"Did I just read a comic book or watch an episode of Firefly?" That is the question you will be asking yourselv after reading this graphic novel. If you are a fan of Joss Whedon's cult TV show Firefly at all you will absolutely love this book. While reading, you can almost hear the voices of Mal and his crew causing trouble. It has everything that you would want from an episode of Firefly, even the cursing in Chinese! I can not recommend this enough, if you love the show like I do, or just enjoy a very well crafted graphic novel. If you get a chance to read this, take it. You won't be disappointed.

The tiny, isolated fishing village of Large Mouth never saw much excitement — until the arrival of the stranger, that is. Wrapped from head to toe in bandages and wearing weird goggles, he quietly took up residence in the sleepy town's motel. Driven by curiosity, the town folk quickly learn the tragic story of his past, and of the terrible accident that left him horribly disfigured. Eventually, the town embraces the stranger as one of their own — but do his bandages hide more than just scars? Inspired by H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man, The Nobody explores themes of identity, fear and paranoia in a small community from up-and-coming alternative comics creator and Xeric Award-winner Jeff Lemire (The Essex County Trilogy) in a special two-color story that'll have you guessing until the very end.

Only Mr. Dave Eggers could dive so deep into the heart and mind of Where the Wild Things Are. It’s a whole new take on the once children’s story. Right from the bat you meet Max, a brat of a kid, that you can’t help but identify yourself with. Then you meet the Wild Things, monsters with human like emotions. You become friends with them quick, but there is always something sinister hiding behind their friendly nature. Eggers wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the original book. Then afterwards he went back and wrote this novel. A word of warning to all of you who loved the original book… This is a totally new version of the story, with no pictures. If you can get past that, you’re going to love it. You’ll easily fall into the adventure of Max and his new furry friends… The Wild Things!

As excellent as the first book in the series was it was hard not to fear that Rothfuss had peaked with the first installment, as so many authors do. The opposite is true, rather than peaking it's clear that he was just warming up with "The Name of the Wind". When a narrative is this perfect it reads more like verse than prose, and "The Wise Man's Fear" reflects the best of both the legacies of classic and modern fantasy. Evoking the timeless quality found in Literature at it's finest, not just killer genre fiction, and as a long time reader of fantasy I've been blown away by the surge of young talent in recent years. Rothfuss is one of those at the head of the pack, and like Kvothe, sounding notes of raw originality.

The thing I love about Koko is Wang doesn't hand you a plot and a message on a platter. You have to actually engage with the graphic novel, in the same way you have to engage with any great, experimental writing--interpreting the ambiguities, paying extra-close attention to the text. I have no clue how she packs so much detail into a character's facial expression. Carefully study these illustrations, take your time with each image and each sentence, it will bring you many different understandings of the relationships between and within characters. Basically, this is a graphic novel to read slowly, to mull over--not to tear through, hoping for an easy answer. In that way, reading this graphic novel enforces the main lesson of all twenty-something quests for identity--there will be no easy answer, no obvious path. Overall, Koko Be Good does what a great graphic novel should do--it tears the reader out of the text itself and forces us to take everything into consideration.

One second there and then the next, gone. What would you do if all people older than 14 just disappeared right before your eyes? Would you steal from the stores or run an abandoned McDonald's? The kids of Perdido Beach, CA find this happening to them. A town run by a bunch of 14 year-old kids could jump into confusion very quickly. Sam Temple seems to be the only one who can help this crazy city. He is reluctant to do it, he tries to keep order, though this proves to be difficult when the school bullies don't want to take orders from him. His best friend, Quinn and the school genius, Astrid help Sam with organizing the city. Things get tricky when some of the kids start to develop super human abilities. The first book in a series, this book is full of twists and turns that will keep you reading until the last page. This book was described to me as a "Lord of the Flies" if it was written by Stephen King, I think that this is dead on. Get your hands on this before it disappears.