graphic novel
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Sunday Post – Hugo Nominees and Thoughts
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! How is it already April?? It feels like it was just January! I can’t believe we’re a quarter of the way through the year already. The 2024 Hugo Award nominees were announced this past week. While I’m extremely disappointed in what happened with the 2023… Continue reading
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Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons by Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda – REVIEW
Is there a more epic combination than Godzilla and pirates? What about Godzilla, pirates, a monster island, and a secret society involving the Queen of England herself? Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons is a conspiracy-filled story that will keep you reading cover to cover. Continue reading
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Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis – REVIEW
Like most 90s kids, I grew up on scary stories and urban legends. One of my favorite shows as a kid was “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” A show where kids sit around a campfire and take turns telling ghost stories shouldn’t work, but it did. In a lot of ways, Adam Ellis’s Bad Dreams… Continue reading
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BRZRKR: Bloodlines, Volume 1 – REVIEW
The record-breaking BRZRKR series from Keanu Reeves follows B, a half-mortal and half-god being who is centuries old, compelled to violence, and cursed. Although the main series from the core creative team ended in 2023, several standalone issues from other creatives have been released and will be collected in the upcoming volume BRZRKR: Bloodlines, Volume 1.… Continue reading
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Eden by Christopher Sebela and Marc Laming – REVIEW
I’ve been excited to dig into the Eden comic series for a long time. Sci-fi comics are my jam, and the art, family dynamics, and survive-at-all-costs feel of Eden drew me in. Also, we all know I can’t resist a story with themes of a dying Earth, a dystopian system, and corrupt corporations. Continue reading
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Brynmore by Steve Niles and Damien Worm
Brynmore has all the atmospheric vibes I love in my horror fiction. It has a small town filled with ghosts of its past, a rag-tag group of people fighting a force they don’t understand, and secrets that tie everything back to the main character. If you’re a fan of Stephen King, Brynmore is for you. Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review: Ghostlore, Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs
Sometimes I’m struck by how much I like a graphic novel, especially when it takes me by surprise. It took me a few tries to get invested in Ghostlore. For whatever reason, I opened Ghostlore, Vol. 1 three different times without making it past the first few pages. This last time, though, I picked it up, and something… Continue reading
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Cat Fight by Andrew Wheeler and Ilias Kyriazis – REVIEW
Cat Fight is a wondrously fun comic, and this first volume is a colorful wild ride that you shouldn’t miss. Kitty Midnight is the most glamorous gray-haired woman you could imagine. You would never know that she runs the Kit Kat Crime Syndicate, a group of the world’s most skilled and notorious thieves. Her syndicate… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Feel-Good Books on My 2024 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. These past two weeks I’ve completely gone off topic for my Top Ten… Continue reading
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I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle
You know when you start reading a book and you know it’s going to be a great read? That feeling when the setting is so comfortable you could sink into it or when the characters feel like old friends you’re catching up with. That’s how reading I Feel Awful Thanks felt for me. I Feel Awful, Thanks is… Continue reading