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First book of 2025

Stacey @xstitcher (39048) • Petaluma, California 5 Jan 25

I was finally able to start the first book for the Amazon Good Reads challenge for 2025. I got this and another book (which I found out were the first and second of a series--yup, starting yet another series) out of a...

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Graphic Novel Review Grant Morrison And Steve Yeowell Sebastian O

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 Jul 19

2004 Vertigo Books. Spoiler alerts Often very funny short satirical graphic novel about a late Victorian dandy adventurer called Sebastian O, a mixture of Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron & The Marquis De Sade. Sebastian isn’t so much...

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Graphic Novel Book Review Alan Moore Tom Strong Volume 3

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Apr 19

Spoiler alerts - America’s Best Comics In which a volcanic man from the centre of the earth kidnaps our intrepid hero’s daughter, Tesla. Giving chase to rescue her, Tom finds that Tesla has saved herself by teaching the molten...

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Graphic Novel Review J Michael Straczynski Spiderman Coming Home

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Jun 18

2001 Marvel Comics – Spoiler alerts Not to be confused with the recent Spiderman Homecoming movie, this I an epic story created by the writer behind the Babylon Five TV series. Soon after his girlfriend Mary Jane leaves him,...

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Comic Review Garth Ennis And Steve Dillon Judge Dredd Almighty Dredd

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Apr 18

2001 Titan Books. 2000 AD The Emerald Isle Collection Spoiler alerts A story in a collection that mixes the ultra-violence of Judge Dredd with stark political satire of the most hilarious kind. Judge Dredd and other judges in...

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Graphic Novel Review Audrey Niffenegger The Adventuress

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Dec 16

2006 – Jonathon Cape Press – Spoiler alerts The author of The Time Traveller’s Wife novel has also created several excellent comics and graphic novels, including this early work, which was reproduced due to the success of her...

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Graphic Novel Brandon Sanderson White Sand

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Dec 16

2016 – Dynamite Entertainment Press – spoiler alerts A rather disappointing and clichéd graphic novel. It involves a community of desert dwellers with the magical power to manipulate sand as an elemental force. This immediately...

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Graphic Novel Review – Dan Abnet - The New Deadwardians

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Nov 16

2013 – Vertigo – DC – Spoiler alerts A very clever take on the zombie horror story set in London in the years following the death of Queen Victoria, hence its Edwardians become The Deadwardians. Zombies are everywhere and there...

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Graphic Novel Review - John Wagner - Judge Dredd – The Pit

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 May 16

2000 AD – 1995-1996 – Spoiler alerts The pit is where Megacity One’s worst Judges are sent, a beat for the cops who are not very good at their job. Judge Dredd is sent there to offer training and evaluation and to see if any...

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Graphic Novel Review – Jeph Loeb And Jim Lee – Batman – Hush

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 May 16

2009 DC Comics – Spoiler alerts Epic scale Batman adventure that draws in many of his old enemies in a complex mystery that draws an older, wiser Batman back to his detective story roots, though the ending is a little...

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Graphic Novel Review – Jason Aaron And Steve Dillon – The Punisher – Homeless

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Apr 16

2012 – Marvel. Spoiler alerts Few vigilantes have proved as brutal or consistently single minded as Frank ‘The Punisher’ Castle, a quite human ex-Vietnam vet taking on the mob and sometimes also supervillains in revenge for them...

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Graphic Novel Review – Stuart Moore – Iron Man – With Iron Hands

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Oct 15

Spoiler alerts. Marvel Comics – 2009 In the absence of Nick Fury, Tony Stark is acting head of SHIELD, a CIA like body who monitor super-hero and super-villain activity. Stark’s promotion to head of the organization upsets the...

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Today's Need For a Hero

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 29 Dec 12

This amazing work of art (yes, good graphic novel is art to me) has predicted many ways, in which the world would be suffocated today. We really don't see it, but the religious fundamentalism has taken one of the ugliest forms...

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Do you like novels or comics?

ColinYang @ColinYang (193) • Australia 10 Apr 10

If you enjoy reading, please let me know whether you like novels or comics (for example, manga). I personally like both, but not all comics. I only like manga, as I believe they are drawn better.

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Zaturnnah!

ajhienomoto @ajhienomoto (131) • Philippines 1 Oct 09

Anyone here familiar with ZsaZsa Zaturnnah? It's a graphic novel by Carlo Vergara about a gay man who turns into the super heroine Zaturnnah by swallowing a mysterious rock! How's that for a story?! Haha. In the first book,...

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Anyone familiar with ZsaZsa Zaturnnah?

ajhienomoto @ajhienomoto (131) • Philippines 1 Oct 09

I've always loved Carlo Vergara's ZsaZsa Zaturnnah! It's a graphic novel set in a province here in the Philippines about a gay man who, with the help of a mysterious rock from God-knows-where, transforms into a superwoman! And...

Twilight Graphic Novel?

GnosticGoddess @GnosticGoddess (5626) • United States 25 Jul 09

I recently read about a Twilight graphic novel (published by Yen Press) from this site : http://shelf-life.ew.com/2009/07/15/twilight-comic-book-manga/ (and also on Stephenie Meyer's site). I am excited about it and I've never...

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Die Hard meets I Robot

thedailyclick @thedailyclick (3017) 11 Jul 09

Later on this year a film called the Surrogates will be released and stars Bruce Willis as a hard nosed cop. The best way to describe it is Die Hard meets I Robot and is based upon a graphic novel. Does anyone feel that maybe...

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who is your favorite character from the movie watchmen?

Mathurin @Mathurin (491) • Philippines 12 Mar 09

it is quite different when you see the heroes in flesh... i like rorschach... the best lines, he owns every scene he's in... love him with or without the mask, bothered how he keep a journal though, doesn't seem to be sitting down...

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Watchmen..What is your anticipation about the movie that is soon to be watched?

sushihunk26 @sushihunk26 (196) • Philippines 15 Sep 08

This will be watched in the theaters soon! It is actually based on the popular graphic novel. I am pretty sure everything will be great including the effects and the story itself. If you were to be asked, what is your...

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