About two weeks ago Ryan McCoy, author of Apocalypse, reached out to share his work with me. And today, I’m reaching out to share it with others. There’s something to be said about Apocalypse. With all the “zombie saturation” out there, I was worried that end-time, living dead stories had run their course. Overdone, maybe? Move a few degrees one way and you’re telling the story of Walking Dead. Another degree the other way, we’re looking at World War Z. Move another degree and great, it’s I Am Legend all over again. I just blew through Black Summer on Netflix. I play 7 Days to Die. I think my ..read more

I found this book on Netgalley and was drawn by the cover. The illustrations in this book are beautiful and the story is sweet, but this is definitely not for everyone. If you don’t enjoy feminist reads, this won’t interest you. The subject of this book is more about bringing social realities to the forefront, and less about developing a compelling story. Dad 2.0 focuses on the journey of a single mother named Caroline who goes on a journey of self-discovery to accept that, though her life doesn’t exemplify the norm, she’s alright just being herself. I think that there were important issues a ..read more

Sheets is scheduled to be published by Lion Forge next week! I was able to get an ARC copy to do this review. It took me a few pages to get into this one, but I’m happy that I stuck it out. It turned out to be a really sweet story about an unlikely friendship between a girl and a ghost, loss, and redemption. Sheets is a story about a girl named Marjorie Glatt whose life begins to unravel after her mom dies. Her dad doesn’t take the death easily and has physically and emotionally “checked out,” leaving Marjorie to have to run their laundry business essentially on her own. She tak ..read more

 Through the Woods was a random recommendation from Barnes and Noble, and the book that inadvertently made me a fan of ShortBox.  (Where’s the connection? I stumbled on the ShortBox website looking for more of Emily Carroll’s work after finishing Through the Woods.) ShortBox has such a great collection of work. I’m really looking forward to their next quartlery pre-order box coming out. Pre-orders only last for a 12-day period, so move fast! The last pre-order was just this July, so like me, you’re probably wasting away waiting for pre-order #10 to come out. Each pre-order box comes ..read more

“Ranging from the relatable to the utterly nonsensical and bizarre, the comics within The Book of Onions explore themes of loneliness, desperation, and perverted talking fruit.” -From, The Book of Onions Note: I received a digital ARC to review this book. The Book of Onions won’t actually be available to buy until this October. I’ll start by saying that I love this book cover! I didn’t find this collection of comics knee-slapping funny but, the comics are cheeky and you’ll definitely get a chuckle out of a few. The comics in The Book of Onions are short with excellent graphics (at least the ..read more

I recently hopped on the Dull Margaret bandwagon, then catapulted myself right off.  Whoever wrote the back synopsis deserves an award because after reading it inside Barnes and Noble, I was pretty excited about buying this book. Unfortunately, after I took it home and read the entire thing, I couldn’t figure out why Dull Margaret received the shining editorial reviews that it did. I think the creators should have included a section at the very end that clarifies what their vision for this book was, and how it’s meant to be interpreted. The greatest positive is that the illustrations are ..read more

About two weeks ago Ryan McCoy, author of Apocalypse, reached out to share his work with me. And today, I’m reaching out to share it with others. There’s something to be said about Apocalypse. With all the “zombie saturation” out there, I was worried that end-time, living dead stories had run their course. Overdone, maybe? Move a few degrees one way and you’re telling the story of Walking Dead. Another degree the other way, we’re looking at World War Z. Move another degree and great, it’s I Am Legend all over again. I just blew through Black Summer on Netflix. I play 7 Days to Die. I t ..read more