*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Illuminati Transport Volume 1 by the Fillbach Brothers First Comics, Inc., 2017 ISBN-13: 9781618550385 Available: Paperback Jim Kowalski makes his living as a transporter for Illuminati Trucking, picking up supernatural threats captured by the Department of Paranormal Experts, or DPE. With his dog, Geech, and Crystal Skull of Doom, […]
Category: angels/demons
Book Review: The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
July 5, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Life would have to be pretty awful and lonely for a person to agree to be possessed by a demon, but Clare has had a pretty traumatic life, and her demon not only takes her away but protects her from danger. Several years after she discovered her addict father […]
Graphic Novel Review: Spike: Old Times
February 24, 2020This one shot graphic novel is darn near perfect. It centers on Spike trying to save another moody poet from a curse and I mean completely centers on Spike. No place here for Buffer-verse headlines Angel or Buffy Summers. Instead Spike discovers more about his own past, how a demon curse led to him becoming […]
T.V. Review: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 1
February 22, 2020I’m not even sure where to begin with this one. I suppose it was blissfully inevitable between the growth of society and the evolution of the supernatural t.v. genre. Inspired by the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina graphic novels, as well as the original Sabrina the Teenage Witch comics, this version jumps neck deep into LaVeyan […]
Book Review: The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
February 10, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Life would have to be pretty awful and lonely for a person to agree to be possessed by a demon, but Clare has had a pretty traumatic life, and her demon not only takes her away but protects her from danger. Several years after she discovered her addict […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781534312043 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology Kate and Cate Harrow are sisters and small business owners who specialize in exorcisms and demon hunting, while charging reasonable rates. They regularly venture between Hell and Earth during their investigations, sometimes with unexpected results. Cate and Kate […]
**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Eureka Productions, 2007 ISBN: 0974664898 Available: New Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft is an excellent introduction […]
Book Review: The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity
November 14, 2019**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity East Side Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0996845007 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Anna Fagan lives in a haunted house, but that’s the least of her problems. Her father, Jack, is well-known for his ability to “clear” spirits from the objects they haunt, […]
Graphic Novel Review: Belzebubs by J.P. Ahonen
September 24, 2019Belzebubs by J.P. Ahonen Top Shelf Productions, 2019 ISBN: 9781603094429 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology edition, special editions with full album and band merch The life of a metal band can be challenging, especially trying to balance time with family and religious obligations to fulfill. Called a “trve kvlt mockumentary”, Belzebubs, which started out as a webcomic, gives us a […]
Book Review: From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
August 28, 2018Hyperion, 2011 ISBN: 9781423134718 Available: New hard back and multi-format digital If anyone was likely to fall in with a cult of beauty-enhancing Donna Reeds it wouldn’t be Alexis. Even less so if it was led by an evil spirit, since Alexis has just started recovering from the trauma of last year, when her […]