Ernest Khoo
About a group of teens growing up in a small suburban town. Starts off rather confusingly, but gets better when you know the characters. A tale about relationships, longing, heartbreaks, friendship, sprinkled with doses of pop culture references from the 90s.
This book appealed to me because of the involvement of Hong Kong artist Tony Wong. I remembered flipping through his Hong Kong comics when I was young, and his signature artwork is certainly evident here. Storywise, there's something here, but the execution is lacking. Good enough to read for the fusion of style, but not good enough to be anything beyond a novelty Batman story.
Other than an interesting side plot about the poisoning of he Grandmaster, this is a mediocre historical action tale. Had a better sense of the locales because I've just visited Malta, but I would rate this book as simply readable, but good enough if you want history mixed with action.
Extremely well researched book about the history of the Dome of the Rock, written in historical fiction format. However, it is not an easy read mainly due to the writing style.
Picked this up because I like Michael Turner's art. Turned out to be a story with an interesting premise.
A rather subversive superhero comic. In the first volume, you'd find that this is a typical superhero tale, it the entire story turns on its head. It's not a comic about heroics or being noble, but about doing the right thing, even when you're merely human.
Story's more coherent here. Things get interesting with the appearance of the President. Also like the various short tales at the end documenting lifes of various people during the alien invasion.
This team-up story is totally epic and insane. My jaw dropped when Dark Phoenix Wolverine appeared. A fun romp through time and don't take it too seriously.
Death of GS is dealt with in an unexpected manner. The story about Spidey and Wolverine switching body is fun. And everything works towards Parker breaking down psychologically.
While the Ultimate Six story was good, I didn't like the art. Peter looks different. The Hollywood story was fun, the tie-in to Sam Raimi's movie version is pretty clever.
The Hobgoblin storyline is good! The Warriors one is a bit overdone but still fun to see Black Cat's flirtation with Spidey.
There's something about portraying cute bunnies as combatants in one of the most horrifying conflict of the 20th century. There're also pandas as the Chinese, monkeys as Japanese, cats as the Vietnamese, etc. Great pains are taken to ensure historical accuracy in the events and also the lingo used by the G.Is.
This is what a graphic novel should be on an iPad. Brilliantly executed. Don't know how accurate the story is historically, but it sure does explain the current Iranian's antagonism towards the West.
The line drawing black and white style is beautiful. Can't say that I like the writing and the storytelling, but the art makes this a worthwhile read.
Wonderfully melancholic tales. Standout stories for me are ‘Chute', ‘Fireworks' and ‘The Beating'. The tiger in 142B can also join the ranks of the many literary tigers found in literature.
Fascinating premise with historical backdrop. Story is too incredible to be believable though.
Reads less like a murder story but more like a series of character studies. It makes the character feels intimate and gives a story a greater sense of melancholy.
