Lunarbaboon: the Daily Life of Parenthood by Christopher Grady REVIEW

I'm delighted to say that something that was meant to be humorous actually made me laugh today.

Lunarbaboon is simplistically drawn but makes up for it with great content. We're essentially following the author on his journey through parenthood through the good and bad. As not a parent it's very nice to live vicariously through these people that are parents.

The family in this book is very imaginative. Which is great. I live in a family that's more accomplishment based (which is also okay) and so I've never seen what an imaginative family is like.  They all have fun together and enjoy each other's company but not to the point where it's unrealistic. The author shows that sometimes there's an ulterior motive to what a parent does and this is true.

The book is a collection of comics, so I assume that there's somewhere you can go to get more information on this guy and see more comics but I will not link it here, as I am lazy.

Stitched Volume One by Mariah Huehner REVIEW

Here I am again with the graphic novels. Well, more like there I go again with netgalley even though I have plenty of books to read and have been slacking. It's my goal this week to finish all the books I have in Bluefire.

So Stitched is about a girl name Crimson. She woke up in assumption's cemetery one day nor knowing who she was or where she came from. In reality she looks like a purple little Frankenstein's Monster. It's cute. She meets a small group of friends in this volume, a werewolf, a witch, a vampire, a hedgehog dog thing, and a monster from the blue lagoon? Something like that.

I was instantly pulled in, which is rare since I started delving deep into new books because I read a lot of various things and not everything is immeaduately attention grabbing. I wanted to know about Crimson just like she wanted to know about herself but it's just a first volume so I'm going to have to wait. Please don't keep me waiting long!

The art style is very cute, it reminds me of Invader Zim in a way, in fact, the whole thing kind of had Invader Zim vibes in my opinion.

It's not text heavy so a person could read it pretty quickly, I'd say give it a try.

The Flinestones Volume 1 by Mark Russell REVIEW

So, I'm a little bit too young to say that The Flinstones was an active part of my childhood. I don't really know when the cartoon started but it was not in the 90s. I'm pretty sure. However, I did watch a lot of Flinstones. Well, not a lot, mostly the live action movie but I'm sure if I had watched the cartoon I would have been content with that.

I'll take the evidence of my content mess being how much I liked this graphic novel. It was much faster than the Scooby Doo Apocalypse thing I read last week. Maybe I just like dinosaurs more than monsters? That has to be it.

The content is both humorous and reflective of events happening in our lives. I'm not talking about the severe SJW crap. I mean the things that most people agree with (real human problems). However, most of it is absurd and that' she okay with me.

The art I liked it a lot more than Scooby Doo as well. It just seemed better. As I'm writing this I'm not entirely sure of the artist but I'm very confident they're not the same as the one who illustrated Scooby Apocolypse. Not that that art wasn't good it just wasn't appealing to my eyes.

I definitely think that people that liked The Flinstones would like this comic. To me, it's not really any different.

Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen REVIEW

For a book that doesn't have much substance in it, I don't know how I'm going to do an in depth review. But here I am, typing while shaking my head as I do so. What fun.

I always wanted the first Sarah Andersen collection but never bought it (because it's never on clearance ever). When I saw this on netgalley I knew that I had to read it and I waited until the great purging of the 'read now' section. (Currently, I aim to have so many books that I'm above 80% when I want  to review a lot of books at once. I am far from this goal.)

But, back to Sarah Andersen, I really really enjoyed this. It was super cute and for the most part very relatable to me. There are parts I did not agree with but I'm not going to hold that against Sarah Andersen because I am not a person that degrades people for daring to have a differing opinion.

The parts I appreciated the most were the parts where Sarah Andersen let us see a little bit more of how she is. Which like a lot of millennials is an anxious mess but she explains that she tries and that's the only thing that matters. I really appreciated her cat story. It was my favorite part.

So now, I want to add that I'm not too critical here because I don't see this book as something worth a critical review. I genuinely think that some books are genuinely made to not be taken too seriously. So enjoy the book if you can.

