TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 2: Crushed

Kamala Khan is a super hero! Well, she’s trying to be now that she has super powers. But first comes mastering her super powers. With her trusty companion Bruno she is determined to insert her head directly into the clouds, much to her mother’s dismay. But after a genuine act of heroism she discovers that […]

Comic Review: Potions Inc #1 by Erik Burnham & Stelladia

ISBN 1952303214 Potions Inc is a reverse portal fantasy with a number of other rips on fantasy tropes. Randelgast Jones aches for adventure. His family owns a potions shop. His siblings are brilliant mages. But he dreams of something more…he’s just not sure what. His parents encourage him to start simply (with actually working toward […]

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 […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE LOST GIRLS BY SONIA HARTL

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Page Street Publishing, 2022 ISBN: 9781645673149 Available: Hardcover, e-book, audiobook  ( Bookshop.org )   In this book, a group of young women who were turned by the same gaslighting vampire team up to take him down.    Since 1987, Holly has been an eternal teenager, stuck with one of the era’s […]

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. […]

Movie Review: Morbius

Warning: This is going to be a rambling review from yours truly. My introduction to Morbius, the Marvel comics character was this dude: A character from the 90s Spiderman cartoon series. Unlike the other Spiderman cartoons, this one introduced Morbius, had Blade as a guest star, and I have to admit it, I was a […]