Graphic Novels are collections of a comic book series or miniseries. I review them here as they are under represented.
The story of the CW show Smallville continued in the pages of the comic book series Smallville Season 11, which showed Clark Kent dropping the moniker ‘The Blur’ and becoming Superman. However, it was the second volume that caught my attention. The “Detective” story-arc written by Bryan Q. Miller features Batman and Superman’s first meeting.…
‘Rambo’ creator and First Blood novel writer David Morrell leaps from the pages of a fictional book into Marvel Comics, specifically, their non-canon Marvel Knights imprint with Captain America: The Chosen, drawn by renowned illustrator Mitch Breitweiser. Corporal James Newman is fighting in the War in Afghanistan. His unit is cornered with enemy combatants surrounding…
Written and drawn by Liam Sharp with coloring from Romula Fajardo, Jr., The Brave And The Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman takes DC Comics into the world of Celtic fairy tales where only the princess of the Amazons and the World’s Greatest Detective can go. In the realm of Tir Na Nog, Cernunnos asks Wonder…
Ever wonder what the mythology of the ancient pantheon would like if it was put in a cyberpunk scenario? Top Cow Productions and Image Comics brings us God Complex: Dogma. Written by Paul Jenkins with art by Hendry Prasetya, this brings Roman mythology and philosophy into a science fiction realm. In the city of Delphi,…
Ever wonder what would happen if Beetle Bailey was to fight a grown-up version of Calvin and Hobbs? Writer David Pepose and Santiago Jr., Jorge have the answer. Look no further than the epic comic book sequel from Action Labs Entertainment that turned the newspaper funnies on its head in a satirical and violent way.…
Legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon (co-creator of Batman villain Bane) takes us out of the streets of Gotham City into a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: General Grievous. Published by Dark Horse Comics, it is a tale from the Clone Wars that explores the dark places of the war. Set between Episodes…
Screenwriter Marc Guggenheim (best known for Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow) tries his hand at writing a comic book storyline for DC Comics. Along with artists Jerry Bingham and Mark Farmers they bring us the graphic novel Batman: Super Powers, collected from Batman Confidential #50-54. In the early days of the Dark Knight protecting Gotham City,…
