Thursday, August 13, 2015

Wytches Graphic Novel Review



























Do not read Wytches if you plan on going camping soon! Wytches invokes terror and suspense, using a mysterious, well-balanced narrative to incorporate many of our most basic fears into the story. The natural fear of being all alone in the woods at night is used to tell a dark, horror tale. Forget about the Wicked Witch of the West: Wytches delivers a new and scarier witch, shattering all the classic notions we all have of an evil woman riding on a broomstick. The wytches of the story are frightening, disfigured creatures who live in the trees just outside of our bedroom windows. Wytches also uses losing a child—any parent’s worst nightmare—to add heartfelt emotion to the story. The tale is told through the eyes of the Rook family, highlighting a troubled relationship between father and daughter. The Rooks are a tight family unit that has recently relocated. Unfortunately, they go from the frying pan into the fire. The female lead, Sailor, is very likable and it’s easy to see her as your own child. The story also explores wish fulfillment and the secret desires we all keep hidden inside. The wytches can grant any wish as long as you’re willing to “pledge” another human to them, leaving no one safe from their evil grasp. How far would you go to make your darkest dreams a reality? Wytches is the scariest graphic novel you will read this year. You’ll want to look away, but the story will draw you in, making it impossible. Turn the lights on, lock your doors and don’t dare look outside—the wytches are coming.

Special thanks to Queen City Bookstore and Artvoice Newspaper.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Tales Of Suspense, Captain America, To Serve and Protect, The Bloodstone Hunt, Two Americas, The Chosen, The Korvac Saga



WWE super hero wanna be page, I can picture John Cena as Captain America and I think The Rock would be a super great Falcon. The Rock would have to wear the Falcon's 1st costume though. The green costume...


...or the red costume.


I found this Cap drawing in an old tattoo mag, I thought it was cool enough to share.




Tales Of Suspense #1 from January of '59.





Front and back cover of Captain America Marvel Masterworks Edition. 
Collecting Tales Of Suspense #'s 59-81.


Tales Of Suspense #62 which I picked up the Comic Book Cafe recently. Here's a pic of the inside of the Comic Book Cafe, for more info goto http://www.saycheesepizza.com/ ... tell 'em Joe Tell sent ya!


Marvel reprinted Tales Of Suspense in the 70's in Marvel Double Feature. Here's Tales Of Suspense 82/Marvel Double Feature #6.




Tales Of Suspense features the Silver Age return of Captain America. Captain America was originally featured onscreen in '43. Here's a still frame picture from the '43 Captain America Republic serials. I wanted to include this classic black and white shot from '43.



Tales Of Suspense #59 cover and the first splash page from #59.



Tales Of Suspense #69 featured a spectacular battle between Iron Man and Titanium Man.



Captain America Marvel Masterworks is a full color glossy collection of the Captain America stories from the Tales Of Suspense comic books #'s 59-81, a series in which Cap shared with Iron Man. This is classic Marvel stuff from 1964-1966. Jack Kirby and Chic Stone are my favorite artist/inker team of all time.









Captain America "Two Americas" Eisner award winning graphic novel.
www.marvel.com


Above is a Captain America self-titled graphic novel from 2012. The art and story are outstanding. You can find graphic novels at any major bookstore and quality comic book shops. I've recently found out that my local library offers graphic novels and of course you can find and purchase graphic novels online through links from this blog and sites like amazon.com and Marvel Comics online.

Below Captain America Reborn graphic novel cover from 2010.




The Marvel Comics Group Proudly Presents:
The Special 40th Anniversary Issue
Captain America Comics
Created by Joe Simon And Jack Kirby
3/'81 issue with Art by John Byrne


From Dan the Man's private collection. Thank You Dan!

Special Triple-Sized 50th Anniversary Issue! 1941-1991


To Serve and Protect, picked this full color, glossy graphic novel up at a library sale for practically nothing, great reading on the cheap, can't beat that!






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