by envisionmg | Aug 22, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Parts one and two] Of course, you can’t swing a cape near American comics without hitting a superhero, so here are three titles from The Big Two. Ms. Marvel. Issues # 1-7. Words: G. Willow Wilson. Art: Adrian Alphona. So, humblebrag time, but...
by envisionmg | Aug 15, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Read Part 1 here] Here are three comics set before today, back when the shadows were a bit deeper and the stakes a bit higher. Velvet Volume 1: Before the Living End Words: Ed Brubaker. Art: Steve Epting Imagine that it’s the Cold War and the...
by envisionmg | Aug 8, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew Lately, I’ve been going through a bit of Protagonist Fatigue. For some reason, the normal wise-cracking, don’t count him out when he’s down hero hasn’t been doing it for me. Maybe this is part of a shift in taste away from capes or at least...
by envisionmg | Jul 7, 2014 | Fiction, Graphic Novels, Michelle Recommends, YA
Notes from the Internet Apocalypse – Wayne GladstoneHave you ever guffawed while reading? I mean, out of the blue: a burst of laughter, startling in the relative quiet. I did, with this book, not once or twice but so many times I lost count. This too-slim*...
by envisionmg | Apr 17, 2014 | Book Awards, Graphic Novels
“The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the “Oscars” of the comics world. Named for the pioneering comics creator and graphic novelist Will Eisner, the awards are given out in more than two dozen categories during a ceremony each year at Comic-Con...
by envisionmg | Feb 16, 2013 | Graphic Novels
Publisher’s Summary of Book One: “This collection introduces The Losers, formerly an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that served as the covert bloody hand of America until they stumbled across a C.I.A. secret they couldn’t ignore. The C.I.A. tried to...
