When I was growing up, anything that smacked of horror was forbidden in my family. The only comic books allowed were Illustrated Classics and Disney. However my lifelong obsession with horror fiction began at the age of 6 when a babysitter allowed me to watch the movie Frankenstein while my parents ...
Green Arrow: "That's my whole point... it's like Darwinism or something... we're gradually weeding out all the just-plain-average goons, gradually improving the strain..."superstar Alan Moore visited the DC Universe many times - and tore shit up with each visit. this graphic novel collects his takes...
This book is nuts. I was never too into horror, and never read too many old horror comics... but maybe it was the William Castle film festival that made me realize how much I'd enjoy these, and damn did I ever.Often they're hilariously nonsensical (the cactus story), strangely off-kilter (the one on...
This was a bit of a mixed bag. If you are expecting the Alan Moore of works like Watchmen, then this is not it. However, if you are looking for some pretty good comics, then this will do the trick. Moore did a run with DC Comics during the 1980s, and this volume collects those works. The edition doe...
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories are among the absolute best of the Fantasy Adventure genre and although they are not widely read today they have had a huge influence on fantasy writing and on fantasy gaming. Chaykin here takes some of the best stories and adapts them well to the g...
As with any collection, the quality wavers at times, but when it's good it is very good.
It has been many years since I checked this out of library. I figured since I like Star Wars and I like graphic novels, I should give this a go, even if it is about a bad movie.I got what I expected. It wasn't bad and it wasn't good. It just was. I can't recommend buying it but if you like Star Wars...
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