Goodreads Reviews
Short reviews posted on Goodreads
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Batman R.I.P. by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars WARNING! Possible Spoilers! Batman RIP though half the size of Batman: The Black Glove packs as powerful a narrative punch. It is a nice culmination of the events in the previous book. With Batman: The Black Glove ending the way it did, I had
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Batman: The Black Glove by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars WARNING: Possible Spoilers. (My cover reads “Batman and Son” but the ISDN I entered pointed to “Black Glove.”) I bought this book because I pre-ordered the movie, Batman and Son, on Amazon. I had enjoyed Justice League: War and Flashpoiint. I will
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The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was infatuated with HP Lovecraft for a brief period in my life but mostly because of the drawings he inspired by HR Giger. I had a collection of Lovecraft’s stories that I bought at Tower Books (many, many years ago) but can’t
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Sweet Tooth, Vol. 5: Unnatural Habitats by Jeff Lemire My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was two NY Comic Cons (2012) ago when I heard Jeff Lemire speak about the eventual end of Sweet Tooth. It has been one of my favorite series and though it has been a while since I read Volume
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Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars I associate Dave McKean’s artwork with chaos and motion and the surreal and the absurd which makes him a perfect choice to illustrate a book called Batman Arkham Asylum. I don’t think it is an accident
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Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan My rating: 5 of 5 stars In terms of format, Tales from Outer Suburbia is the complete opposite of The Arrival (the first Shaun Tan book I read). Where The Arrival is wordless and told exclusively through a series of gray, black, and white illustrations, Tales from Outer
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Batgirl, Vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone My rating: 3 of 5 stars Though nothing really stood out about Gail Simone’s Batgirl, it was a really solid introduction to the issues she may grapple with in future stories. I wanted to read Batgirl because (1) I realized my superhero graphic novel reading was
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The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward by Francis Manapul My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Flash is like the anti-Batman. He believes in the best in people where Batman sees the worst. Even his costume runs in direct opposition to the Dark Knight’s. There’s a great scene in the book when the Flash extols
Vincent Young 