robyn Robotron ·
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Ol’ Bill let me down this time.

November 11, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

I really expected better with this one.  Tsk, tsk.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Bill Willingham, Comics, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Thessaly: Witch for Hire

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Bill Willingham, Comics, fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Thessaly: Witch for Hire ·
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Nothing will ever be as good as reading Scott Pilgrim for the first time

September 30, 2014 by tillie 2 Comments

I was inspired to read this book after Renton’s excellent review. I stumbled across a used hard cover and the visuals were simply too stunning for me not to pick it up; deep blues and clear reds twisting and intertwining to create an intricate tree. There were no blurbs or summaries, just this tree on the back and a young woman floating in blue on the front cover. And the artwork does not disappoint. O’Malley still manages to combine the styles of manga with that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: fantasy, Graphic Novel

tillie's CBR6 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: fantasy, Graphic Novel ·
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Life Imitates Art

September 14, 2014 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

This graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, perhaps knowns to some as the creator of the Bechdel test, to others as the creator of the comic Dykes to Watch Out For, has won critical acclaim and is currently featured as The Atlantic’s 1book140 selection for LGBTQ month. I found to to be a truly engaging read both for its art and for its written content. The art is done in black, white and blue tones. Bechdel mixes up her own comic illustrations of her family with […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 1book140, Alison Bechdel, autobiography, Bechdel test, Dykes to Watch Out For, ElCicco, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Graphic Novel, Henry James, homosexuality, James Joyce, lesbian, non fiction, Proust, ReadWomen2014, Remembrance of Things Past, Ulysses

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:41 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 1book140, Alison Bechdel, autobiography, Bechdel test, Dykes to Watch Out For, ElCicco, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Graphic Novel, Henry James, homosexuality, James Joyce, lesbian, non fiction, Proust, ReadWomen2014, Remembrance of Things Past, Ulysses ·
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