Jump into nerd culture with the Long Con. The Long Con is the longest pop culture convention ever. It appears the Convention caused the apocalypse five years previously. Since he survived the Convention’s destruction, reporter Victor is given the assignment to find out what happened. Slipping back and forth betweenContinue Reading
For decades, performers have known they have made it big when they hear, It’s Showtime at the Apollo! More than just about the Apollo Theater in Harlem, this fact-filled graphic novel tells the story of African-American music in NYC from the Harlem Renaissance after WWI through the present. All theContinue Reading
Large mixed bag of comic short stories all with the theme of cheap space travel fill FTL Y’All. There are 21 stories within this 327-page book. Most have the theme that Earth is a wasteland but outer space isn’t much better. Crowds, bureaucracy, and masses of people have ruined EarthContinue Reading
Batman is still feeling blue about his marriage plans going awry and his son’s death in Batman Vol 8: Cold Days. Bruce Wayne is empaneled on a jury. The trial’s question is whether Mr. Freeze killed three woman in the vain hope to resurrect his dead wife. After both sidesContinue Reading
Undead Messiah 2 explains what is causing the zombie apocalypse and who the mysterious masked messiah is. Tim is obsessed with zombies. He plays zombie video games. He watches zombie movies. Little does he know how useful that will soon become in real life. SPOILER for Undead Messiah 1Continue Reading
The Flash Vol 8: Flash War describes the human feelings driving some of the Flash Family to despair. The holiday season is when you get together with your family and remember those who were taken too soon. The Flash Family is no different. Wally has the holiday blues and isContinue Reading
Watersnakes is a modern fairy tale that is highly recommended. An eerie fable about a ghost who carries the soul of an ancient king, and whose teeth are the king’s warriors. She kisses a living girl and vomits an octopus, who begs to be taken to the sea. Best forContinue Reading
If you are a young adult and are not adopted, you may enjoy Outpost Zero Vol 1, a space opera set in the far future. Sometime in the future, Denis and his wife, Jann, are on the Discovery Team, who look for life on their alien planet. Their 14-year-old daughter,Continue Reading
With mob rats, mob war and President Kennedy’s killer, the United States of Murder Inc Vol 1 starts a new mafia graphic novel series off strong. Valentine becomes a made man in the mafia like his father and grandfather before him. With his cousin Dino, he is sent to D.C.Continue Reading
Scarlet is convinced the world is broken in Scarlet Book One. Scarlet and her boyfriend, Gabriel, are hassled by bad cop Gary Dunes. When he feels up Scarlet, Gabriel punches him. When Gabriel is shot by Dunes and framed as a drug kingpin, Scarlet vows revenge. But revenge doesn’t satisfyContinue Reading
The Flash: Starting Line is a great value. It includes comics 0-12 plus the first annual for less than $25 on paper and even less digitally. These episodes of The Flash hold up well. The drawing is bright with beautiful coloring. The plots are great. I’ve never read some ofContinue Reading
Usually graphic memoirs are either funny or have good art but not both. Luckily, Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously has both laugh-out-loud (but embarrassingly familiar) slices of life and clearly beautiful artwork. What if your memory foam pillow starts whispering about the worst events of your life? YourContinue Reading
Hell is for Children in Hellicious TP Vol 1. Cherry is seven and mischievous. Her grandfather is Satan, literally. Cherry lives in Hell with her mom, Sin, the chief torturer. And she is bored, really bored. She is also the #1 fan of the famous death metal rocker Briggy BonesContinue Reading
Batman and the Justice League Vol 1 has Batman, Superman, the Joker and Lex Luthor set in a Japanese manga-style plot. A young Japanese man, Rui, goes to Gotham City to find his missing parents. His cab driver, in a VW bug (?), warns him of the city’s high crimeContinue Reading
Ready for a paranormal thriller thick with an ominous atmosphere? Don’t miss Gideon Falls Vol 1. Father Fred is given a new flock and church in Gideon Falls. The prior priest, Father Tom, had died mysteriously. After dreaming of being visited by Father Tom, Father Fred chases him outside intoContinue Reading
Just in time for Halloween, Pumpkinhead appears. “For each of man’s evils, a special demon exists.” Pumpkinhead is the demon of vengeance. When two young children are killed in a hit and run, their hillbilly parents ask a local witch for help. She summons Pumpkinhead to kill the perpetrator andContinue Reading