Graphic Novels are collections of a comic book series or miniseries. I review them here as they are under represented.
‘Kamen America Volume 5: Success and Nobleness’ is the next chapter of the indie comic book series written by Mark Pellegrini with artwork from Timothy Lim. Like its predecessor, it was released under their Iconic Comics banner and funded through a successful crowdfunding campaign which, in full disclosure, I supported. Carly Vanders is working overtime…
Splatto comics founder Richard “Ya Boi Zack” Meyer and artist Per “Narwhal” Berg bring us a “joint” comic book ‘Is This You?’ It is a short tale from NarZack that features an immortal warrior facing against the tide of cancel culture. Alaster Belmont reveals him to the world as an immortal warrior who has been…
With volume one and volume two released in 2002 and 2003 respectively by the now-defunct Dreamwave Comics, ‘Transformers: The War Within‘ was re-released in 2009 by IDW Publishing as a complete omnibus. Simon Furman wrote both volumes with art by Don Figueroa for volume one and Andrew Wildman for volume two. Megatron unites the Decepticons…
Over two years in the making, ‘Doctor Alpha: Miracle Child‘ is an indie dark superhero comic book from writer S.A. Rivera with artwork for the main story by Jeff Kraven and the bonus stories by Preston Asevedo. Dr. Alpha is one of the world’s greatest villains. As he sits in prison, he is visited by…
Released under the Apex Comics Group Imprint, ‘The R.I.G.H.T. Project‘ is an indie comic book series written by Tom DeFalco with artwork from Ron Frenz and Ron Lim. Dr. Dexter Click and his niece Carlyn work in the field of holographic technology. Carlyn’s gamer friend Jeffrey Lopez secretly makes a copy of the technology, working…
‘Kamen America Omnibus Volume 1: Stars And Strife Saga‘ is an indie graphic novel from Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini under the banner Iconic Comics. This collects the first four comic book volumes of their heroine Kamen America and her allies in the Kamen Corp. Carly Vanders is exposed to a strange radiation from a…
‘Peregrine: Wings of the Falcon‘ is a superhero graphic novel written by Scott McCullough with artwork by Douglas Franchin. It was released under the Reconstruction imprint of DKRS Productions. After an alien invasion, the world’s greatest hero Silver Falcon has been killed. His daughter Jessie mourns with the world, but despite his having his powers,…
‘Ninja Blast‘ is an indie comic book written by L.J. “Fatal Jay” Upshaw and illustrated by Francis “Sarkui” Catindig who also did the cover. Ace is a young African-American man living at the dojo of Sensei Hattori, who raised him in the secret ninja art of “Shadow Blast.” He has kept Ace in the dark…
Comic book writer Thomas Retzke brings us ‘Chasing Demons,’ a story about the rise of the vigilante Cobalt. The artwork is done by Pradeep Sethi and Jordan Beattie. Matthew Foster is getting out of prison after serving time for covering up evidence during his time as a police officer. Waiting for him is his girlfriend…
‘Kamen America Volume 4: Scars and Bars’ is the final entry of the “Stars and Strife” saga of the series written by Mark Pellegrini with artwork from Timothy Lim. It was published under their Iconic Comics imprint and, in full disclosure, I supported the crowdfunding campaign. After discovering that their friend and ally Vicki Kaminski…
‘Arachna: The Adventure Begins‘ is a comic book written by Martti Kauppinen with artwork from Carlos Granda. It was released through the X53 Studios imprint. Jennie is an aspiring fashion designer going to college, but she has a secret. Through a split personality, she is also Arachna, a vigilante who can take on the toughest…
‘For Molly‘ comes to its conclusion with chapter 4, once again written by series creator Gabe Cheng with artwork from Benjamin Sawyer. Greg is shocked to find who is running the cult that seeks to round up the magical dogs in the forest. With his new dog friend Molly and his sister Ava captured, Greg…
DC brought us ‘Batman: Private Casebook‘ in 2008. It is a graphic novel collection of comic books from the great writer Paul Dini and Peter Milligan with artwork from Dustin Nguyen. Batman is having a time. He faces off against Ra’s al Ghul as the eco-terrorist tries to get a foothold into Gotham City, but…
