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Beyond the Himalaya Mountains

A Girl in the Himalayas by David Jesus Vignolli

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Environmental issues and man’s greed, pain, actions, and fear are countered by a young girl, Vijaya, and her new family and new friends of the other realm in this graphic novel. A Girl in the Himalayas has a unique feel. At first you get the feeling of the scene in the animated Disney move, Mulan, when the village was attacked, and the doll of the little girl is found. You then get a feeling of a child who has been orphaned and is raised by […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: David Jesus Vignolli, enviornment, Ethnic Orientation |, Fairy Tales, family, folklore, friendship, Himalaya Mountains, Imaginary places, Legends & Mythology

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:307 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: David Jesus Vignolli, enviornment, Ethnic Orientation |, Fairy Tales, family, folklore, friendship, Himalaya Mountains, Imaginary places, Legends & Mythology ·
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If people were already there, how did we discover it?

New World by David Jesus Vignolli

March 31, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Artistically, New World by David Jesus Vignolli is well done. However, there was something missing to the story itself. The story opens with a commentary by someone (you are not exactly sure yet) and the colors are all but nonexistent. Slowly, you start to see color when the eye of a sailor comes into focus. It is green. You are zoomed into the eye, step by step, with the green getting more and more obvious. Then you see what looks to be trees. A jungle. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: David Jesus Vignolli, Discovery and exploration, historical fiction, Native American

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:132 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: David Jesus Vignolli, Discovery and exploration, historical fiction, Native American ·
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