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The bigger picture of witchcraft and wicca

Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic by Lindsay Squire

September 23, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Part fiction and part non-fiction, Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic includes the history of one woman Biddy Early, (perhaps not well-known to today’s audience, but one of Ireland’s most famous witches). It is told as a story of how she helped her village, but still people feared her powers while in-between are parts the history of witch trials, tools of the trade, familiars, types of witches/witchcraft and more. Both historical people and women of mythology come to life as […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Biddy Early, Bridget Ellen Early, Bridget Ellen O'Connor, Catholic church, fairy tales & folk tales, healers, Lindsay Squire, Lisa Salsi, magic, mythology, occult, Stories of wise women, supernatural, wicca, witchcraft, witches

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:353 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Biddy Early, Bridget Ellen Early, Bridget Ellen O'Connor, Catholic church, fairy tales & folk tales, healers, Lindsay Squire, Lisa Salsi, magic, mythology, occult, Stories of wise women, supernatural, wicca, witchcraft, witches ·
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Young me likes, old me knows young me was odd

Frostbite: A Graphic Novel by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Frostbite: A Graphic Novel by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra is the type of graphic novel that I would have read as a teen. If I had read graphic novels. So, therefore, I should say, if it was a novel, it would have been up my alley. It might surprise you I did read these types of books as a teen as I have never liked horror. However, as an adult I realized that I can do horror if there is a thriller element and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: action, adventure, friendship, Ian Boothby, Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra, mythology, paranormal, Pia Guerra, siblings, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:342 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: action, adventure, friendship, Ian Boothby, Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra, mythology, paranormal, Pia Guerra, siblings, supernatural ·
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Final down the rabbit hole with Laura Perez

Ocultos by Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ocultos by Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg Each book that I have read by Perez has been stranger than the one before. Contradictions. Too many wordless pages. Too much text. Not enough details to the illustrations and, yes, not enough. The colors are both the perfect touch and the most distracting piece of the work. Each of the three titles are perfect with their similarities, yet they are so different at the same time. How can it be the same author? This author and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Andrea Rosenberg, concept, Dreams, hypnotism, Laura Perez, Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg, magic, magical thinking, occult, paranormal, psychological, Spanish comic artist, Spirits, supernatural, therapeutic use

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:339 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Andrea Rosenberg, concept, Dreams, hypnotism, Laura Perez, Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg, magic, magical thinking, occult, paranormal, psychological, Spanish comic artist, Spirits, supernatural, therapeutic use ·
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Book 2 of Laura Perez

Totem by Laura Pérez and Andrea Rosenberg

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I found Laura Pérez via one of my graphic novels down the rabbit hole searches, and Nocturnos came up. I got a finished copy from the library and said that that was an interesting read, let’s do Totem (translated by Andrea Rosenberg) next. Another library read and another book that is literary and artsy. Both titles have a “lofty” element but not a “talk down” to the reader element. But it is sophisticated, and therefore, it might not be for a casual reader of graphic […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Poetry, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Andrea Rosenberg, Concepts, Laura Perez, Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg, occult, Spanish comic artist, spiritualism, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:338 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Poetry, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Andrea Rosenberg, Concepts, Laura Perez, Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg, occult, Spanish comic artist, spiritualism, supernatural ·
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Book one of Laura Perez

Nocturnos by Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg

September 21, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

For the book Nocturnos by Laura Perez and translator Andrea Rosenberg, I had to average out my rating. There are points for my gut reaction, points for my love of the art, and there are points for how I think others will feel about it. Therefore, my score is a 3.75. And that is a good representation of things as it is not for everyone, but there’s a lot to unpack so everyone might find something.  It is literary. It is a dream within a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Poetry, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Andrea Rosenberg, Concepts, Dark Fantasy, Laura Perez, Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg, magical realism, occult, Remove term: Laura Pérez Laura Pérez, Spanish comic artist, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:337 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Poetry, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Andrea Rosenberg, Concepts, Dark Fantasy, Laura Perez, Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg, magical realism, occult, Remove term: Laura Pérez Laura Pérez, Spanish comic artist, supernatural ·
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It’s been four months since the night of gore, chaos, and the failed demonic summoning…but wait! There is more!

The Night Eaters V02 Her Little Reapers. by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

September 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ages ago I read The Night Eaters #1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. The horror books of horror graphic novels. I mean, EEEEWWW OMG what was I thinking? Blood, gore, houses eating people…. Yet, Yup. I (mostly) liked it. Enough to say: I guess I’ll try volume two, The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers. But I didn’t get to it for several years actually. So many in fact, I forgot what the ham-hocks was going on. Which is partly okay […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Asian American & Pacific Islander, cults, family, Marjorie Liu, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, paranormal, Sana Takeda, siblings, supernatural, twins

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:320 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Asian American & Pacific Islander, cults, family, Marjorie Liu, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, paranormal, Sana Takeda, siblings, supernatural, twins ·
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