Tag Archives: Worlds Apart

The Flash: Rebirth, Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Heroes never stay dead, at least not in the world of fiction and certainly not in the world of the graphic novel. Merchandise, fan pressure, the thought of a new riveting story in which to place a much loved character in, all can play their part in bringing back to existence a hero who gave up life willingly in the fight against evil. Even a true villain never stays dead for long. So that should be the case with Barry Allen, arguably the finest incarnation of D.C.’s speedy hero that ran against the wind.

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(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Fables: Legends in Exile. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is trouble in the land of make believe, the images of fables have made their way into the world of humanity and are living amongst us, living their lives, their dreams and facing their nightmares in a world that is every bit as fantastical as their own but with none of the happy endings…legends after all still need to breathe.

Fables: Legends in Exile. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

The Flash: Volume 2, Rogues Revolution. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Of all the heroes that you encounter when travelling through the world of D.C. Comics, it could be argued that Barry Allen, The Flash, is by the most accessible to both the relative new comer to the land where fiction meets graphic art and the long standing devotee of comic book/graphic novel publications to grace the pages in which the likes of Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman have gained the most adoration over the years.

The Flash: Volume 2, Rogues Revolution. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(588 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

The Guardians Of The Galaxy, Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

One of the most perplexing and perhaps insistent of all the creations by Marvel comics is The Guardians of the Galaxy. Unlike other explorations into the team ethic made by Marvel, The Fantastic Four, The Avengers, West Coast Avengers, X-Men for example, The Guardians of the Galaxy is one that doesn’t necessarily jump off the page and grab the sympathetic attention of the reader. It could be argued that it delves into a space that would have been more suited to the underworld/underground realm of comic books and yet given the amount of time it takes a class A comet to light up the sky and bring an end to all life on the planet, it grows upon you.

The Guardians Of The Galaxy, Graphic Novel Review. full post

(546 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

Justice League: Volume Three, The Throne of Atlantis. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 71/2/10

There is no dispute to what the New 52 series has done for D.C. Comics. It has made even the most dedicated fan of Marvel and the independent Graphic Novel publishers fall in love for the re-branding of one of the comic industries’ big two. Where at one time, with the absolute exception of Batman, the very possible concession to Wonder Woman and certainly in America, the absolute mainstay of the franchise Superman, there was never really anything for a lover of the comic book to latch on to and take to their heart.

Justice League: Volume Three, The Throne of Atlantis. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Aquaman: Throne Of Atlantis. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It shows just how good an idea it was that the people behind D.C. Comics  came up with the concept of the New 52. A re-branding or re-imagining, which ever you wish to grasp onto, of their super heroes and the way that they were looked upon, from the casual interloper that may have been a staunch fan of their bitter rivals Marvel or the mass and gratefully received comic books and graphic novel fans who had shifted their purchasing power of the independents such as Dark Horse, it was a change that they could get on board with.

Aquaman: Throne Of Atlantis. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(666 words, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)

Locke & Key: Crown Of Shadows. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There can be nothing more wonderfully terrifying to the mind than reading something, a classic gothic novel, a piece of macabre inducing poetry or indeed the prosaic style of any of the finest horror writers of the last hundred years, or finding a set of books that just make you squirm with delight with every turn of the page.

For anybody who loves the Graphic Novel, for anybody who the loves horror, Locke & Key is an absolute must and the third in its series, Crown of Shadows, maintains the very high standards that writer Joe Hill and artist extraordinaire Gabriel Rodriguez have thrilled fans with in the previous two books.

Locke & Key: Crown Of Shadows. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(497 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Sin City: Family Values. Graphic Novel Review.

 

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

One of the most overwhelming features of the Sin City series is that of family. In a neo-noir world in which you would expect a dystopian vision to be lurking on every black and white panel drawn and scripted by Frank Miller, the surprising comfort afforded to the reader is that of the tight unit in which many of the characters are drawn into.

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(602 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Sin City: Booze, Broads And Bullets, Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Into every magnificent series must come a dip, a lack of form or supposed interest that makes all the other titles so far printed seem even more tantilising. In Frank Miller’s Sin City series that fall comes with the sixth in the range, Booze, Broads and Bullets.

Sin City: Booze, Broads And Bullets, Graphic Novel Review. full post

(471 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Crooked Man. Audio Drama Review, 3.3. Big Finish.

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Cast: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Sarah Smart, Robin Pearce, Richard Earl, Neil Stuke, Lizzie Roper.

Whoever said reading was good for you had never came across the fear that radiates the characters in novels that never get read, the terror that appears when The Crooked Man comes a calling.

Doctor Who: The Crooked Man. Audio Drama Review, 3.3. Big Finish. full post

(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)