Free books: Graphic Novels & Comics
Richard Castle's Deadly Storm: a Derrick Storm Mystery (2011)
Decent enough effort that gets a lot of mileage from readers' investment in the show Castle and the "reputation" that the character Derrick Storm has from that. The whole time I am imagining Richard Castle writing this piece with all the over-the-top ridiculousness that goes along with that. I ca...
Batman, Vol. 4: Zero Year - Secret City (2014)
I wish I could give Zero Year a better rating...but I just can't. The Arc starts on a pretty dull note; yet another re-telling of Batman's origin story? No thanks, I've seen it a hundred times before. The best moments of the first half are all Jim Gordon and his adjustment to Gotham City.However,...
Batman - Vuosi nolla (2014)
DC has, through their New 52 line, given us a few fresh stories about the superheroes whom we worship/cherish. Unfortunately, this book fails to do so, despite the revisionist approach aimed at giving Batman and some of his antagonists new 'origin'-s. It reads like the "Year One" volumes that had...
Batman 4: Zero Year-Secret City (2014)
I'm surprised this got such good reviews! I mean, the art is great....Go Capullo!! But the story is kinda crap! Another retelling of the origin of Batman? Cmon, we know already.... lets get on with it! And what a lame retelling it is with the whole post-apocalyptic Mad Max Gotham thing going on! ...
Gotham Central Deluxe Edition, Book 1: In the Line of Duty (2004)
A fun read! So if you watch Gotham, than this is 10x better! This knows what it wants to be: a cop comic with one or two cameos from Batman and some of his villains! This book has three case stories: one with Mr. Freeze, one with Firefly and a standard homicide you would see on any cop show! What...
Escuadrón Suicida: El Origen de Harley Quinn (2013)
I forgot I read this, because it was THAT meh. I was so excited to read this but ugh. I just assume all comics with Harley written by a dude are going to be problematic, so I was going to give those things a pass, but there was even stuff with race going on that I was like "reall? okay then." Not...
Red Robin, Vol. 1: The Grail (2010)
It is amazing how many things have changed in the last five years for Batman.This trade takes place in a time when Batman was believed dead, because Darkseid had shot him with his omega beams, sending him back in time. This was a glorious time in Batman history, and it very likely many comic fans...
L'organisation (2011)
This is the second of Darwyn Cooke’s comic book adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker novels with this one using material from the novels “The Outfit” and “The Man with the Getaway Face”. After Parker walks off with a hefty chunk of change from the Outfit (a crime syndicate) at the end of the fir...
Parker #2: La Compañía (2011)
These Parker books are really just incredible. With a deftness and style that only a gifted artist like Cooke could perform, they slide down your palette like a smooth martini.The art is inspired and, especially in this second volume, in full service to the narrative. And the narrative is just a ...
Parker: The Outfit (2012)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke is about a man name Parker who comes back from a job he has done in the old book. The job lead him to have many people against him so in this book he decides to get surgery done to his face. He starts off with a girl, he's a womanizer, who is dra...
Richard Stark's Parker #2: The Outfit (2010)
Sequel to "The Hunter", not quite as compelling & dynamic as that ride was, but still first rate & 5 stars for this format. Cooke added various creative devices in the story-telling this time to keep it fresh , i.e. The "book within a book" moment with the magazine account from "Richard Stark" of...
Catwoman 01 (2012)
If you're looking for a female-centric story that will reassure your belief that women always need a man to come in and clean up their messes, this is the book for you.I really like the character of Catwoman in her more modern incarnations, and I like 90 percent of this one… but that 10 percent, ...
Catwoman tomo 1 (2012)
In Cat Woman: The Game, another title in DC’s New 52, Judd Winnick recreates the Cat Woman we know into more of a Cat Girl. She is neither so much of an adult, but young and raw and reckless. This Cat Woman is still naïve, despite her difficult past. Her relationship with Batman reflects this: ho...
Jane, der Fuchs & ich (2014)
A beautiful little book. This is another quick read but it feels like such a telling story of childhood and the awkward phase moving into adulthood. Reading this book I remembered the sad moments of my own childhood and struggles to make friends and realized how lucky I was that I had a strong fa...
Jane, la volpe & io (2014)
I think this one got a lot of good press and with good reason. A delicate, lovely illustrated book with a personal-feeling take on how it feels to not fit in in middle school and how hard it is to just shake it off and be who you are, but not with too much wallowing or self-pity. Literary allusio...