An Overwhelmed Creative

For those who don't know, my favorite comic character is Batman and Scott Snyder captured the Batman I love close to perfection in this reboot of the Batman series for the New 52. Truly an amazing writer! Not only was it wonderfully written, but the art of Greg Capullo (who, if I remember correctly, I first met when I read X-Force back in the 90s) was superb! Truly a fantastic duo. Which makes me think how many of Marvel's artists have gone over to DC as they grow in popularity (Jim Lee, Greg Capullo, John Romita, Jr and Andy Kubert, to name a few). Not that I have a problem, it's been a while since I picked up an X-Family issue since lately I've found I enjoy adult graphic novels, and of course: Batman. Vol. 1 of the New 52 just kept me hooked from start to... well, almost finished. The ending was a little bizarre and the story wasn't over, so I have made a vow to get my hands on volume 2 as fast as I can. If you want to know why Batman is the gr...

I finished the second volume of the Chew graphic novels, which follows the adventure of F.D.A. agent John Chew in a world where eating poultry (and products) is forbidden because of a plague. In this world, there are people like agent Chew, who can taste "food" and get a glimpse of where it's been. Now, when I say "food" it can be a fruit, or a steak or... a person. So basically, our protagonist spends most of his time eating dead people (in a way).  There are other people with special abilities in this world. There's a chef who can't speak but talks through his cooking (as in, you get what he means to say when you eat what he's cooked) and a girl who can cause a physical reaction in people after they read what she writes (which is usually food reviews). This volume, International Flavor, is about Chew traveling to a different (and made up) country where a new fruit appears that tastes just like chicken when cooked. Since people can...

I am loving this graphic novel. It's post-apocalyptic and I don't often enjoy these kind of book, but for this one I'll gladly make an exception. Sweet Tooth continues right were number one ended. We follow both Sweet Tooth (Gus) and the man who finds him Tom Jepperd. For Sweet Tooth the way they make us go into the past is very ingeniously drawn. Jepperd's memories are also perfectly orchestrated. You can clearly go from past to present and it just makes sense. Rarely do I enjoy the artistic direction of a comic book. The drawings aren't fantastic, but the way they are positioned in the story is. I can't wait to get my hands on the third volume. cheers!

I picked up Wolf Vol. 1 from the library just browsing to see if I could find another adult graphic novel that had several volumes published. So far I've liked the ones I pick out, they are interesting and different and have adult themes, and I like that. Wolf is the name of the first character. We know very little of him and even as information is slowly revealed, there are still many questions that go unanswered at the end of volume one (which is not surprising). Wolf has dealings with vampires, ghosts and other supernatural creatures, but the main story deals with his relationship with a thirteen year old girl who supposedly is the anti-Christ. At first it was a little hard for me to follow. The art is good, but the colors are very similar and this made me have trouble differentiating some characters from others that looked a lot of the same. Slowly, I started to understand more or less who was whom and it got better. By the end of volume 1 I was ready to keep reading. ...

Captain Marvel Vol. 1 includes issues #1 to 11 of the Captain Marvel comic book.  I know this is a reboot of the original character and through media I've heard all these great things about Captain Marvel; that and, the movie is in development. So, when I saw this graphic novel at the library I got really excited. I had no reason to get excited. Or maybe I didn't enjoy it as much because I had these preset great expectations, I don't know. Also, in a way I hoped to get an origin story, but that wasn't included in issues #1 to 11, so I missed that, too. There's of course Wikipedia and I had to go and read the origin story to see if that made the character more meaningful to me. But, no. Carol Danvers is, in my opinion, not very interesting at all. She's a woman who is accomplished and great at what she does, but I don't see that she has anything that would make her like me, maybe we're too different. The character starts the gr...

Dark Tide is the third book in the Waterfire Saga series by Jennifer Donnelly. These books are about six mermaids who need to save the oceans for a supernatural threat. Just like the first two books, Dark Tide is filled with action and plot twists that made me fear for the lives of the six main mermaids and their friends. Even when some plots are predictable, not all are and the story kept me interested all the time. It is one of those books I can't stop reading and is just a fun way to spend an evening.  Unlike other books that are a series, the Waterfire Saga's story is told in four books and you feel that every single word matters. It is still a young adult book, but I'm sure older audiences, like me, would still enjoy it. It's been a while since I've had this much fun with a book. I highly recommend it! cheers!

I decided to give this book 4 stars because, in my opinion, it was almost like two books in one. The first part of the book was AMAZING! I give that 5 stars, but then the second part was a little disappointing... so, I guess in average that's 4 stars. This books was different, and that was awesome. I didn't feel like it followed any formula. The ending was not what I expected, and I think it could have been better, but it wasn't bad.  This is the story of a wizard who takes a girl from a village every 10 years. This time he takes the main character because she... well, there's something he sees in her. This wizard and everybody in the story, basically fight against the Wood, who takes the people from the village, turns them psycho and then they start killing their loved ones. Once you've been corrupted  there's no way to save you. Or is there? If anything, this book is worth it just for the first part of the book, where you find out more about ...