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Graphic Novel Review: Bone Parish, Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Bone Parish, Volume 1 * Series: Bone Parish Author: Cullen Bunn Publisher: BOOM! Studios Pages: Paperback; 112 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Graphic novel readers who are looking for something with dark, science fiction elements. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A necromantic horror series about an upstart crime family trafficking in a new designer drug that’s just hit the market made from the ashes of the dead. A new drug is sweeping through the streets of…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Dam Keeper – World Without Darkness
Title: The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness * Volume 2Authors: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiIllustrator: Robert Kondo & Dice TsutsumiPublisher: First SecondPages: Hardcover; 160Recommended Age Group: Middle Grade/YARelease Date: July 10, 2018Source: NetGalley Beyond the dam lies certain death—this is something every citizen of Sunrise Valley knows well. Yet, when a poisonous black tidal wave carries Pig, Fox, and Hippo over the dam and into the wastelands, they don’t find death. Instead they find bustling cities, each with their own dams. Pig can’t help but wonder, who is the mysterious dam keeper behind it all? But he doesn’t have time to unravel this…
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Graphic Novel Review: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior * Series: 5 Worlds #1 Author: Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: May 2, 2017 Source: Publisher —————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle Grade readers who love action, and stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi, hails this first book in this groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy adventure series as a magical journey,…
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Graphic Novel Review: Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra
Title: Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra * Collects Issues #1-#4 Author: Kevin Panetta Illustrator: Paulina Ganucheau Publisher: Dark Horse Books Pages: Paperback; 136 Recommended Age Group: 13+ (Fantasy Violence) Release Date: May 31, 2016 Source: Purchased They’re an elite group of teenage girls with magical powers who have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren’t just combating math tests. They’re also battling monsters–not your typical afterschool activity! But when an evil…
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Graphic Novel Review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Illustrator: Emily Carroll Publisher: Margaret K. McElderberry Books Pages: Paperback; 208 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: July 15, 2014 Source: Library Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Beauty (Volume 1)
Title: The Beauty: Volume 1 Author(s): Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley Illustrator: Jeremy Haun Publisher: Image Pages: Trade Paperback; 164 Recommended Age Group: 18+ (Nudity, Violence) Release Date: March 16, 2016 Source: Netgalley / Publisher Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover…
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Graphic Novel Review: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Vol 1
Title: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Vol 1 Author(s): James Roberts Illustrator(s): Alex Milne, Nick Roach Publisher: IDW Pages: TPB; 145 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: June 13, 2012 Source: Comixology (Purchased) Issues 1-3, plus the on-shot Death of Optimus Prime. Transformers saga begins here! More Than Meets The Eye reunites the fan-favorite creative team behind Last Stand of the Wreckers and sends the Transformers on an epic quest to the farthest reaches of the Transformers Universe and beyond! Also includes the one-shot Death of Optimus Prime. What a good way to kick off the year it was!…
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Graphic Novel Review: Heart in a Box
Title: Heart in a Box Author: Kelly Thompson Illustrator: Meredith McClaren Publisher: Dark Horse Originals Pages: Paperback; 160 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: September 29, 2015 Source: Library When the Man with No Name breaks Emma’s heart, she wants to die. But you never die from these things; you just want to. In a moment of weakness, she wishes her broken heart away and a mysterious stranger–who may or may not be totally evil–obliges. But emptiness is even worse than grief, and Emma sets out to collect the seven pieces of her heart spread across the country, a journey…
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Graphic Novel Review: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act
Title: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act *Series: The Wicked + The Divine Author: Kieron Gillen Illustrator: Jamie McKelvin Publisher: Image Comics Pages: Trade Paperback; 144 Recommended Age Group: 16+ Release Date: November 27, 2014 Source: Library Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and Phonogram reunite to start a new, ongoing, superhero fantasy with a beautiful, oversized issue. Welcome to The Wicked + The Divine, where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods.…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 136 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: April 7, 2015 Source: Library Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! Kamala may be fan-girling out when her favorite (okay maybe Top Five) super hero shows up, but that won’t stop her from protecting her hometown. Then, Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity for the first time – by meeting the royal dog, Lockjaw! Every girl wants a puppy,…