Graphic Novel Review: Bone Parish, Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Jonas Scharf

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Bone Parish, Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Jonas Scharf BOOM! Studios, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1684154258 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology   Bone Parish, Volume 2 follows the Winters family, a New Orleans crime family that created a hallucinogenic drug made from the ashes of the dead. Anyone who takes the drug, […]

Graphic Novel Review: Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Colleen Doran

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Colleen Doran Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781506709796 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology   Adapted from Gaiman’s short story in the collection titled Smoke and Mirrors, Snow, Glass, Apples is a dark fairy tale version of Snow White. The Queen, terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter, has her […]

Graphic Novel Review: Dead Beats: A Musical Horror Anthology edited by Joe Corallo and Eric Palicki

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Dead Beats: A Musical Horror Anthology edited by Joe Corallo and Eric Palicki A Wave Blue World, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781949518030 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Dead Beats contains 24 tales of music and horror introduced by a sort of horror host, The Shoppe Keeper. As she leads the reader through her record shop, […]

Graphic Novel Review: Illuminati Transport Volume 1 by the Fillbach Brothers

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Illuminati Transport Volume 1 by the Fillbach Brothers First Comics, Inc., 2017 ISBN-13: 9781618550385 Available: Paperback   Jim Kowalski makes his living as a transporter for Illuminati Trucking, picking up supernatural threats captured by the Department of Paranormal Experts, or DPE. With his dog, Geech, and Crystal Skull of Doom, […]

Graphic Novel Review: Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology by Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, et al.

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology by Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, et al. Caliber Comics, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781643377131 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology   Caliber Comics brings us Mississippi Zombie: A Horror Anthology, a series of walking dead tales set in rural Mississippi. In “Mississippi Crossing Part 1”, Private […]

Graphic Novel Review: Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen by Helen Mullane, art by Dom Reardon, layout art and title page illustration by Matthew Dow Smith

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen by Helen Mullane, art by Dom Reardon, layout art and title page illustration by Matthew Dow Smith Humanoids, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781643377131 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology   Nicnevin “Nissy” Oswald and her younger brother Gowan are sent to spend the summer with their mother in Northumberland, something […]

Vault Review: Hatter M Volume 4: Zen of Wonder by Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier; artwork by Sami Makkonen

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Automatic Pictures Publishing, 2013 ISBN 9780981873770 Available:Hardcover and Paperback Hatter M is a graphic novel […]

Vault Review: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

First Second, 2011 ISBN: 1596435526 Availability: New      Anya is a student at a private school. She’s not proud of her Russian heritage; her family moved to the United States when she was five and Anya has worked quite hard to get rid of her accent.  When introducing herself to others, she often Americanizes […]

Vault Review: Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** First Second, 2006 (English translation) ISBN: 978-1-59643-093-8 Available: Paperback           Vampire Loves is a collection of […]

Vault Review: Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Fernando Fernandez

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Del Rey, 2005 ISBN: 0-14-240572-8 Available: Paperback           Dracula is the novel that inspired our love […]