GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: TALES FROM HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 1: DEATH’S CHOIR BY CULLEN BUNN, ART BY NAOMI FRANQUIZ

Tales from Harrow County, Volume 1: Death’s Choir by Cullen Bunn, art by Naomi Franquiz Dark Horse, 2020 ISBN-13: 97815067168 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Award-winning, Eisner-nominated Southern Gothic horror returns in Tales from Harrow County, Volume 1: Death’s Choir. The story focuses on Bernice Anderson as she has taken on the mantle of steward of […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE VOLUME 1 BY MIKE MIGNOLA, JOHN ARCUDI, AND SCOTT ALLIE, ART BY SEBASTIAN FIUMARA AND MAX FIUMARA

Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible Volume 1 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Scott Allie, art by Sebastián Fiumara and Max Fiumara Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506733784 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, Comixology. (  Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Abe, a humanoid amphibious man and member of the B.P.R.D, after awakening from a coma and mutated, leaves the B.P.R.D. to […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: LUCKY DEVIL VOLUME 1 BY CULLEN BUNN, ART BY FRAN GALAN, LETTERING BY EL TORRES

Lucky Devil Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn, art by Fran Galán, lettering by El Torres Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506721996 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, Comixology   (  Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Stanley has terrible luck. His three-year relationship is tainted by an affair his girlfriend is having. He’s a gofer for a corporate organization where his higher-ups constantly demean him. […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: FALCONSPEARE BY WARWICK JOHNSON-CADWELL AND MIKE MIGNOLA

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506724768 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology  ( Bookshop.org )   Monster hunters extraordinaire Professor Meinhardt, Mr. Knox, and Ms. Van Sloan have investigated and hunted the uncanny before, but now they come together to answer the question that’s haunted them for years: what happened to their […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: KADATH, OR THE DREAM QUEST OF RANDOLPH CARTER BY CHARLES CUTTING

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Sloth Comics, 2015 ISBN-13: 9781908830074 Available: Paperback ( Amazon.com )   Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter, is based on H. P. Lovecraft’s 1943 novella, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Cutting does not offer a straightforward retelling in his Kadath, but rather a more entertaining and colourful version. Randolph Carter dreams of a mysterious […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: LUGOSI: THE RISE AND FALL OF HOLLYWOOD’S DRACULA BY KOREN SHADMI

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula by Koren Shadmi Life Drawn, 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1643376615 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology ( Bookshop.org  |  Amazon.com )   Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula is a graphic biography of one of the most recognizable men to portray Dracula, Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, or simply Bela Lugosi. […]

Graphic Novel Review: Blood Stain volume 1 by Linda Sejic

Image Comics, 2016 ISBN: 978-1632155443 Available: Webtoons, Amazon, ComiXology   Blood Stain is a slice of life comic that pits chemistry major and chronic loser Elliot Torres against creepy, probably man scientist Dr. Vlad Stein. When Elliot loses yet another job in her small town the pressure of trying to help her sister support both […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: JUST BEYOND: MONSTROSITY BY R. L. STINE, ILLUSTRATIONS BY IRENE FLORES, INKS BY JOANA LAFUENTE

**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk** BOOM! Studios, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781684156979 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comixology  (Bookshop.org |  Amazon.com )   Ruthie and Ezra Dillon’s father Matthew and uncle Frankie have purchased the old Hollywood movie studio, Monstrosity, known for the best horror flicks of the 1950s. Matthew’s dream is to resurrect the defunct studio and produce modern […]