Delicates (Sheets, #2)

author: Brenna Thummler
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/03/31
date added: 2021/03/31
shelves: graphic-novels, young-adult
review:
'Delicates' with story and art by Brenna Thummler takes us back to the haunted graphic novel world of 'Sheets' and it's just as wonderful.

Marjorie Glatt has lost her mother, but gained a bunch of ghostly friends who have saved her family laundromat. Now she has made it in to the popular crowd. Eliza Duncan is not part of that crowd, but wants to believe in ghosts. As Marjorie neglects her ghost friend Wendell, he becomes closer to Eliza, he discovers something that will need Marjorie's help.

This series has such a sense of the loneliness of youth. I love the mood of both books and I think this book might be the stronger of the two. Highly recommended.

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Rituals (Hell School, #1)

author: Dugomier
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at: 2021/03/28
date added: 2021/03/28
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Hell School Volume 1: Rituals' by Dugomier with art by Ers is a graphic novel about outcasts in a school, and a strange hazing ritual.

An elite private school on an island draws elite students as well as a few that don't seem to fit in. Hina and her blue hair and Bastien with his dreads stand out. When the students are told there is an initiation, somehow Bastien and Hina are left out, but that might be a good thing as things are not as they seem at this weird school.

There isn't much to go on here. There is a lot that is hinted at but the story barely gets moving and it's over. Maybe as a complete story arc, it's better, but it was hard to stay interested in this one.

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The Tankies

author: Garth Ennis
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2021/03/28
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Tankies' by Garth Ennis with art by the late Carlos Ezquerra is a collection of three sets of linked graphic novels from the Battlefields series all about an irascible tank commander named Stiles.

The first story takes place after D-Day as British tanks struggled to keep up with troops and stay intact fighting the superior Tigers. Stiles finds himself in charge of a Churchill and trying to catch up with the other units while being stalked by a Tiger.

In the second story, later in the war and now in Germany, Stiles finds himself crewing a Firefly tank and hunting the larger King Tiger.

The third story finds an aging Stiles in Korea in the hills of the Imjin River, fighting the fears of the past when the younger brother of a former tank crewmate shows up and wants to fight alongside him.

The book ends with a great essay by Garth Ennis about tankies and the influences for these stories. The stories are gritty and often pretty bloody, but I couldn't stop turning pages. Carlos Ezquerra's art is great and there is a nice section of his rough art at the back of the book.

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Zeropedia

author: Fabcaro
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.80
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/03/27
date added: 2021/03/27
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Zeropedia' by Fabcaro with art by Julien Sole is a humorous and informative collection of comics about science.

The book poses a series of questions about science (like 'What is infrared?), then presents answers and funny comics about the idea. There are entries about lots of branches of science as well as famous scientists.

I learned a few things along the way and the jokes were dumb, but funny. The art is in a cartoonish style, but helps to illustrate the principle as well.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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Grumble Vol. 3: Volume 3

author: Rafer Roberts
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/03/27
date added: 2021/03/27
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Grumble: Memphis and Beyond the Infinite: Volume 3' by Rafer Roberts with art by Mike Norton is a graphic novel series about a guy stuck in the body of a pug now involved in a jailbreak.

I did not get a chance to review the first two volumes in this series, so there are probably things I am missing, but each of the 5 issues here starts in the past when Eddie was a human and had a part-demon named daughter named Tala. In the present, Tala is trying to rescue her mother from an interdimensional prison and Eddie, now in dog form, is trying to help along with a cast of misfits.

The story is odd and leans in to it. There is some gritty adventure and weird humor and I liked it. This seems like the end of one story arc, so I just might have to go back and find the first two volumes.

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Waluk: The Great Journey

author: Ana Mirallès
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.08
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2021/03/21
date added: 2021/03/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Waluk: The Great Journey' by Ana Maralles and Emilio Ruiz continues the journey of polar bears Waluk and his mentor Eskimo.

Young Waluk and old Eskimo are on the hunt for food, but the icebergs are melting and the seals seem to be getting scarce. They find a beached whale and a mother bear and her two cubs and they convince her to let them eat. They also find a pack of sled dogs that need their help and different kinds of humans, both dangerous and curious.

I didn't read the first volume, but didn't feel like I was lost. The animals have different and unique personalities, which I liked. The message is not lost, but I also didn't feel beat over the head with it. The art is nice too.

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Dead Day

author: Ryan Parrott
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.71
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/21
date added: 2021/03/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Dead Day' by Ryan Parrott with art by Evgeniy Bornyakov is a graphic novel about a day when the dead come back to life, but it's not a zombie story.

Once every year or so, the dead come back to life, but not necessarily all of them. Some of them want revenge, and some want to reunite with loved ones. There are those who welcome them and those who want to stop them. This book deals with a family and a wife who wants to reunite with her dead husband. The dead husband just wants revenge for a crime that went wrong.

I really liked the concept and it feels like there is a lot here to work with. The worldbuilding and concepts are solid. The art was pretty good too.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from AfterShock Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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Scarlet Rose #3: I Think I Love You

author: Patricia Lyfoung
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.03
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/20
date added: 2021/03/20
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Scarlet Rose #3: I Think I Love You' with story and art by Patricia Lyfoung continues the adventures of Maud and Guilhem.

Maud and Guilhem are tracking the Baron and it has taken them to a different land, but one that feels very familiar to Maud. With her dad's diary to lead the way, she finds herself abducted by a strange clan, but it turns out they aren't that strange at all. Meanwhile the Huet brothers have a surprise of their own and it will be a big fight for the Scarlet Rose and the Fox.

I've enjoyed this series. The characters, world and art are unique. This completes this story arc, but there is room for more adventures in this series.

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Vampire The Masquerade: Winter's Teeth Vol. 1

author: Tim Seeley
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/20
date added: 2021/03/20
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Vampire The Masquerade: Winter's Teeth Vol. 1' by Tim Seeley, Tini Howard and Blake Howard is a graphic novel set in the world of the tabletop role playing game that's been around since 1991.

This story takes place among a group of vampires in the Twin Cities. It involves murder, court intrigue and a group of outcast vampires called the Anarchs. There is a court enforcer named Cecily who takes a young abandoned vampire under her care at the expense of someone personal for Cecily. After the graphic novel, there is an rpg module featuring the settings and characters of the story.

I haven't played the rpg, but I didn't have a problem getting in to this world and the gritty story. There are a lot of subplots going on, but it's all handled rather well. The Anarchs story arc is presented as an extra story in every issue. The art was adequate, but worked.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Vault Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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Martian Ghost Centaur

author: Mat Heagerty
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.84
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/03/16
date added: 2021/03/16
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Martian Ghost Centaur' with story and art by Mat Heagerty is about a martian ghost centaur eventually, but it's a graphic novel with a lot of heart along the way.

Louie lives in Southborough, home of a Sasquatch sighting years ago. Her two dads own a burger place with a signature burger and her best friend Felix lives in the town. Then things start to change. A tech startup wants to buy up the town and the Sasquatch sighting is debunked on tv. As Louie watches her friends leave and her family business failing, she has to find a plan to fix things.

This was a fun story with fun art. The title doesn't really make a lot of sense for the majority of the story, but it will eventually, and it is a catchy title.

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