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The biggest piece of genius ever written or one big pile of steaming crap

City Monster by Reza Farazmand

November 10, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you like the comic, Poorly Drawn Lines, or stoner literature in general, this story by Reza Farazmand, called City Monster (which is about nothing and about a lot of s**t), is your next read. I am not sure what else I can say about this Monster, his sort of Ghost roommate, a vampire named Kim, and other odd creatures. Occasionally they go outside. Walk about. Talk crud. Maybe run into a mummy or ghost detective, but whatever. Okay, so Ghost might get stoned all […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Interpersonal relations, monsters, Reza Farazmand

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:369 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Interpersonal relations, monsters, Reza Farazmand ·
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Little Sister has punch

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters volume 1 by Chris Samnee

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was going to include Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters volume 1 with Barb the Last Berzerker not because they are by the same author(s) and/or illustrator(s), or even because they had similar themes. Now, they do both have a wild child (Barb in one and Jonna in the other), but their paths are radically different. One is on a journey to stop an evil wizard and likes to have a chat or two, the other hits first, second, last and does not talk much […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Chris Samnee, Crank!, Laura Samnee, matthew wilson, monsters, siblings, Sisters

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:333 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Chris Samnee, Crank!, Laura Samnee, matthew wilson, monsters, siblings, Sisters ·
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Berzerker Barb and Porkchop to save the day, but first… Sausages!

Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan & Jason

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

According to the publisher content (with a little edit from me), my first review is if: She-Ra/He-Man met Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man. And while I won’t disagree, I do think it is a little less as shall we say, clueless than Dog Man can be. Barb is a young Berzerker who wants in on the action, but the others feel she is too young. But when she is the last one standing, this Dan (Abdo) and Jason (Patterson) graphic novel, she is their only hope […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: adventures, Dan & Jason, Dan Abdo, friendship, Jason Patterson, monsters, Swords, warriors, wizards, Yeti

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:311 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: adventures, Dan & Jason, Dan Abdo, friendship, Jason Patterson, monsters, Swords, warriors, wizards, Yeti ·
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They would have gotten away with it too…

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

September 4, 2021 by Malin 3 Comments

CBR13 Bingo: Book Club (the July selection of my fantasy/sci-fi book club here in Oslo. I read it in early June) Official book description: The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison. Scooby Doo and the gang never had to do this! 1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, book club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Edgar Cantero, horror, Kyla Garcia, LGBTQIA, Lovecraft, Malin, Meddling Kids, monsters

Malin's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, book club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Edgar Cantero, horror, Kyla Garcia, LGBTQIA, Lovecraft, Malin, Meddling Kids, monsters ·
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Follow the Dragon Path home, but watch out for monster sized monsters

The Dragon Path by Ethan Young

August 24, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Dragon Path is the old west, fantasy, science fiction, Chinese mythology coming together in a graphic novel of family, honor, and righting wrongs. This is a diesel punk novel that is if Avatar the Last Airbender, a wagon train of immigrant settlers, and Komodo dragons got together for a story. If you want adventure, humor, magic, and family in one spot, you probably want to read this. Ethan Young made a straightforward story: a family/clan is traveling back to their ancestral land. The action […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: diesel punk, Ethan Young, family, Komodo Dragons, magic, monks, monsters, Princes, Religion, wizards

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:255 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: diesel punk, Ethan Young, family, Komodo Dragons, magic, monks, monsters, Princes, Religion, wizards ·
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“Gitchey Boo, Gitchey Bon! Gitchey Goo, Gitchey Gone!

Boo Stew by Donna L. Washington

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Boo Stew is probably not a dish you wish served cold, hot or at all! Curly Locks might have a good heart, and a passion for cooking, but her ingredients are a bit, unique, to say the least. The townsfolk of Toadsuck Swamp know that you do not even have a nibble of a creation by Curly Locks. Yet, one day one of her dishes go missing from her windowsill, and town is being bulled by Scares (who Curly Locks has never paid too much […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: community, Donna L. Washington, fairy tale retell, Goldilocks, Manners & Etiquette, monsters, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:226 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: community, Donna L. Washington, fairy tale retell, Goldilocks, Manners & Etiquette, monsters, Social Themes ·
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