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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Omnibus 5. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The problem with graphic novels that are tied in to a television series is the sudden jump in character in one of the leads or the dropping in of new individual to the storyline, it can cause havoc. Unlike graphic novels or comic books that were produced first, for example the D.C./Marvel range or the likes of Sin City, Graphic Novels tie ups can leave the dedicated reader somewhat off balance.  Not so with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus collections which even though are produced after the initial series of Buffy The Slayer programmes finishes have a wonderful way of keeping everything tidy, in check and thoroughly interesting.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Omnibus 5. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(681 words, estimated 2:43 mins reading time)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Omnibus Volume Three. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

With the popularity of Buffy the Vampire Slayer assured, there really should have no question that the equally admired series of graphic novels in collected form would continue.

Volume Three of the omnibus editions though would take the wise-cracking Vampire Slayer from the Californian setting of Sunnydale catch straight up with the television series and make the Slayer part of that recognisable group ‘The Scooby Gang’ and focus on the attention of the growing friendship between Buffy Summers, Xander Harris, Cordelia Chase, the sometimes introverted, sometimes female geek fest but loyal and as brave Willow Rosenberg and her watcher Giles. It is this focus that makes Volume Three such an interesting read and makes the hard work that Dark House put in the previous two volumes even more enjoyable and darkly entertaining.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Omnibus Volume Three. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(415 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Omnibus Two, Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The great appeal of Buffy The Vampire Slayer was not the manner in which took on the darkness, the evil that surrounded her, the matter of the dead coming back to life and making Sunnydale a literal Hell on Earth, it was that this was a young woman with real problems, real issues that affected so many across the Western world and how she overcame them. If Joss Whedon’s heroine had been a lad, a boy slayer, it’s doubtful that the show would have been as successful, except to those whose interest in the Twilight series is more driven by rampaging hormones that plot lines.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Omnibus Two, Graphic Novel Review. full post

(467 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

The Terminator Omnibus: Volume 1. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Of the three science fiction films of the 1980s in which were successfully captured in graphic novel form, perhaps the one that struck a chord and a sent a distinct chill up the spine the most was The Terminator.

The Terminator Omnibus: Volume 1. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(574 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Aliens Vs Predator Omnibus Volume 2, Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Where Volume 1 of Alien Vs Predator gave the graphic novel fans a taste of what could have been after the two of the greatest film monsters of all time reared their ugly heads, Volume 2 takes it one stage further with the same artistic endeavour but with a truly landmark script bursting within its 458 pages that really gets to grips with the idea of what makes these two franchises tick.

Aliens Vs Predator Omnibus Volume 2, Graphic Novel Review. full post

(499 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)