“The Sufi saint Rabi’a Al-Adawiyya was seen carrying a firebrand and a jug of water – the firebrand to burn Paradise, the jug of water to drown Hell… So that both veils disappear, and God’s followers worship, not out of hope for reward, nor fear of punishment, but out of love.” ― Craig Thompson, Habibi Awards Harvey…
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Graphic Novel Review of “Fell, Feral City” by Warren Ellis
Awards 2006 Nomination – Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series 2006 Nomination – Eisner Award for Best New Series “Ain’t no Jesus in Snowtown, Detective.” ― Warren Ellis From the publisher, “Detective Richard Fell is transferred over the bridge from the big city to Snowtown, a feral district whose police investigations department numbers three and a…
Novel Review – Night and Silence (October Daye #12) by Seanan McGuire
Awards None specifically for this novel, yet. However, Seanan Mcguire has won numerous Nebula, Hugo, and Pegasus awards for her novels. About From the publisher, “The twelfth installment of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series! Things are not okay. In the aftermath of Amandine’s latest betrayal, October “Toby” Daye’s fragile self-made…
Graphic Novel Review of “Punk Rock Jesus” by Sean Gordon Murphy
Awards IGN Award for Best Comic Mini-Series (2012) #15 on CBH – Best Graphic Novel’s of all Time About From the pubisher, “A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in PUNK ROCK JESUS, a new graphic novel written and drawn by Sean Murphy, the…
Novel Review – “Tales from Outer Suburbia” by Shaun Tan
Not really for children, but for adults who remember what it was like to be a child in suburbia.
Graphic Novel Review of “Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus” by Chester Brown
Theological Musings in a Polemical World
Review of Scalped Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron
Awards #934 in 1001 Comics To Read Before You Die #192 in CBH Best Comics of all Time I am absolutely shocked that this is it as far as I can find rewards wise. Summary From the publisher, “It is gravel Jason Aaron, the up-and-coming writer of the critically acclaimed series THE OTHER SIDE teams…
Thrillist’s 33 Graphic Novels of All Time
There is an absolute abundance of graphic novel and book lists out on the internet. 100 best this and 100 best that. All have some value, and all pretty much say the same things. Which is why the 1001 list I have been working on this year has been so important and valuable for me….
Graphic Novel Review of “American Gods Volume 1: Shadows (Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: The Shadows #1-9)”
Russell, P. Craig et al. American Gods. Summary “What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods From the publisher, “Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife…
Review of “Paper Girls, Vol. 1 (Paper Girls #1) by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang (Illustrator)”
Vaughan, B., Chiang, C., Wilson, M. and Fletcher, J. (n.d.). Paper girls. Awards Harvey Awards for Best New Series (2016) Lincoln Award Nominee (2019) Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best New Series & Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (for Cliff Chiang) (2016) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2016) “I’m not…
