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Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy?

December 2, 2015 by narfna 8 Comments

Ughhhh, I need to write a review of this but I don’t wanna. Oh, I’m feeling so whiny today. But it’s hard! Writing a review of this is hard! It’s too smart and I have too much to say! WAHHHH. I said in my original review that I might come back later and give this five stars, and indeed that has happened. I’ve only read through Vol. 6, but that’s enough to know how much stuff this was setting up, how much was going on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Comics, fantasy, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, speculative, The Unwritten, tommy taylor and the bogus identity, Vertigo, vol. 1

narfna's CBR7 Review No:186 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Comics, fantasy, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, speculative, The Unwritten, tommy taylor and the bogus identity, Vertigo, vol. 1 ·
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Joe Hill delivers a super creepy fantasy horror comic.

December 1, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

Okay, so I liked this! It was creepy but not scary, and it was intriguing without being overly complicated. I liked the art overall, and the coloring struck just the right balance between bright colors and the darker tones you would need to connote creepy and scary. I’ve only ever read one thing from Joe Hill before, and that was dark and WEIRD AS HELL (Horns). So I was cautious going in to this, hoping for weird, but not that weird. This trade is the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Suspense Tagged With: Comics, fantasy, horror, joe hill, Locke & Key, narfna, vol. 1, Welcome to Lovecraft

narfna's CBR7 Review No:184 · Genres: Fantasy, Suspense · Tags: Comics, fantasy, horror, joe hill, Locke & Key, narfna, vol. 1, Welcome to Lovecraft ·
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Five stars for Kamala; two for this particular book.

November 24, 2015 by Halbs 3 Comments

This rating might surprise even the casual comic reader, as the Kamala Khan version of Ms. Marvel is generally lauded and respected as a fun character and a breath of fresh air. While I would give the charming Kamala (and her dad) five stars, I didn’t enjoy the slow storyline of volume one. I also don’t like the art in the book. Alphona is a definitely talented artist; I simply would’ve chose a different art style for the book (more like this or this). For those unfamiliar […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Comics, graphic novels, marvel

Halbs's CBR7 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Comics, graphic novels, marvel ·
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The Last Chapter

November 17, 2015 by tillie Leave a Comment

When someone you love gives you Avatar; the last airbender you really know you’re good at picking people to love. Still the tv-show was over far too fast and it left a sadness in my life, like reading the last, final chapter of Harry Potter back when J.K Rowling actually had us convinced she’d never touch the story again. So when I got the Avatar; The Promise comics for Christmas I put them on my bookshelf and for many months enjoyed simply walking past them; knowing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: avatar, avatar: the last airbender, CBR7, Comics, Graphic Novel, Mathildehoeg

tillie's CBR7 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: avatar, avatar: the last airbender, CBR7, Comics, Graphic Novel, Mathildehoeg ·
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Kate Beaton strikes again.

November 15, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

I feel super bad about this review. Kate Beaton deserves my best words, because she is a wonderful, smart, creative genius who produces such sassy and perfect art. But I super read this in the middle of the night during a Read-a-thon, and other than remembering that I laughed frequently, loudly, and obnoxiously, I remember NOTHING about this book. I mean, the entirety of my oh so helpful Goodreads review after reading was, “This book wasn’t long enough.” THANKS A BUNCH, ASHLEY. If you aren’t familiar […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Comics, hark! a vagrant, history, kate beaton, Literature, narfna, step aside pops

narfna's CBR7 Review No:169 · Genres: History · Tags: Comics, hark! a vagrant, history, kate beaton, Literature, narfna, step aside pops ·
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Superman goes for a walk.

November 15, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve read a Superman comic, and this happened to be sitting next to Ms. Marvel when I went to pick it up at the library, so I checked it out. It was . . . interesting. It had the typical JMS positives and negatives. Some parts were great, and some parts were soooo not. Actually, the last time I read a Superman comic was the wedding issue, what, back in 1997? I think that might have been the last […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Comics, DC Comics, grounded vol. 1, J. Michael Straczynski, narfna, Superman

narfna's CBR7 Review No:167 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Comics, DC Comics, grounded vol. 1, J. Michael Straczynski, narfna, Superman ·
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