So here’s the deal: I binge read the first six volumes of SAGA, and it was gutting. Then like the long term SAGA fans, I had to endure the eight month wait for the next volume, which was also gutting. The point being, I’ve never had a SAGA reading experience that didn’t involve an intense […]
The second collection of MONSTRESS is centered around Maika Halfwolf retracing her mother’s steps in an attempt to discover how to rid herself of the monster that lives inside of her. Like that’s going to be possible. *rolls eyes* The journey is interesting despite its pointlessness. We learn much about Maika’s family and meet her […]
2016 was the year of the graphic novel for me—between Fables and Monstress, I was well and truly hooked, but it was Brian K. Vaughan’s SAGA that blew my mind and showed me that, similar to (good) poetry, graphic novels could pack all the insights and feelings of a first person POV full-length novel into […]
With a title like LAZARUS, it should be obvious that this graphic novel has something to do with someone coming back from the dead . . . But I didn’t really think about that (tangentially related to my reluctance to read blurbs, I think), or the implications, and I had a momentary panic attack during […]