This one shot graphic novel is darn near perfect. It centers on Spike trying to save another moody poet from a curse and I mean completely centers on Spike. No place here for Buffer-verse headlines Angel or Buffy Summers. Instead Spike discovers more about his own past, how a demon curse led to him becoming […]
Category: graphic novels
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* First Comics, Inc., 2011 ISBN-13: 9781618550026 Available: Paperback The story begins with a volcano unearthing four perfectly preserved fossilized zombie ants from prehistoric times, who end up washed ashore in the middle of a zombie infestation. However, this isn’t any normal infestation. The zombie population is divided into […]
Graphic Novel Review: Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels
January 27, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Lion Forge, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781549302923 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology, iTunes app Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to go through an experimental rejuvenation procedure to celebrate their 45th anniversary, a procedure which will allegedly revive their aging cells and restore vim and vigor. However, the results are not what they expect. […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781534312128 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology The Sangerye family combats monsters called Jinoo, people who have been infected by hate. However, a deadly tragedy struck the family, and the survivors can’t agree whether to kill or cure the monsters. With a new breed of monster […]
**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.** BOOM! Studios, 2008 ISBN: 1934506087 Available: New In what could be the […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Aftershock, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781935002473 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology The first volume of Brothers Dracul contemplates the answer to the question of what could have possibly made Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler, one of the most disturbing killers in history. Cullen tells the story of a teenage Vlad, when he and […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Life Drawn, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781643375717 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology Koren Shadmi’s The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television is a graphic biography following Rod Serling’s time in the military as a paratrooper, his diagnosis of “shell shock” and the subsequent nightmares, his rise to fame during the […]
**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 Books, 2008 ISBN: 1596431075 Available: New Life Sucks is an unusual, funny, and […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Arcana Studio, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781771352758 Available: Paperback With a foreword written by THE Jeffrey Combs, I knew I had to review this title. Here begins the tale of young Dr. Herbert West: Re-Animator, legend, and genius. The story is told by his sister, Elizabeth Anne West (I happen to […]
*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781551527673 Available: Hardcover, Kindle Pierre is found by a former professor working as a bartender. When questioned about why he is not back at school, Pierre reveals that he destroyed his thesis research on the Vals Thermal Baths designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, […]