dvo finished reading Ninja High School by Ben Dunn
I'll put a proper review together later but this is really special.
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My wheelhouse is in fiction, especially comics. I enjoy genre fiction, and tend to lean towards horror, weird and science fiction. I enjoy reading about food, socialism, music, religions, and computing.
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dvo wants to read Comics and the Origins of Manga by Eike Exner
2022 Eisner Award Winner for Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Japanese comics, commonly known as manga, are …
Deb Aoki mentioned this on the latest Mangasplaining
dvo finished reading Moonray, Book Two by Brandon Graham
In a post-human world, the Miium warrior Adam is now separated from his companions and …
People who look into this might see that it's associated with some dumb crypto/NFT game and I'm begging you to look past that. This is like the absolute best of Heavy Metal comics, just dripping with inspiration and joyful creation.
dvo finished reading Akira, Vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Absolutely incredible
dvo finished reading Dwellings by Jay Stephens
Welcome to Elwich—an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery-eyed children, lovingly …
Absolutely worth the wait for the collected edition. This is one of the best horror comics I've ever read.
dvo started reading Dwellings by Jay Stephens
Dwellings by Jay Stephens
Welcome to Elwich—an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery-eyed children, lovingly adorned homes line the historic …
dvo replied to Esin/William's status
@FellowEsin I'm in Canada and we got the amazing George Underwood cover m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71mlgsVcDiL.SL1500.jpg Truly carried this book.
dvo commented on Necroscope II by Brian Lumley (Necroscope, #2)
Only Harry Keogh, prisoner of the metaphysical Mobius Continuum, can stop the vampire Yulian Bodescu. …
Doing the homework given by Alan Moore and reading something terrible. Lumley has some interesting ideas and floats them in a cesspool of bad prose, misogyny and homophobia.
dvo stopped reading The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz
This book follows the structure of a “typical” career path for a software engineer, from …
It's honestly really good at what it sets out to achieve, it just also sucks my soul
dvo reviewed The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
Cliff Secord, a down-on-his luck pilot, is always looking for ways to make a fast …
Fantastic but could really do with a new edition
4 stars
I loved this but the edition that I read and is widely available features truly awful recolouring. It speaks to the insecurity of publishers that they think anything old needs to be "modernized" for the sake of commercial viability.
The beautiful, warm, sun soaked colours of the original are replaced with sterile, overly rendered colours that detract from Stevens' immaculate line art
His figures are incredible, his layouts are energetic. The character design is vivid. It's good pulpy fun.
The original publications aren't cheap to track down so I dunno, it's either the $200CAD artists' edition or scans ☠️ to get the best experience.
Even so, it's not like the IDW edition isn't enjoyable and it does include both arcs. Stevens left us far too soon.
dvo finished reading The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens
Cliff Secord, a down-on-his luck pilot, is always looking for ways to make a fast …
I loved this but the edition that I read and is widely available features truly awful recolouring. It speaks to the insecurity of publishers that they think anything old needs to be "modernized" for the sake of commercial viability.
The beautiful, warm, sun soaked colours of the original are replaced with sterile, overly rendered colours that detract from Stevens' immaculate line art
His figures are incredible, his layouts are energetic. The character design is vivid. It's good pulpy fun.
The original publications aren't cheap to track down so I dunno, it's either the $200CAD artists' edition or scans ☠️ to get the best experience.
Even so, it's not like the IDW edition isn't enjoyable and it does include both arcs. Stevens left us far too soon.
dvo finished reading Skizz by Alan Moore
Skizz by Alan Moore
From comics' greatest writer comes an early classic - a tale of alien contact - Alan Moore style!When a spacecraft …
dvo started reading Akira vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira)
Kaneda e Kei conseguem escapar da base secreta subterrânea, levando com eles um misterioso garoto …
My body is ready
dvo finished reading The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane by Philippe Druillet
800 years after a catastrophic event called the "Great Fear", Lone Sloane, a troubled space …
Just based shit hung off a threadbare Lovecraftian sci-fi plot
dvo finished reading Red Tide by Jim Steranko
Chandler... Over six feet of hard-boiled private eye with a talent for trouble and an …
What a phenomenal exercise in form