Sweet tooth. Vol. 1: Fuori dalla foresta

To be honest, I saw the flannel shirt on the front, thought it was another of Lemire's slice of life stories, and ran away. And I remember looking it up and seeing these black and white drawings, which just kind of solidified the idea that it was another Essex County . Also, I really don't like Lemire Leggi tutto

Post-apocalyptic fiction, a comics series, Volume 1, bearing some resemblance to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, in that it is in a dark future time where resources are thin and people have become more violent in competing for those resources. So it's grim in places. And features a generation of childre Leggi tutto

He’s adorable! “There was five golden rules. My dad made me write them over and over until I knew them like I knew my own name...Number five: never have a fire in the daytime, 'cause people could see the smoke and come and get us.Number four: if I ever see anyone other than my dad, I run, and keep r Leggi tutto

5.0 Stars This is an incredibly engrossing post apocalyptic graphic novel. The character development is fantastic. Within a short number of pages, I became so emotionally invested in Gus. I only wish I had started reading this series sooner. Now I am dying to get my hands on volume two!

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3.5 Stars There was nothing explicitly wrong with this, it just reads very much like an intro to the world and a set-up for later graphic novels. Nothing really massive happened; it reads kind of like a prequel. I should pick up volume 2 while it's fresh in my mind, but knowing me, that probably won' Leggi tutto