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Never Trust the Fae

Stars, Hide Your Fire by Kel McDonald, Jose Pimienta

September 28, 2022 by KM Bezner Leave a Comment

Somewhere in Massachusetts, two best friends, Darra and Andrea, struggle with the reality of growing up and growing apart. As they start high school and consider their futures, one wants to stay put while the other can’t wait to get away, which inevitably strains their friendship. When they break into an abandoned, supposedly haunted factory and the ghostly woman trapped there offers one of them eternal youth, they accidentally unleash something sinister on their unsuspecting small town. I really liked this one, which is unsurprising […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Comics, fae, Graphic Novel, Iron Circus Comics, Kel McDonald, Jose Pimienta, magic, YA, Young Adult

KM Bezner's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Comics, fae, Graphic Novel, Iron Circus Comics, Kel McDonald, Jose Pimienta, magic, YA, Young Adult ·
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Finally this series is heating up again

Lumberjanes, vols, 17-19 by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh

July 31, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 6: Hot So the three most recent volumes of Lumberjanes (17-19) could really have fit into several categories, but I’m going to go with “Hot” because a chunk of one adventure takes place in the dinosaur age when the climate is pretty tropical, and during another adventure things get a little heated between Diana (goddess) and another goddess from a rival mythology, Freya. I have to say, I’d gotten behind with this series because it wasn’t as entertaining for a while, but thankfully, the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adventure, cbr14bingo, Comics, lgbtq characters, lumberjanes, Romance, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adventure, cbr14bingo, Comics, lgbtq characters, lumberjanes, Romance, Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh ·
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Caped Crusade

Batman: White Knight, Deluxe Edition by Sean Murphy

January 28, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I so rarely write full-length reviews on graphic novels. This is a rare exception cuz…well, I got a lot to say. I’m not a fan of most modern day DC/Marvel graphic novels. They all have familiar story lines, twee dialogue, and conclusive narratives. I’ll grant that I don’t go too deep in the weeds with them but when I do venture out of my Batman/Daredevil comfort zone (like Hawkeye for example), I’m almost always disappointed. While I do enjoy a decent diet of Batman tales, modern ones […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Batman, Batman White Knight, Comics, DC Comics, Joker, Sean Murphy

Jake's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Batman, Batman White Knight, Comics, DC Comics, Joker, Sean Murphy ·
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4, 4 for 4

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon by Matt Fraction

Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

Country Dark by Chris Offutt

Heaven's A Lie by Wallace Stroby

December 8, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Over the weekend and into the early part of this week, I read four books. Each one merited four stars and all were good in their own unique way…   Hawkeye, Vol 1: My Life as a Weapon It’s good. I guess. No really, it’s good. All good. It’s fine. Just…it’s kind of why I don’t read a lot of comics: simplistic hero narratives with twee dialogue. I know this is what everyone wants thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I’m not sure it’s what […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: agatha christie, ancient Egypt, Chris Offutt, Comics, Country Dark, crime, Death Comes As the End, Hawkeye, Heaven's a Lie, historical fiction, Jersey Shore, kate bishop, marvel, Matt Fraction, mystery, new jersey, Noir, Rural, Wallace Stroby

Jake's CBR13 Review No:188 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: agatha christie, ancient Egypt, Chris Offutt, Comics, Country Dark, crime, Death Comes As the End, Hawkeye, Heaven's a Lie, historical fiction, Jersey Shore, kate bishop, marvel, Matt Fraction, mystery, new jersey, Noir, Rural, Wallace Stroby ·
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I did end up reading through Vol. 4, and it’s better but I still feel kind of weird about it.

Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor by John Layman

July 12, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 26/30 Ugh, why you gotta ruin a good thing, John and Rob?* Ugh. I don’t know what to think about this series now. I sort of have whiplash. Since I have Vols. 3-5 checked out from the library right now I’ll probably keep going, but with a warier eye now. Ugh. *The writer and artist, respectively. Who, for context, are both white. So basically there are two things ruining my enjoyment here, and I almost two-starred this, but I […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Chew, Chew Vol. 2, Comics, International Flavor, John Layman, narfna, Rob Guillory

narfna's CBR13 Review No:106 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Chew, Chew Vol. 2, Comics, International Flavor, John Layman, narfna, Rob Guillory ·
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“The world is a book. Some words stand out from the page.”

Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey

July 9, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 22/30 I liked this, but I’m having trouble remembering what happened in it, and I only read it two or three days ago. I also haven’t quite yet caught what this story is *about*. Lucifer was one of my favorite parts of Sandman. What he did in that series was so audacious, it delighted me. I wanted to see how Mike Carey (and Peter Gross) would follow that up. This volume hasn’t really answered that for me yet, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Comics, devil in the gateway, Lucifer, Lucifer Vol. 1, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, vertigo comics

narfna's CBR13 Review No:102 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Comics, devil in the gateway, Lucifer, Lucifer Vol. 1, Mike Carey, narfna, Peter Gross, vertigo comics ·
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