***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** Her Life Matters: (Or Brooklyn Frankenstein) by Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli, art by Stefano Cardoselli Independent Legions Publishing, 2020 ISBN-13: 9788831959827 Available: Paperback ( Bookshop.org ) Dr. Jamaica Foxy, a brilliant scientist, creates Franky, an eight-foot tall gentle giant. Dr. Foxy teaches Franky life lessons, essentially raising him. Franky even calls her […]
Category: graphic novels
Book Review: Elvira Double Feature
March 24, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** ( Amazon.com ) Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, vol. 1: Timescream by David Avallone, art by Dave Acosta Dynamite, 2018-2019 ISBN-13: 9781524108533 (vol.1) Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology (for single and TPB digital issues) I grew up watching Elvira, Mistress of the Dark introducing wonderful and often terrible horror movies, and then starring […]
( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) **Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Bold Type Books, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781568588797 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle While A for Anonymous doesn’t fall into the category of horror and dark fiction or horror-adjacent titles that Monster Librarian typically reviews, there are a number of real-world horrors that are addressed by author David Kushner and illustrator Koren Shadmi […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** (Bookshop.com | Amazon.com ) DC Comics, 2020 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comixology Set in 1886 New York, Daphne Byrne is still in mourning over the death of her father and has been affected greatly upon his passing. She’s tormented at school by the popular girls. She’s grappling with her mother who has […]
Mad Cave Studios, April 21, 2021 Availability: Pre-Order ISBM978195230306751499 **I received a free copy of this book from Netgally.com** Villainous follows one of the newest junior members of the Coalition of Heroes, Tilly (Rep-Tilly), as she discovers not everything in the COH is what it’s cracked up to be. What’s a girl to do when […]
TV Review: Arrow Season 3
January 22, 2021With this season the battle in Oliver Queen over whether he is a terrible person and dangerous to everyone around him or not peaks and crashes. As a romance buds between Oliver and my absolutely favorite character, Felicity Smoak, builds, so does Oliver’s survivor’s guilt. No wonder Felicity gets upset because certainly such thoughts haven’t […]
TV Review: Arrow Season 2
January 15, 2021Many writers have focused on the conflict between Green Arrow, the vigilante, and Oliver Queen, the wealthy businessman in the comics and in commentary on the legacy of Green Arrow. In this season of Arrow writers wholly embrace this conflict. Oliver is clearly no longer the Oliver everyone knew before the island. Like many people […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Hopeless, Maine (vol. 1) by Tom and Nimue Brown ( Amazon.com ) Sloth Comics, 2016 ISBN-13: 9781908830128 Available: Paperback Hopeless, Maine tells the story of Salamandra, an orphan girl who is taken in to a home for orphans; strangely not many adults are around. Sal discovers the strange and sometimes nightmarish creatures […]
Graphic Novel Review: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito
September 28, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781974703760 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology Junji Ito, the master of horror manga, adapts Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein in this graphic collection. Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with creating life from death. He stops at nothing to create his giant, only to […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1534313361 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Maika Halfwolf and Corvin D’Oro of the Dusk Court travel in search of the young Arcanic Kippa, who was kidnapped at the end of the third volume. Meanwhile, […]