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The Flash Vol. 4: Running Scared (Rebirth) by  Joshua Williamson Buy it here Published: 21/11/2017 Publisher: DC Comics  ISBN: 9781401274627  Number of pages: 144  Barry Allen is here again protecting the streets of Central City as the speedster The Flash, but as he enjoys a party with all his closest around him how much longer can everything stay calm before one of his villains decides to strike. This volume of The Flash is worth the read for any fan as along side the usual great stories in the Flash universe it focuses on the life and story of  Eobard Thawne and how he came to be the reverse flash and what is the basis to his hatred of Barry Allen. I felt the addition of Hal Jordan in this story made for a great team up and sent him away at the right moment as not to make things to easy in the conclusion so there was some struggle for Barry to fight. The artwork by  Carmine Di Giandomenico and Howard Porter is spot on...

Hotel Transylvania Vol. 1: “Kakieland Katastrophe"  by Stefan Petrucha Buy it here Publisher: Papercutz  ISBN: 9781629918099  Number of pages: 64 released: 09/01/2018 Everyone's  favourite monster family is back with a new graphic novel featuring all the great characters from the movies.  Theme park boss Stephen Cling is out to undo all the good work Dracs has done and make the public think monsters are scary again by putting some misleading pictures on the internet. Unfortunately Dracs just isn't so good at showing that not everything you read online is true. This first volume of the Hotel Transylvania graphic novels is a great start to a new story line which looks like it may be aimed more at the kids but the adults will love it too. Stefan Petrucha has done a great job of bringing modern day problems such as not believing everything you see on the internet as truth into this story and manages to have it read as...

The Hockey Saint By Howard Shapiro Buy it here Pub Date 14 Oct 2014 ISBN 9780991255016 publisher: Animal Media Group LLC The Hockey Saint is a story of friendship between aspiring hockey player and student Tom Leonard and world famous hockey champion Jeremiah Jacobson as the unlikely pairing explores that there is more to behind the life of a world famous sports star and the true meaning of friendship. Being an occasional fan of Ice Hockey I was excited to see a graphic novel based in the hockey world and was eager to start this, I did unfortunately have to push through finishing it as I lost interest as the story progressed.  I found that the story was just to easy and neat. I felt a lot of it had a nice idea and had hope but instead of character development and a plot, things just fitted into place to easy such as when a character needed to be investigated it is just our luck that the eighty year old grandmother has a degree in genealogy to find ...

Lighter Than My Shadow By Katie Green Pub Date 03 Oct 2017 ISBN 9781941302415 Lighter than my shadow is an incredible autobiography chronicling the life and struggles Katie faced with body issues and eating disorders throughout her life. This novel is in the top five of any graphic novel I have yet read and after reading a previous publication I have thrust it on many people telling them they need to read it. The story follows Katie throughout her family life, her school life, and also some personal and very unfortunate events all of which have been affected by this disorder. The are works perfectly with the story, describing her condition as a black cloud that hangs over her so as she gets worse the cloud gets darker and larger. My favourite point is as she gets so bad that she blacks out, the cloud grows so large that the page is engulfed so all you can see is black, just as she had. This is a must buy for anyone, you will not regret it!

Quiet girl in a noisy world By Debbie Tung Paperback 184  Pages / Published:  30/11/2017 Publisher:  Andrews McMeel Publishing   ISBN:  9781449486068   Quiet girl in a noisy world follows the life of Debbie Tung as she experiences the highs and lows of an introverted life. The book beautifully shows the experiences of an introvert struggling with social commitments and managing to work in a social workplace all while juggling friendships and relationships. The graphic novel compiles many short biographical stories over the range of three years in a loose narrative which leaves the reader relating with the writer as she exposes her perspective to these situations. As I read this I found myself in love with the story and relating to many experiences as everything went on and had to disturb my partner many times to show her what was happening. I would highly recommend this as it was such a pleasure to read and I think many people will relat...