‘Star Circuit‘ is a cyberpunk indie comic illustrated and written by Joe Catapano. It was published after a successful crowdfunding campaign and released under the Vera Via Studios imprint. Atlys Metric might be the son of a wealthy industrialist, but he prefers to spend his days doing illegal cycle racing in the Highland City “Grime…
‘Stealing Solo: A Captain’s Parody‘ is a satirical graphic novel created by Jeff Hicks, who managed not one but two successful crowdfunding campaigns. Jeff is furious after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, especially seeing the fate of his favorite character Han Solo. He spirals into a depression and begins acting like a jerk to…
2021 continued this tumultuous era for comic books. The larger companies are starting weird trends of changing their legacy characters to placate social media weirdos and that has caused issues in the industry. Fortunately, during this time, we still got some awesome comic art. It was hard to narrow it down because, even if the…
‘Batman/Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop‘ is a 1993 DC Comics Elseworld graphic novel written by Howard Chaykin and John Francis Moore. It featured artwork from Mark Chiarello. Harry Houdini arrives in Gotham City in 1907, preparing to do a show while also mingling with the city’s elite, including Bruce Wayne. Victoria Vale is working for the…
Before going defunct, Dreamwave Comics brought us ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Things Change,’ the first graphic novel collection from 2003 following the micro-series. A gang known as the Purple Dragons is terrorizing New York City, but the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are out looking for a new hideout when they run into April O’Neal. She…
In 2002 Marvel Comics brought us ‘Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Return of the Goblin,’ a graphic novel of collected issues written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Humberto Ramos. It was later republished without the “Peter Parker” identifier. Norman Osborn is back in New York City and he is coming for Peter Parker, but first, he…
‘Danger Zone One, Vol. 2: Law and Order‘ is created by Midnight Publishing with artwork from several illustrators Katsu, Pete Ranosa, Salaix, and Ryo Kawakami. Shortly after stopping a monster from escaping its island prison, rookie cop Reena Saffron and her tough-as-nails partner Madison Wynter find themselves frustrated when the chief refuses to do anything…
‘SUPER DEAD‘ is a horror superhero comic book written by Mandy Summers and drawn by Peter Gilmore. It was created via a highly successful crowdfunding campaign. Beneath the city of New Astoria, there lies a monster. A hero who was once known as Valor has become an undead creature living in the sewers trying to…
Set in-between season one and season two of ‘Batman: The Telltale Series‘ video game, ‘Batman: Sins of the Father‘ was published by DC Comics in 2018. It features writer Christos Gage and artwork from Raffaele Ienco. Wayne Enterprises is still reeling from the scandal that Thomas Wayne was secretly working with Gotham City criminal Carmine…
Star Cross Comics brings is ‘The Relentless Tin Soldier,’ it is written by Nicholas Greer with art by Sika Murti and colors by Walter Pereyra. It also features a back cover by Graham Nolan. In the city of Minneapolis, Benjamin Pearson is a rookie cop learning the beat with his training officer Sergeant Robinson. Ben…
Alterna Comics brings us the horror comic ‘The Chair,’ written and created by Peter Simeti with illustrations by Kevin Christensen. I got a hold of a signed fourth edition released in 2018. Richard Sullivan is a ten-year death row inmate who has been incarcerated after being accused of killing ten children. He claims innocence to…
From 2001, Marvel Comics brings us ‘Peter Parker, Spider-Man: One Small Break,’ a graphic novel of collected issues written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Mark Buckingham. Soon after Peter Parker’s break-up with Mary Jane Watson, he is living alone in a single-room apartment. He is going through a rough patch made tense by the…
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