{"id":9170,"date":"2022-04-06T21:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2022-04-06T21:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T01:30:06","slug":"graphic-novel-review-falconspeare-by-warwick-johnson-cadwell-and-mike-mignola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/graphic-novel-review-falconspeare-by-warwick-johnson-cadwell-and-mike-mignola\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: Falconspeare by Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and Mike Mignola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/41Rct8Z2aeL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/41Rct8Z2aeL-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/41Rct8Z2aeL-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/41Rct8Z2aeL.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falconspeare<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Warwick Johnson-Cadwell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Horse Comics, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISBN-13: 9781506724768<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology\u00a0\u00a0<strong>(\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>Bookshop.org )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monster hunters extraordinaire Professor Meinhardt, Mr. Knox, and Ms. Van Sloan have investigated and hunted the uncanny before, but now they come together to answer the question that&#8217;s haunted them for years: what happened to their friend and notorious vampire slayer, James Falconspeare?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon finding their old friend, he tells them of his adventures. After dealing with a werewolf problem, Falconspeare ended up in a community where young people were disappearing, only to be found later dead, the bodies in terrible condition. The people in the community found the police less than helpful, so they turned to Falconspeare for aid. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon investigation of the bodies, Falconspeare at first believed the victims were killed by a vampire. The incredible vampire hunter, acting under the suspicions of dealing with such a creature, found he was in error. Clues point to Baron Fontin, whose appetites were gossiped about in influential circles, but the baron is no vampire. He is a serial killer. When the vampire hunter approached local authorities to address the situation, no one listens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Out of desperation and frustration, Falconspeare went in search of the Black Docks Biter, a female vampire who lives in the sewers feasting on rats, and ventures out rarely for human blood. Professor Meinhardt, Mr. Knox, and Ms. Van Sloan discover their old friend has done something unthinkable to deal with the human monster that is Baron Fontin. Johnson-Cadwell&#8217;s unique art style provides a good accompaniment to the Victoriam tale of terror.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falconspeare <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the third installment of Johnson-Cadwell and Mike Mignola&#8217;s series that include the trio of monster hunters, Ms. Van Sloan, Mr. Knox, and Professor J. T. Meinhardt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly recommended<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falconspeare by Warwick Johnson-Cadwell Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506724768 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology\u00a0\u00a0(\u00a0Bookshop.org ) &nbsp; Monster hunters extraordinaire Professor Meinhardt, Mr. Knox, and Ms. Van Sloan have investigated and hunted the uncanny before, but now they come together to answer the question that&#8217;s haunted them for years: what happened to their friend and<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/graphic-novel-review-falconspeare-by-warwick-johnson-cadwell-and-mike-mignola\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5146,4874,188,1970,83,5147,3070,2231,2479,2608,4118,940,31,3334],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-falconspeare","tag-graphic-novel-reviews","tag-graphic-novels","tag-historical-horror","tag-horror-fiction","tag-horror-fiction-reviews","tag-horror-graphic-novels","tag-human-monsters","tag-mike-mignola","tag-monster-hunters","tag-serial-killers","tag-vampire-fiction","tag-vampires","tag-warwick-johnson-caldwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9174,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9170\/revisions\/9174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}