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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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A disappointing crossover with Fables.

January 14, 2016 by narfna 4 Comments

Okay, first of all, what the hell has been going on in Fables while I’ve been away? Shit is MESSED UP. Second of all, this was way more of a Fables story than it was an Unwritten story, and it was a clunky Fables story at that. I haven’t checked in with Fables in years, and the last one I read was Vol. 6, Homelands. That ended in a very, very different place than this one began in, but it’s not hard to get into the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Bill Willingham, Comics, crossover, Fables, fantasy, Mark Buckingham, meta, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, the unwritten fables, Vertigo, vol. 9

narfna's CBR8 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Bill Willingham, Comics, crossover, Fables, fantasy, Mark Buckingham, meta, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, the unwritten fables, Vertigo, vol. 9 ·
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Don’t look back.

January 14, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is only the second volume in The Unwritten series to get less than five stars from me, but I think that might be only a preference thing. This is still a great piece of this story. It was just missing a little oomph for me. I’ve got to save my five star ratings for the oomph. Which is silly, because this was chock full of unbelievably cool things. Little stuff paid off from some of the very first issues. Everything ties together. Stuff happened that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Comics, fantasy, meta, Mike Carey, narfna, orpheus in the underworld, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vertigo, vol. 8

narfna's CBR8 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Comics, fantasy, meta, Mike Carey, narfna, orpheus in the underworld, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, Vertigo, vol. 8 ·
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Let’s get (meta)physical.

January 14, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

I am so unbelievably glad that this particular volume of this series exists. Like, it wasn’t necessary that Carey and Gross write it, and you don’t HAVE to read it if you’re making your way through the series, but oh man, you’re missing out if you don’t! So this graphic novel–which, unlike the rest of The Unwritten, was released as one trade paperback, no individual issues–is two things. First, it’s the story of how Wilson Taylor came to create both his son and his first […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Comics, fantasy, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, tommy taylor and the ship that sank twice, Vertigo

narfna's CBR8 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Comics, fantasy, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, The Unwritten, tommy taylor and the ship that sank twice, Vertigo ·
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This was a terrible book.

December 31, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

I mentioned in my review of the first volume of Grounded that I hadn’t read a Superman comic since at least 1997, so this series being my first in that span of time is in retrospect, a tragedy. This book is not good. It makes me question whether or not they even make Superman comics that are good. I have some ostensibly good ones on my TBR list, but as far as I have actual knowledge, Superman in comics is boring, pompous, overwritten, and stupid. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: chris roberson, Comics, DC Comics, J. Michael Straczynski, narfna, Superman, superman: grounded, vol. 2

narfna's CBR7 Review No:206 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: chris roberson, Comics, DC Comics, J. Michael Straczynski, narfna, Superman, superman: grounded, vol. 2 ·
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Goodbye, Kelly Sue. We hardly knew ye.

December 29, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

In case you’re curious, and too lazy to Google it, “Alis Volat Propriis” is Latin for “she flies with her own wings.” I think that’s lovely. It’s a lovely phrase, and it’s a lovely sentiment to end Kelly Sue DeConnick’s run on Captain Marvel. That said, man, I’m just not thrilled with the way this whole thing has turned out. I read Higher, Further, Faster, More earlier this year, and absolutely fell in love with it, and with Carol Danvers. Everything that has come after […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: alis volat propriis, captain marvel, Comics, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, superheroes, vol. 3

narfna's CBR7 Review No:201 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: alis volat propriis, captain marvel, Comics, david lopez, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, superheroes, vol. 3 ·
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Finishing the year, and my Cannonball, with a good one

December 28, 2015 by NTE 10 Comments

I’m probably the most ridiculous comics reader you’re going to find: I don’t like monthlies, because waiting is stupid; I read all the spoilers months (or years) before I get around to reading the actual comic; I kind of wish there were less pictures sometimes (I know: weird); and I’m an obsessive MCU fan who reads about 9000 times more fan fiction than she does canon. I’m not saying it’s normal, I’m just saying that’s how I read comics.  But Ms. Marvel has been on […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Comics, kamala khan, marvel, ms. marvel

NTE's CBR7 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Comics, kamala khan, marvel, ms. marvel ·
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