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Devil’s Night

Blood Sugar by Daniel Kraus

The Crow by James O'Barr

The Transgressors by Jim Thompson

October 30, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Halloween! Preceding this Devil’s Night, I had a full day off and caught up on a lot of reading. It was a relief to get these three off the TBR list. All were good in their own respective ways. Blood Sugar 3 stars “A” for effort on the language, which is written in the slang of what Daniel Kraus thinks is a modern day teenager. I found it too distracting. But much like Nico Walker’s Cherry, when I was able to get used to it, […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Suspense Tagged With: Blood Sugar, crime, Daniel Kraus, Graphic Novel, halloween, hard case crime, James O'Barr, Jim Thompson, superhero, The Crow, The Transgressors

Jake's CBR12 Review No:167 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Suspense · Tags: Blood Sugar, crime, Daniel Kraus, Graphic Novel, halloween, hard case crime, James O'Barr, Jim Thompson, superhero, The Crow, The Transgressors ·
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Disturbing and Beautiful

The Crow by James O'Barr

June 14, 2019 by Halbs Leave a Comment

On the sunshine-iness spectrum ranging from Morissey to Kimmy Schmidt, I place myself towards the left, somewhere around the Joseph Gordon-Levitt dot. I enjoy poetry and creativity and thinking Thoughts, and at the same time I also try to find joy in life. If you’d put yourself in a similar position, if you’ve had someone taken away from you, or if you are a fan of the comics genre, consider The Crow. The graphic novel looks and feels familiar to anyone who has seen the […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: James O'Barr, The Crow

Halbs's CBR11 Review No:24 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: James O'Barr, The Crow ·
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