Alphabetical Index of Other Publishers

Strange Nation

Strange Nation, written by Paul Allor and drawn by Juan Romera, is a Monkeybrain digital comic with more potential than I yet see on the page. The premise has been done before — all those legends turn out to be true, from secret Bigfoot armies to Elvis still being alive. The part of the series I most appreciated was the lead, investigative reporter Norma Park. She was a serious journalist until she saw aliens and monsters and tried to report […]

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The Double Life of Miranda Turner

Jamie S. Rich, accomplished graphic novelist (A Boy & A Girl, You Have Killed Me), has entered the world of webcomics with The Double Life of Miranda Turner, a Monkeybrain series available through comiXology. Art is by George Kambadais, and it’s dynamite. There are two 14-page issues available so far for 99 cents each. Miranda is the superhero known as the Cat. Only the Cat used to be Lindy, Miranda’s sister, who’s now dead and guiding her in ghostly form. […]

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The Werewolf of New York: A Supernatural Law Book

I was surprised to see a new Supernatural Law collection. Frankly, the Batton Lash series had fallen off my radar when it went digital. Batton Lash put out a book, The Monsters Meet on Court Street, last year, but that was a reprint of issues from 2003 and 2004. The Werewolf of New York, in contrast, is a full-length color story new to print readers (although it was previously published in webcomic form). The storytelling, though, is the same as […]

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On the Ropes

I never read Kings in Disguise, the 1988 graphic novel about a Depression-era boy turned hobo in search of his father, an alcoholic who abandoned his family, although I knew it was much praised in its time. On the Ropes is the sequel, out 25 years later, but if my experience is anything to go by, you’ll get plenty from this story even without knowing the former. They’re both fine examples of literary graphic novels, long-form comics inspired by the […]

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel

You’d think that translating a book about odd photographs to the comic format would be a natural, given the use of images. Even the idea of children with special abilities echoes famous comic properties, like the X-Men. However, you’d be wrong about how well this would work, at least in this case. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (story by Ransom Riggs; art by Cassandra Jean) is a misfire, a muddled, unsatisfying, charmless read. Now, I haven’t […]

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Mixtape #4

Mixtape #4 will be out in November, for the general public, but attendees of this weekend’s New York Comic Con will be able to get it directly from author Brad Abraham. It’s the story of Siobhan, another high school student who finds that the right music can change your life. (That’s kind of the theme of the book.) As in previous issues, this chapter works just fine as a starting point — some of the supporting cast have appeared in […]

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The Elwell Enigma

The Elwell Enigma, Rick Geary’s Kickstarted graphic novel, is exactly what I expected, fitting in nicely with his previous murder stories. The differences are minimal, although noticeable if you’re looking for them: This book is slimmer, 48 pages instead of 80 or so. It’s a self-covered hardcover, without a dust jacket. The paper stock is thinner, although nice and white. When examined very closely, the lettering is a little bit fuzzy. (I only noticed because I was reading the book […]

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Blue Is the Warmest Color (Guest Review)

This review is by Kristine Downing, an old friend of mine who doesn’t typically read comics. When she last visited me, she noticed my copy of Blue Is the Warmest Color and expressed interest in reading it. I asked her to share her thoughts, and she sent the below. Blue Is the Warmest Color by author and illustrator Julie Maroh is a graphic novel first published in French in 2010 by Glenat as “Le bleu est une couleur chaude”. The […]

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