Books - September 2007

September

Graphic Novels

Adventures in Oz – Eric Shanower
* Fantastic Four – HC – Book 1 – Mark Waid - One of the great runs on Fantastic Four. We'll miss you, Ringo.
* Re-Gifters – Mike Carey - This line may be geared towards young girls, but it's been high quality so far.
Zombie Tales – Book 1 – Edited by Marshall Dillon
Hellboy – Animated – Book 1 – The Black Wedding – Jim Pascoe
* Death Note – Book 5 – Whiteout – Tsugumi Ohba - Still great.
* Death Note – Book 6 – Give-and-Take – Tsugumi Ohba - So good.
* Death Note – Book 7 – Zero – Tsugumi Ohba - The last awesome volume before the series declines.
* Annihilation – Book 2 – Keith Giffen, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and Simon Furman - Cosmic fun!! Up there with Planet Hulk!!
Death Note – Book 8 – Target – Tsugumi Ohba
Death Note – Book 9 – Contact – Tsugumi Ohba
* Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Omnibus – Vol 1 – Jack Kirby - Maybe the first cosmic epic. Great and weird and awesome.
* The Hedge Knight – George R.R. Martin - Very well done. I can see why people like it so much.
Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend – Vol 1 – Kim Sung-Jae
Death Note – Book 10 – Deletion – Tsugumi Ohba

Novels

Spook Country – William Gibson
* Neuromancer – William Gibson - Spook Country was so not great, I had to reread this awesome book. For cyberpunk, this is the pinnacle.
* Moon Called - Patricia Briggs - A strong book with werewolves and vampires and all. Also, I liked Mercy. She was a strong female protagonist and there just aren't enough of those.
* Neal Stephenson – Snow Crash - A little talky, but really great just the same.