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My 2015 Kirkus Round Up – everything I reviewed this year

My 2015 Kirkus Round Up – everything I reviewed this year

If you didn’t already know it, I write a twice monthly column on the Kirkus Reviews blog focused on graphic novels. This year, despite lots of stuff going on around casa de ATFMB, I managed to read and review 24 graphic novels! I figured...

December 31, 2015 Patrick Hester 2015, comic books, graphic novel, graphic novels, kirkus, round up 0 Comments

Kirkus Review: Game of Thrones the Graphic Novel

I have a new gig over on Kirkus Reviews talking about graphic novels tied to literary works. For the first piece, I decided to do Game of Thrones Vol 1 from Dynamite / Bantam. Here’s a clip: Making the leap from print to a visual medium...

May 21, 2012 Patrick Hester comic book, comic books, game of thrones, george r. r. martin, graphic novel, kirkus, review 0 Comments

Review: Batman-The Return of Bruce Wayne

Fans of epic fantasy are used to long series – The Wheel of Time & The Sword of Truth come to mind.  But I don’t know that even the most hard core fantasy fan would read 51 books in a series without some complaint. I bring this up...

April 4, 2011 Patrick Hester batman, bruce wayne, comic, comic book, dc comics, dc universe, final crisis, graphic novel, review, the return of bruce wayne 0 Comments

Goodreads Review: Sinestro Corps War Vol 2

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War Vol. 2 SC (Green Lantern by Geoff Johns My rating: 1 of 5 stars I didn’t care for this as much as I have the other collections. It was all over the place and didn’t feel very coherent. I think it...

February 2, 2011 Patrick Hester comic book, dc, dcu, graphic novel, green lantern, lantern corps, review, sinestro, war 0 Comments
Review: Buck Rogers

Review: Buck Rogers

Anthony Rogers first appeared in the pages of Amazing Stories waaaay back in 1928. He pulled a Rip Van Winkle, passing out in a cave and waking up in the 25th century. Gas in the cave held him in a sort of suspended animation, keeping him alive...

June 30, 2010 Patrick Hester buck rogers, comic book, comic books, dynamite, graphic novel, review, science fiction. scifi 3 Comments
Review: The Lone Ranger

Review: The Lone Ranger

A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, “Hi Yo Silver! Away!” With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early...

June 16, 2010 Patrick Hester comic, comic books, dynamite, graphic novel, john reid, review, the lone ranger, tonto 2 Comments
Review: Welcome to the Jungle

Review: Welcome to the Jungle

At the tender age of six years old, Harry Dresden became an orphan. His mother, Margaret Gwendolyn LeFay McCoy Dresden, had died giving birth to Harry and his father, Malcolm, died of a brain aneurysm leaving Harry all alone. For a few years...

June 8, 2010 Patrick Hester comic, comic books, dabel brothers, del ray, dresden, graphic novel, Harry Dresden, karrin murphy, review, welcome to the jungle 1 Comments
Review: Green Lantern-The Sinestro Corps War

Review: Green Lantern-The Sinestro Corps War

The story goes that Sinestro was the greatest Green Lantern of all time; the Guardians on OA held him up as an example for all other Lanterns to follow and emulate. When the very first human from earth joined the corps, the Guardians decided...

May 19, 2010 Patrick Hester comic books, Comics, dc, dcu, graphic novel, green lantern, guardians, hal jordan, ion, kyle rayner, oa, parallax, review, sinestro, sinestro corps war, trade paperback 1 Comments
Review: Batman & Robin-Batman Reborn

Review: Batman & Robin-Batman Reborn

Batman is dead; sacrificed for the greater good trying to stop Darkseid in Final Crisis. In the aftermath of his death, Gotham descends into a crime wave. Once before, when Bane broke the Batman, Dick Grayson assumed the mantle of the Bat to...

May 15, 2010 Patrick Hester alfred pennyworth, batman, comic books, Comics, damian wayne, dc, dcu, dick grayson, gotham, graphic novel, jason todd, review, robin, trade paperback 2 Comments
Review: Knights of the Old Republic Vol 1-Commencement

Review: Knights of the Old Republic Vol 1-Commencement

3,964 years before the Battle of Yavin, the Old Republic was embroiled in a galactic war. It is a time of upheaval for the galaxy. The Mandalorian Wars have strained the Old Republic’s resources to the breaking point.

May 12, 2010 Patrick Hester comic, comic book, comic books, dark horse, graphic novel, jedi, jedi knights, knights of the old republic, mandalor, review, sith, star wars, zayne carrick 2 Comments
Review: Green Lantern-Rebirth

Review: Green Lantern-Rebirth

Hal Jordan returns as the Green Lantern.

May 8, 2010 Patrick Hester comic, comic books, dc, dc comics, dcu, graphic novel, green lantern, guadians, guy gardner, hal jordan, jla, john stewart, justice league of america, kyle rayner, oa, review 2 Comments
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