Death: At Death’s Door By Jill Thompson During the Sandman: Season of Mists arc, Death finds her home invaded with the souls of the dead, so enlists the help of her sisters, Delirium and Despair, to find the missing souls. Delirium helps by throwing a party in Death’s home. This…
The New Frontier Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke This book wasn’t on my horizons when it first came out, despite the buzz it created around the comic blogging world. Darwyn Cooke was not a creator I had read at all, and the thought of laying down a hefty sum of…
Elektra: The Scorpio Key Brian Michael Bendis & Chuck Austen I recently saw the Elektra film on DVD; the film was dull, but the accompanying documentary on comic book writers and artists who had worked on Elektra was far more interesting. Hell, just seeing Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg…
Superman: Secret Identity Kurt Busiek & Stuart Immonen Although this story is based on an obscure tale from DC Comics Presents #87 by Elliot S Maggin and Curt Swan about the Superboy of Earth-Prime, this is a wonderfully moving and beautiful tale about what it’s like to be human, told…
Teen Titans: A Kid’s Game (collecting #1–7) Geoff Johns & Mike McKone Before I start, I just wanted to make a point of mentioning the Turner cover above: it's so depressing to have the butt shot of Starfire, along with her unfathomable breasts, yet still being able to see her…
Justice Society of America: Savage Times (collecting #39–45) Geoff Johns, David Goyer and Leonard Kirk There are two conclusions that can be easily drawn from my From A Library reviews: 1. My local library has quite a good stock of graphic novels/collections 2. I will read just about anything I’m…
Shimura Robbie Morrison, Frank Quitely et al. The 'et al.' after Frank’s name is quite important; he only illustrates the first story (and a short, sexually charged tale, Judge Inaba: Babes with Big Bazookas) but his shadow falls over the remaining stories, even if he didn’t design the character (that…
Garth Ennis' War Stories Vol. 1 Johann’s Tiger (with Chris Weston) reminds me of the film Cross of Iron, both being about German officers who have had their fill of the war and are trying to protect their squads. However, this story admits our protagonist’s guilt in the atrocities on…
Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, Killian Plunkett This is a great story concept – What if Superman was a commie? It brings a smile to the face just saying it out loud. It genuinely subverts the basis of the mythos and uses it for something entirely new,…
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes Clowes is a darling of the critical comic literati and the serious end of the comic blogosphere. I hadn’t sampled any of his work prior to this graphic novel, apart from seeing the film based on this work. Much like my view of the film,…