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The curse? A gift? Or both? The Man who lived Dracula

Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula by Koren Shadmi

August 20, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lugosi was a victim of his own ego, arrogance, selfishness, pride, and need for attention as he was of the whims of Hollywood and society. And in Koren Shadmi’s Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula you see it fangs and all. This graphic novel shows the highs and lows (lots of lows, most of his own making) of Lugosi’s life. Done mostly chronologically, the highlights of the past and present are show in rotation.  The past starts as a child, the fights he […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Entertainment & Performing Arts, Koren Shadmi, Media Tie-In

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:245 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: Entertainment & Performing Arts, Koren Shadmi, Media Tie-In ·
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I need cute kittens, bunny, ice cream and my fuzzy blanket after reading this manga graphic novel!

Beast Complex Volume One by Paru Itagaki

August 4, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Cityscape What a freaking, fracked up, screwed up ride! (only I didn’t say freaking or fracked). I picked this as the Cityscape block as you see the dirty city behind the camel and wolf on the cover. And the stories are set in this same city and in a boarding school within that city. The cover story is the reason I give this book a 3 and not 4 as I was planning after the first few stories. That story made me want to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: animals, cbr13bingo, friendship, Japan, manga, Media Tie-In, Paru Itagaki, Predation (Biology)

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:215 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: animals, cbr13bingo, friendship, Japan, manga, Media Tie-In, Paru Itagaki, Predation (Biology) ·
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! A mouse!

Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale

July 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I needed a quick, easy read recently. Looking through future publications in reader copy form, I landed on a Minnie Mouse book. And what could be easier than an aged (strong) 5 to 8 aimed graphic novel? After all, pop culture books tend not to get too deep. It took me two days to actual read it as Minnie Mouse: Big, Dreams (Disney Original Graphic Novel) by Brooke Vitale and the Walt Disney Company put me to sleep. (Yes, I was not the audience for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Action & Adventure, animals, Brooke Vitale, Disney, friendship, Media Tie-In, Minnie Mouse, school, self-esteem, Walt Disney Company

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:191 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Action & Adventure, animals, Brooke Vitale, Disney, friendship, Media Tie-In, Minnie Mouse, school, self-esteem, Walt Disney Company ·
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Just like never meet your heroes, don’t revisit a childhood favorites unless you are ready for an eye-opener

The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo

May 31, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had little knowledge of the Smurfs history outside of them being from Belgium, they were “three apples high” and blue. I knew the cartoon of the 1980s, but at the time unaware of its comic/graphic novel background. This collection, The Smurfs Tales #1: The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo tells a little of the behind the story (in afterwards that was previously used as an introduction in other collections) but is mostly separate comics. And it starts from where the company producing […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Media Tie-In, Peyo, smurfs

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:163 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Media Tie-In, Peyo, smurfs ·
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A Lady, the last Airbender and the best Earthbender ever go to a picnic

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #3) by Gene Luen Yang

March 15, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #3) is a collection of three previously released individual books collected into one book. Gene Luen Yang and others, (such as Gurihiru and Michael Heisler) created a book that has a few surface purposes and a few deeper ones, like all Avatar stories tend to have. I feel that the first purpose of the book was to have a “next season” after Team Avatar stopped the Fire Nation. As the books came out solo, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: avatar: the last airbender, Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru, Media Tie-In, Michael Heisler

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:114 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: avatar: the last airbender, Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru, Media Tie-In, Michael Heisler ·
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When June comes, this will be a great beach read

The Loud House Summer Special by The Loud House Creative Team

March 4, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am giving The Loud House Summer Special a 4 but more of a 3.5 for me. I am not a Nickelodeon kid. I am not a fan of that kind of humor usually. And while I do not think I could watch the show these comics come from, I do think that the kid who likes humor and plain goofiness will be excited to read. Several mini comics create this book about The Loud Family and their friends, neighbors, and pets. The Loud House […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: family & friends, Media Tie-In, Nickelodeon, only brother, siblings, The Loud House Creative Team

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:107 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: family & friends, Media Tie-In, Nickelodeon, only brother, siblings, The Loud House Creative Team ·
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