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Is anyone else enjoying a Game of Thrones finale party? Big props to HBO for doing such a great job with the first season adaptation of the novel. The question now becomes, what on earth do we do to fill the big ASoIaF-shaped [...]
Today we give you a double shot of Graphic Novel goodness with two reviews of Mark Waid’s 2 great ongoing series.
Irredeemable Vol.3
Publisher: Boom Studios
Publication Date: July 2010
Paperback:112 pages
Stand alone or series: Volume 3 of ongoing series, which collect issues 9-12
The [...]
Title: Peter and Max – A Fables Novel
Author: Bill Willingham (writer) / Steve Leialoha (illustrator)
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Vertigo
Publication Date: October 2009
Hardcover: 400 pages
This story stars Peter Piper and his incorrigible brother Max in a tale about jealousy, betrayal and revenge. [...]
Title: The End League – Volume 1: The Ballad of Big Nothing
Written by Rick Remender, pencils and covers by Mat Broome, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by Wendy Broome and James Rochelle
Genre: Graphic Novel, Superheroes
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: December [...]
Author: Perry Moore
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superhero, Young Adult, LGBT literature
Publisher: Disney (Hyperion)
Publication Date: August 2007
Paperback: 432 pages
Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a highschool basketball star, he has to keep his distance [...]
As you may have heard, this past weekend the LA Times Festival of Books took place at my alma mater, UCLA.
Over the weekend of April 24th – 25th, thousands of book lovers, authors, book sellers, publishers and other industry folks made their way to Westwood. And [...]
Author: Mark Waid/ Artist: Peter Krause
Genre: Graphic Novels/ Comics
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Publishing Date: March, 2010
Paperback: 128 pages
Stand Alone or series: This volume collects issues 5-8 of the ongoing series.
What if the world’s greatest hero decided to become the world’s [...]
Steampunk Week – Joint Review: Girl Genius (Omnibus Vol. 1) by Phil and Kaja Foglio
Title: Girl Genius (Omnibus Vol. 1)
Author: Phil and Kaja Foglio
Genre: Comics, Steampunk, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: Studio Foglio
Publication Date: November 2006 (omnibus edition)
Softcover: 312 pages
Stand alone or series: Collects volumes 1-3 of the ongoing Girl Genius webcomic (updated [...]
During our last Steampunk Week, in our primer we boiled down our own essential Steampunk Reading List, limited to prose books only. But this time around, we’ve got our own recommendations for everything else – comics, movies, and games.
Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
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“Inspirations and Influences” is a new series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
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