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Before there was CSI: Alan Moore’s From Hell
From Hell is my second favorite Alan Moore novel, only surpassed by V for Vendetta. Moore takes the same zealous for research that he used in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and applies to the Jack...
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Comic Book Review
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is very engaging. I sat down and read the memoir in a couple days; I couldn’t put it down. Satrapi’s story isn’t just that of a young girl growing up in Iran, but also a...
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Top 5 Graphic Novels in 2010
I know, my blog’s been getting neglected as of late. Blame it on GeekGirlCon, or more importantly, donate to help us raise funds in order to secure our venue. We’re 50% of the way there. Anyway, in the...
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Stuck Rubber Baby Graphic Novel Review
Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse Stuck Rubbery Baby is a coming of age tale about a white gay man Toland Polk living in the South during the Civil Rights movement, which he somewhat accidentally...
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The Best and the Worst of 2011 Comic Books
Yes, the time has come to say goodbye to 2011 and ring in 2012. Here’s a look back at the Best and the Worst of 2011* Comic Books. The Best On-Going Series 1. Echo by Terry Moore Average rating: 4.7/5...
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Anna Mercury (Vol 1): The Cutter Graphic Novel Review
Anna Mercury (Vol 1): The Cutter by Warren Ellis Art: Facundo Percio I’m finding myself a little take-it or leave-it with Ellis these days. I think I almost find his “non-fiction” writing more...
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Dolltopia Graphic Novel Review
Dolltopia by Abby Denson I loved Dolltopia. I didn’t know what to make of it when I first picked it up. But it’s not just a story about dolls who are escaping from being dolls; it’s not just another...
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DAR!: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary (Vol 1) Graphic Novel Review
DAR!: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary (Vol 1) by Erika Moen Completely entertaining and super fun, Moen’s book is an autobiographic comic. Or perhaps as I like to see it, autobiographical...
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Magic Trixie Graphic Novel Review
Magic Trixie by Jill Thompson I believe perhaps I am just too old for Magic Trixie. These aren’t really my life struggles at this point in my journey — Trixie deals with a new, baby sibling who’s...
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Rose and Isabel Graphic Novel Review
Rose and Isabel by Ted Mathot I picked up this graphic novel randomly at the last Emerald City Comicon. I love going to comic conventions to meet indie artists and find their books. I can’t ever...
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Leaving Megalopolis Graphic Novel Review
Leaving Megalopolis by Gail Simone Art: Jim Calafiore I backed this Kickstarter since I’m a fan of both Simone’s work and Calafiore’s work, especially their collaboration on Secret Six. I expected...
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Tomboy Graphic Novel Review
Tomboy by Liz Prince This is the type of book that I wish I could’ve read when I was a kid. Prince tells her own story, of a young Liz, figuring out who she’s becoming. That person is a tomboy, but...
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Avery Fatbottom: Renaissance Fair Detective #1 and #2 Comic Book Reviews
Comic book reviews for Avery Fatbottom: Renaissance Fair Detective #1 and Avery Fatbottom: Renaissance Fair Detective #2 by Jen Vaughn Average rating: 3.5/5 stars Avery Fatbottom: Renaissance Fair...
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A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel Review
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson (artist, adapter) and Madeleine L’Engle Another ladies comic book club pick. As of writing this, we haven’t had our meeting yet. I’m curious to hear...
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California Dreamin’ Graphic Novel Review
California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas by Penelope Bagieu Many of my friends remember their Boomer parents introducing them to the music of the ’60s and ’70s. The sounds of...
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Taproot Graphic Novel Review
Taproot by Keezy Young “I got you a book about gardening.” This is what my partner said when he brought this graphic novel home for me. It also is a queer novel. His assumption was very correct that...
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Elements: Fire Graphic Novel Review
Elements: Fire by Taneka Stotts (Editor), Shing Yin Khor, Kou Chen, Maddi Gonzalez, Sara DuVall, Myisha Haynes, Rashad Doucet, James F. Wright, Aatmaja Pandya, Der-Shing Helmer, Jaide Mandas, Marisa...
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Check Please!: Year One Graphic Novel Review
Check Please!: Year One by Ngozi Ukazu Rating: 4/5 stars Sweet Eric Bittle, or Bitty, heads to college to play hockey in the delightful Check Please! What I love about this book is that you can tell...
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The Witching Hour Comic Book Review
The Witching Hour by Robin Hoelzemann Rating: 4/5 stars The oversized nature of this book makes me happy because Hoelzemann’s art is beautiful and her stories are fairy tales. Two friends, Gabriel and...
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Bae O’Wolf and the Mystery of the Collected Mysteries Vol 1 Graphic Novel Review
Bae O’Wolf and the Mystery of the Collected Mysteries Vol 1 by Catie Donnelly This book is some silly satire. Bae O’Wolf comes out of the same tradition as Kate Beaton’s work: satirical, ridiculous,...
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