graphic novels

Only Certain Hearts are Bears

My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris

January 10, 2019 by GoAllieGo 5 Comments

In my family, we use the term “bear” to denote a particular kind of person. Not everyone is a bear, though it’s certainly not something to engender jealousy. A bear is born a bear. Bears are dear people, sensitive souls, kind humans bordering on empaths. Bears are loyal, if not perhaps a little clannish at times. Bears may seem fierce in their daily lives, intimidating to some due to their great-big hearts which drive their great-big goals. But underneath the teeth and fluff lies an oh-so-squishy hyoomun, one who prefers a snack and a snooze next to their favorite bear […]

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1/10/2019 | GoAllieGo's CBR11 Review No:1 |

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Saga, Vol. 9 (Saga, #9) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

November 30, 2018 by narfna 6 Comments

Betrayal. Just, betrayal. That is the main feeling I have at this point. Well, the main feeling in like 75% of my brain. The other 25% understands logically why what happened in this book happened, but that 75%, it is PISSED. Just, how dare you. Maybe it is a good thing that Vaughan and Staples are taking a year-ish hiatus on this series, because my main impulse right now is to go over to their houses, knock all the books off their bookshelves in a righteous fury, and maybe like, kick some furniture aggressively while yelling nonsense. I’m not even […]

11/30/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:154 |

In which I am a party pooper.

Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino

November 30, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I just really miss Legend of Korra. That is my main takeaway from reading this three-part comic series over the last year. I just did a rewatch of Avatar the Last Airbender and Korra at the beginning of the year, but I might have to do another one. It’s just so good. I think I might have also read this wrong. I read each issue as they came out, and looooved the first one. But the second two, less so. It had been months since I read the preceding issues, and I felt a little disconnected. It also felt like they were missing my favorite parts […]

11/30/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:152 |

Brian K. Vaughan – take my money.

Paper Girls: Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan

October 27, 2018 by ardaigle 1 Comment

I am an unabashed Brian K. Vaughan fan – Y the Last Man, Runaways, and Saga are all inspired series’ and I was excited for this one, boasting a rad group of female protagonists. As the story begins, we meet the “paper girls” who are newspaper delivery girls in the suburbs in the late 80s. It is the day after Halloween and the weird-os are still out, but what they presume is post-Halloween hijinks is really warring elements of otherworldly creatures. Throw in a little time travel to a modern timeline and we have the makings of a great science […]

10/27/2018 ardaigle's CBR10 Review No:39 |

This graphic novel is cute as hell, and the art is beautiful. #CBRBingo

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

August 13, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was so cute! I love Jen Wang’s art, and she’s apparently just as good at story as she is at bringing a world to life visually. The Prince and the Dressmaker is about Frances and Sebastian. Frances is a seamstress who accidentally catches the eye of the crown prince of Belgium, Sebastian. Sebastian has a secret. When no one is watching, he loves to wear beautiful dresses. He hires Frances to make some for him, but his plan to not show her his face falls through almost immediately, but to his surprise, she accepts him immediately and becomes inspired […]

8/13/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:98 |

She Just Hasn’t Met You Yet

Absolute Death by Neil Gaiman

July 11, 2018 by buenogato Leave a Comment

Picture Death. What do you see? If it’s a pale, thin girl with big hair, dark clothing, and a silver ankh, Neil Gaiman’s to blame. In a moment of inspiration that will long outlive him, he chose to make his personification of death not terrifying or beautiful but cute. Over the course of Absolute Death (which collects two miniseries, three one-off stories, and various ephemera), she quotes Mary Poppins, jokes about pigeons, and ushers the newly dead into the afterlife. Her first appearance was in “The Sound of Her Wings,” an early issue of Sandman. In it, she’s presented as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl before […]

7/11/2018 buenogato's CBR10 Review No:5 |

The Saga continues…again. Volume 4. This is getting serious.

Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan

March 28, 2018 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

Volume 4 of this incredible series keeps its foot on the gas. Marco and Alana seem to be hitting some problems in their relationship. Okay, yeah, so the entire story hinges on them having to run from multiple groups of people trying to kill them, so it hasn’t really been a cake walk persay, but as a couple, they have been a passionate sexy love bomb for quite awhile. They are starting to fray on the edges, and more tumult is forecast for the couple. Alana has taken a day job in a sort of next wave soap opera, where […]

3/28/2018 ardaigle's CBR10 Review No:12 |

The awkwardness of middle school and dental drama

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

March 3, 2018 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

My previous review was for Sisters a biographical graphic novel about the relationship between the author, Raina Telgemeier, and her younger sister Amara. Before she wrote Sisters, Raina chronicled the difficult and awkward time of middle school through the transition to high school in Smile. Poor Raina, at a time when you can feel your most self conscious she had an extra complication of braces and dental work on a level I had never heard of before. At eleven years old an unfortunate accident knocked out one of Raina’s top front teeth and shoved the other one up inside her gums. At first they tried […]

3/3/2018 Dome'Loki's CBR10 Review No:10 |

Manimama on Book Club Discussion Post: Good OmensI think you hit the mail on the head here!
blauracke on Book Club Discussion Post: Good OmensAgreed, it was probably written at exactly the right time. I guess it's going to be interesting to see how this will work in the...
faintingviolet on Book Club Discussion Post: Good OmensI agree with you on #7, I think the way in which the book pokes at religion would be handled differently now, and in some...
MarkAbaddon on Book Club Discussion Post: Good OmensI think everyone would agree with that statement, I commented on it myself. It felt like it was included because it may have been expected...
Markabaddon on Book Club Discussion Post: Good Omens#1 I loved this book. It is one of the few instances of a collaboration where I cannot tell who wrote any particular passage. The...