Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

You know, for kids!

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Volumes 1-2 by Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, Natacha Bustos

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About a year ago, the Marvel Comic Moon Girl got a lot of positive press because its heroine is a young girl of color and because it was revealed that Lunella Lafayette, aka Moon Girl, is perhaps the smartest character in the Marvel Universe, outshining intellects such as Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Lunella is a science/math/engineering wunderkind and a fourth grader. She is also bored at school, friendless, and, in her opinion, deeply misunderstood by most of the people in her life, including but not limited to parents and teachers. The cool thing about these Moon Girl books, and […]

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6/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:28 |

Conflicted. Still, till death.

Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tess Fowler and Bonvillain

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I love the rat queens. The first book was amazing, fresh and funny. The second book was fast paced and hilarious. Before I read the third volume I went back and re-read the second one. That when I realized it was like a whole new book. I couldn’t remember anything about it at all. Apparently this series quality is deteriorating. And fast. It’s been a week since I read the third one. And I can’t really tell you what it’s about.  There is a bunch of flashing back and forth, and a weird plot about a university take over that […]

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6/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:14 |

Full dark, no stars.

Saga: Volume 7 by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples

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I, like pretty much everyone else in the world, love this series. It is one of the few books I have ever pre-ordered, but my mind is like a sieve, so I was very surprised when it suddenly arrived in my mailbox. Vaughn and Staples’ Volume 7 is dark. This is a dark series – there is always something going wrong for Alana and Marko, but this one felt particularly hopeless. It starts off on a high note – the family is reunited and expanded, developing a close relationship with another refugee family on a war torn comet. We also […]

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5/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

Once More With Feeling

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, Megan Levens, Joss Whedon, Nicholas Brendon

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Old wounds, old enemies, and old questions all play a big part in season 10 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Dark Horse Comics.  For the first time since the series was restarted in comics format this season feels the most like the original television series in both scope and the characters and how the interact with each other. If you are not caught up on the series I will try to quickly summarize the pertinent bits. If you are not familiar with the series in television than I have no idea why you are reading this anyway. Get ye […]

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5/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:10 |

The Good, the Bad, and the Lumberjane

Lumberjanes: Sink or Swim (vol 6) by Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Carey Pietsch (ills.)

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The good: returning to a main storyline about trying to figure out the supernatural goings-on at summer camp. I was feeling let down by the last volume, because of its use of a series of short stories that had little direct connection to the main storyline. Now we’re back to the unusual happenings and trying to figure out what they all mean. It also worked to re-arrange the team for a little while, with Molly and Ripley working on one part of the problem in one place, and the rest of the gang working on the other end. The introduction […]

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5/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:37 |

At least I got more Lying Cat in this one

Saga, vol 7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

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This is volume 7 of an ongoing series. It’s not the place to start. There is no question that any person of good taste should be reading Saga, but you should start at the beginning with volume 1. I suppose that because the last volume made me very happy, this one was going to make me sad. Damn you, Vaughn and Staples and the emotional roller coaster you send me on. Temporarily stranded on Phang, a tiny comet that Wreath and Landfall have been battling it out over (like they battle for everything else), Elena, Marko and their little family […]

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5/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:45 |

A Terrible Plan is an excellent read

Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson & Shannon Watters

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At Wonder Con we wandered past the Boom!Box and Archaia publishing table and noticed that we were severely behind in our Lumberjanes collection.  This situation was immediately rectified.  Volume one previously reviewed in I want to be a Lumberjane.  In volume three, A Terrible Plan, Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters continue to produce highly entertaining Lumberjane stories with the help of some talented artists. A detail I love about the Lumberjanes graphic novels are how each chapter starts with a page from the Lumberjane field manual and a badge description.  This volume opens with the girls telling ghost stories to earn […]

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5/3/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:11 |

If you’re obsessed with firefly you’ll love this book [gif-edition]

Serenity vol. 3: the Shepherd's Tale by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Chris Samnee

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I read this twice. The minute I finished it, I turned right back to the front and I read it all again. Shepherd Book is one of the quieter characters in Firefly. Mostly, he stays out of battles and on the edges of the scenes. It’s easy to forget those people sometimes, the ones who support the big damn heroes. But the Shepherd held the ship together. His mere steadfastness was what everybody on that ship needed. And the fact that he was a little too proficient with a gun for a shepherd…well it’s not like you have a lot […]

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4/29/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:11 |

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