Vault Review: Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics edited by Tom Pomplun

**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.**   Eureka Productions, 2007 ISBN:0978791908 Available: New     Gothic Classics is a collection of gothic […]

Book Review: Harrow County, Library Edition Volume 3 by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Tyler Crook

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Dark Horse Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781506710662 Available:  Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology Emmy finds out more about her real family as she stands against supernatural entities threatening to destroy Harrow County and, ultimately, herself. Additionally, hunters from a neighboring town have heard tales of the creatures wandering the woods in Harrow […]

Book Review: Exorsisters, Volume 1: Damned If You Don’t by Ian Boothby, illustrated by Gisèle Lagacé

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781534312043 Available:  Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology   Kate and Cate Harrow are sisters and small business owners who specialize in exorcisms and demon hunting, while charging reasonable rates. They regularly venture between Hell and Earth during their investigations, sometimes with unexpected results. Cate and Kate […]

Vault Review: Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft edited by Tom Pomplun

**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.** Eureka Productions, 2007 ISBN: 0974664898 Available: New     Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft is an excellent introduction […]

Graphic Novel Review: Harrow County Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Tyler Crook, Carla Speed McNeil, Hannah Christensen, and Jenn Manley Lee

**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** Harrow County, Library Edition, Volume 2: Snake Doctor & Family Tree by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Tyler Crook, Carla Speed McNeil, Hannah Christensen, and Jenn Manley Lee Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1506710655 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, comiXology There is so much happening in this second library edition of Harrow County. […]

Graphic Novel Review: H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness Volume 1 adaptation and artwork by Gou Tanabe, translation by Zack Davisson

**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, The First Volume adaption and artwork by Gou Tanabe, translated by Zack Davisson Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN13: 978-1506710228 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology In this Cthulhu mythos tale, an expedition team from Miskatonic University headed by Professor William Dyer travels to Antarctica […]

Book Review: Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke, illustrated by Allen Williams

**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.**   Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke, illustrated by Allen Williams. Katherine Tegen Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0062414465 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD     Who better to take Pan’s Labyrinth, Spanish filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed dark, surrealist […]

Graphic Novel Review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (HWA Summer Scares Recommendation, Middle Grade)

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2014 ISBN: 978-1442465954 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition   Carroll’s Through the Woods includes five short sequential art stories, each one atmospheric and eerie. In “Our Neighbor’s House,” sisters Mary, Beth, and Hannah are left on their own after their father goes out to hunt, with instructions to […]

Graphic Novel Review: Belzebubs by J.P. Ahonen

Belzebubs by J.P. Ahonen Top Shelf Productions, 2019 ISBN: 9781603094429 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology edition, special editions with full album and band merch The life of a metal band can be challenging, especially trying to balance time with family and religious obligations to fulfill. Called a “trve kvlt mockumentary”, Belzebubs, which started out as a webcomic,  gives us a […]