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  Comics Bulletin - Felicity Gustafson

  Jul 27, 2011

  Griff: A Graphic Novel (The)Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011By: Felicity Gustafson Christopher MooreIan CorsonWilliam Morrow-Harper Collins When you can manage to combine an apocalypse, dragons, little gray aliens and a rag tag, unlikely group of survivors, you're pretty much destined for a great read. The Griff has all of that and more. The world wasn't prepared for an onslaught of this magnitude and simply wasn't able to fight back, so when the dust finally settled, six billion people were dead and the planet was overrun with the Griff. The nickname, the Griff, were given to the creatures by a newscaster who said they looked like griffons. Personally, I don't see the griffon part, they look like huge green dragons to me, but with artwork that's done so beautifully, I can't even nit pick over such a thing. The dragons were masterfully rendered on the pages so that they look like they're ready to leap off the page. Read Full Review