Like: Graphic Novels, Comics, Manga, Fantasy Books
Dislike: Generic superhero stuff, anything lacking creativity
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Nobody dies. In the town of Stillwater, that’s not just a promise. It’s a threat. Join superstar writer CHIP ZDARSKY …
Night of the Ghoul is an amalgamation of all the horror cliches you'd come to expect. I keep reading Scott Snyder's work thinking this might change my mind on him, but like his other works it's sloppy and uninspired. It's a 4/10 horror flick in comic form.
Imprisoned in a tower within the walls of Pale City, Kroma lives her days out …
Well, this was a great surprise! Kroma is a wonderful fantasy tale about a world where color is evil and everyone is forced to live in the safety of the monochrome pale city after the king of color declared war on humanity. The lore is straightforward but very rich and creative. The story and art definitely don't disappoint either.
The less said about the story is better, so I won't elaborate much on it and you can go in spoiler-free. What I really love about Kroma though is that it doesn't overstay its welcome at all. At about just 180 pages, you can read it all in one sitting. It surprisingly doesn't feel rushed either, there's just enough story for you to be satisfied.
A collection of graphic stories about Hellboy, a creature summoned by a sorcerer working for Hitler in 1944.
Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed artist Greg Smallwood continue …
"When Coddie unintentionally delivers a fairy from a spell that held her prisoner, she does …
I'm torn. This book had fantastic art, a very neat ambitious story, and a very interesting world. But it also has serious issues with the story that take away from the whole experience. The second half is kind of repetitive and leads nowhere for a while, then we get a very abrupt ending that had little to no build up.
It was a fun read and I'd recommend it, but the ending was pretty disappointing, so it's more of a 3/5 than a 4/5.
If you had one wish…what would you wish for? What if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? …
Grad student Dylan must kill one person—who deserves it—every month. And the longer this goes on, the more he realizes …
The Most Dangerous Game of Wits Batman and Riddler have ever played...
The Riddler is …
Tom King is very hit or miss for me, and this one just ended up being not bad. The story definitely thinks it's smarter than it actually is. For a story about The Riddler, I was hoping it wouldn't be that simple.
Also, Tom King does his thing where he makes the characters unnecessarily edgy. Not a fan of his version of Gordon.
Robert Kirkman: Outcast (2015)
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers …
Ils s'imaginaient passer un chouette week-end dans une somptueuse villa en bord de lac. Onze …
Well, that was a lot of nothing. I expected that the story would pick up after the first volume, but instead we get ~170 pages of nothing really happening until the last 20 pages. Even worse than the boring story, we get a cliffhanger ending with sequel bait on what was supposed to be a two volume limited series. sigh...
There's a lot that's wrong with the story other than the atrocious pacing. It mostly boils down to all the characters ranging from very boring to infuriatingly boring. There isn't a single character that I can remember or root for. They're all boring college bros that spend most of their dialogue talking about their relationships and their college days instead of the real story happening now. Each chapter starts with some form of "I really liked Walter... But he's evil now... And I'm very sad...", which is kind of hilarious …
Well, that was a lot of nothing. I expected that the story would pick up after the first volume, but instead we get ~170 pages of nothing really happening until the last 20 pages. Even worse than the boring story, we get a cliffhanger ending with sequel bait on what was supposed to be a two volume limited series. sigh...
There's a lot that's wrong with the story other than the atrocious pacing. It mostly boils down to all the characters ranging from very boring to infuriatingly boring. There isn't a single character that I can remember or root for. They're all boring college bros that spend most of their dialogue talking about their relationships and their college days instead of the real story happening now. Each chapter starts with some form of "I really liked Walter... But he's evil now... And I'm very sad...", which is kind of hilarious considering I have no idea who's talking and it doesn't really matter because every character is a cardboard box that all act the same.
The other problem with volume 2 is that it employs the worst trope in all of story-telling: characters getting amnesia and forgetting important things that happened so you can watch them spend the rest of the story going in a circle and try to remember everything again. Nothing. Is. Happening.
The only reason it's not a 1 star is because I still really like the concept of the series. The execution though, sucks. The ending is lame and I felt nothing when things happened to certain characters. It's clear James Tynion just had no idea how to continue the series after the concept stage.
I Only read the Alan Moore volumes. Definitely one of the weirdest things I've read, but I like what Moore was going for, even if it was a little too long.
Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ …
