BZA reviewed Ghost Tree Collected Oct 6, 2024
Good short story with depth. I did tear up at the end.
A touching graphic novel about love, loss, and how the past never truly stays dead. Seeking a refuge from an unhappy life, Brandt returns to his ancestral home in Japan to find a haunted tree and the departed souls that are drawn to it, including his grandfather. Getting more involved with the tree's inhabitants, he attempts to heal some of history...
BZA reviewed Friday Vol. 2: On A Cold Winter's Night Oct 6, 2024
Volume 2 as good as Volume 1 but it's Volume 3 that derails for me. Fed up of multiverses and time travels - such an easy out
BOOK TWO is finally here!
A young adult detective hero finally grows up in this second volume of the genre-defying post-YA masterpiece from award-winning creators ED BRUBAKER (RECKLESS, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, PULP, KILL OR BE KILLED) and MARCOS MARTIN (THE PRIVATE EYE, Daredevil), as well as acclaimed colorist MUNTSA VICENTE.
Friday Fitzhugh...
BZA reviewed Friday Vol. 1: First Day Of Christmas Oct 6, 2024
Good quick read - cute
Collected in print for the first time-a young adult detective hero finally grows up in the first volume of this genre-defying, post-YA masterpiece from award-winning creators ED BRUBAKER (RECKLESS, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, PULP, KILL OR BE KILLED) and MARCOS MARTIN (THE PRIVATE EYE, Daredevil).
Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crim...
BZA rated Sweet Tooth Vol. 2 Deluxe Apr 7, 2023
In these tales from SWEET TOOTH #13-25, Gus learns that the path to freedom can be deadlier than captivity. Plus, Gus reluctantly joins Jepperd to hunt for the missing girls as the tension between the two continues to grow.
BZA rated Sweet Tooth Vol. 1 Deluxe Apr 7, 2023
In issues #1-12 of the acclaimed series by Jeff Lemire, meet Gus, a human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation after a pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, the death of his father has left him alone until a drifter named Jepperd promises to help him find a refuge for hybrids.
BZA rated Babyteeth Vol. 4 Dec 18, 2022
The end is coming. The forces are aligned. The inevitable is nigh. The apocalypse...is here.
Sadie and the Ritter clan go up against the Devil himself for Clark's soul and the fate of the entire world.
From Donny Cates, the writer of Venom, Paybacks, Redneck and the breakout hit God Country, comes this pulse-pounding series with art from TH...
BZA rated Babyteeth Vol. 3: Cradle Dec 18, 2022
The saga of Sadie Ritter, her adorable little hellspawn and the people who love them continues as we enter into the most terrifying chapter of our journey so far: THE TERRIBLE TWOS! Plus, who is our mys-terious new storyteller?! And what secrets about the fate of Clark do they hold?! And what of the Red Realm? Find out here, as a bold new dire...
BZA rated Babyteeth Vol. 2: Razed Dec 17, 2022
Collecting the complete second storyarc from the hit AfterShock series, babyteeth!
Crazy Warlock dudes, super secret cabals, inter-dimensional portals, new assassins, and the horrors of airline travel with a (demonic hellspawn sent to destroy the universe) baby! Plus-Marty, your new favorite demon-racoon-thing friend! An all-new story arc ...
BZA rated Upgrade Soul #1 Dec 4, 2022
For their 45th anniversary, Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to undergo an experimental procedure that will give them their youth back, but their hopes are dashed when the couple is faced with the results: severely disfigured yet intellectually and physically superior duplicates of themselves. Can the original Hank and Molly coexist in the same world a...
BZA rated Babyteeth Vol. 1: Born Dec 4, 2022
Collecting all five issues of the first story arc from the hit AfterShock series, babyteeth!
Sadie Ritter is sixteen years old, nine months pregnant, and scared out of her sweet nerdy mind. Having a baby that young is tough, but with the support of her loving family behind her, everything should be okay. OH YEAH, and also her baby is the anti...
BZA reviewed Sleeping Beauties #10 Apr 16, 2022
a complete utter disaster of a conclusion; what a terrible story
This is the end. Sleeping Beauties #10 is the finale we've all been waiting for. How will your favorite characters fare?
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SERIES FINALE!
THE FINAL ISSUE. The acclaimed maxi-series comes to its conclusion as Benton and Perry return to Feral City to face the families of those Benton murdered. Will forgiveness be gained? Will Benton's death finally come to him?
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THE PENULTIMATE ISSUE!
The lauded miniseries is near its completion. LETHE battles to the end with BENTON and PERRY. While over the mountains, a new and final threat emerges. The townspeople and victims of Feral City.
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Whatever happened to Perry's mother, Mabel? For issues, the question has floated, and now we discover the fate of our heroine. As Benton relives his path from monster to reconciliation and Perry desperately tries to return with the one thing he believes can save his father, the goddess Lethe probes deep into both men's pasts to bring back the one p...
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NEW STORY ARC!
SEAN LEWIS (DC Future State's Superman of Metropolis) and rock star artist CAITLIN YARSKY return with the final arc of their critically lauded series. Benton has come face to face with Lethe on her home turf where memories are weapons. As Benton is literally tortured by the past, his son travels with the god Hear ...
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END OF THE FIRST ARC! Lethe's ravens have descended on Feral City. Benton has heard his son defend him in court and now knows what he must do. It's time to right the past, sacrifice himself, and return to face the Goddess of Oblivion one last time!
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Lethe's ravens descend on the courthouse as Perry and Hera make their way to his cell. Time continues to shift as the past reveals a deadly plot, where Benton, high on the Bliss drug, finds himself ready to kill the most important person in his life...a story of escapes and reversals emerges throughout this issue. Breaking Bad meets Neil Gaiman's S...
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Who is behind the drug called BLISS? Who leads the Street Gods that turned our sweet hero into a killer? What choices did Benton make to fall so far, and how have these choices driven his family apart?
The monstrous goddess Lethe emerges to defend Benton's honor as his son Perry fights for his father's life in court. Breaking Bad meets Ne...
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SERIES PREMIERE! The team behind hit comic COYOTES returns for an all-new, two-arc maxi-series. There's a drug called Bliss wiping away memories in Feral City. A good-hearted young man, overwhelmed by a deathly sick child and distraught wife, makes a deal to become the personal hitman to three gods, killing those in their way and sending memories d...
"ENDGAME"
It's taken fifteen years of couples counseling. Forty barrels of ink. Six billion dollars... and a time machine to get to the epic conclusion of SECRET... and HERE IT IS! The death and resurrection of Steadfast. Someone lives. Someone dies. And, of course, someone loses a finger.
Check out the final chapter o...
“KODIAK”
The secrets behind the hidden connection tying the CIA, KGB, and modern Security Companies are finally revealed.
"EYES OPEN"
What matters is not what you're working on, or who you're working for; it's finding out why you were hired in the first place.
Check out this bookend chapter of the newest series guaranteed to completely peel your head back, SECRET #5: EYES OPEN!
"THE SYSTEM"
Things begin to unravel as we learn the identity of who Steadfast is working for. Billions and billions of bits of data floating through the air screaming to anyone who will listen: FOLLOW THE MONEY.
"NOCTURNAL" Everything clicks into place as we discover who's really behind KodiaK. Someone lives. Someone dies. Someone knows...a secret.
"NEVER GET CAUGHT"
We learn the secret past of the Steadfast Security's chief operator as clues begin to appear regarding the mysterious KODIAC protocols. Someone gets out of jail, someone gets divorced, someone comes home dead.
Check out the next chapter of the most thrilling new series of the year, SECRET #2: NEVER GET CAUGHT!
"TEETH, WITH WHICH TO EAT"
A man gets shot in London, a law firm gets broken into in Washington, an accountant gives away the password to his computer, and something put to sleep 20 years ago awakens. What is the unsavory relationship all these things share, and how could it bring down two of the largest governments in the history of the world?<...
BZA rated Ascender #15 Feb 16, 2022
NEW STORY ARC!
"STAR SEED," Part One-What are the twin hearts of the galaxy? As our heroes reconvene, the origins of man, machine, and the unknown are at last revealed.
BZA rated Ascender #14 Feb 16, 2022
"THE DIGITAL MAGE," Part Four
Both the Magical Militia and our heroes converge on the moon of Dirishu, the very place where the DESCENDER saga began, as the forces of magic and man explode in all-out war. Mila and Bandit may hold the key to total Armageddon, but first they will need to complete their quest and discover the true fate of Tim-21!
BZA rated Ascender #13 Feb 16, 2022
"THE DIGITAL MAGE," Part Three Mila, Driller, Telsa, and the crew finally escape into space and head to the only planet in the galaxy that Mother is too scared to control...Phages!
BZA rated Ascender #12 Feb 16, 2022
"THE DIGITAL MAGE," Part Two
Last issue saw the return of the beloved Driller, and now another fan-favorite DESCENDER character is set to return...but have they been forever changed? Find out!
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