Scooby Apocalypse Volume 1 by Keith Giffen REVIEW

Oh Scooby Dooby Doo... I grew up with Scooby Doo and was really excited but this is a dense dense dense comic. It was so dense that it took me about a month to read it. I received it to review before the release date and it's after the release date and I just finished it.

This comic is based on the premise that instead of the monsters being people with masks on, they are actual monsters that actually want to kill people. So it's horror with survival with dystopian undertones.

The main five are much more darker versions of themselves, my favorites being Fred and Shaggy in this version. I am also fond of Scrappy Doo but unfortunately he is an antagonist.

As I mentioned before there is a lot of text dense moments which I don't typically like in a comic because I like things being fast paced, however, I find that a large bulk is necessary knowledge for the series.

Some people said that Velma's secret was 'shocking' they obviously need to read more thrillers because Daphne was literally saying that shit the WHOLE TIME. LITERALLY THE WHOLE TIME. It can't be shocking if it's been eluded to in nearly every conversation. That wasn't a huge revelation, it didn't even surprise me a little bit. I get more surprised when my mom gives me the grocery list for the week.

That being said, I'll definitely read the next volume whenever it comes out and decide whether or not I continue based on that goes. Volume one of most series tend to be groundwork anyway so maybe it'll go by a lot quicker next volume? Who knows?

Unicorn Crossing by Dana Simpson REVIEW

Some people might feel shame when they have to write a review about a guilty pleasure. But I don't have to write a review and I don't feel bad. I read Razzle Dazzle Unicorn by Dana Simpson last year Andrew enjoyed it, so of course, when I saw this on netgalley I had to read it. Thankfully, it's read now and not dependent on my poor marketing skills for this blog.

The series is about Phoebe and Marigold a unicorn on their random adventures through life. I think the main reason why I enjoy it so much is that Marigold is so savage. Marigold and Dakota are my favorite characters in the series. And this series in it of itself is always a delight to read.

The wording used may be difficult for a child to understand, however, their is a very helpful glossary for those difficult words. There isn't harm in presenting this to a child, I mean, if your child is into unicorns go for it.

Manga Classics Great Expectations REVIEW

Back at it with the Manga Classics, I have two more to read through and find myself fearing the length of one of them... For now though, Great Expectations.

I have never read Charles Dickens and feel a bit hesitant to after this graphic novel. I'm starting either notice trends in older writing or Stacey King really likes a certain kind of story line. It could be either or but it gets repetitive and boring.

However, these trends are in line with normal human behavior, and I'm in realization of it. But still, I've read three books almost in a row with these kinds of trends and it gets boring. It's like, I get it people act one way but are another sometimes, but it's annoying.

Other than that, the story felt very boring. I had great expectations and received massive disappointment in return. It just remained flat with a few really intense moments that felt out of place in the general outline. The ending act was full of twists that were so stupid and simplistic for me to even guess ahead of time.

However, I have read a lot worse, and if you like Charles Dickens maybe give it a try? Or don't you're not missing out on much.

The Slanted Life of Emily Dickinson by Rosanna Bruno REVIEW

The second book of 2017 is this, The Slanted Life of Emily Dickinson.

This book is some humor on the ambiguous life of Emily Dickinson. Ambiguous because she was a recluse and no one knows what she did... Or at least that's what this book suggests.

However, I find that this book is more of a humorous take on Emily Dickinson, what she was, who she is, what she did, and what she would be doing if she would be in our current time.

The art, is fairly simplistic, the general simplistic. The kind of simplistic where an average person that draws at a once in a while basis could achieve. There isn't much to judge on based on content. There is some wit in there that I appreciated but other than that I found it to be very straightforward and boring. It was a 98 page book and I was bored by page 30.

However, I don't have very many complaints and there were parts of this book that I actually did enjoy. So I do recommend this if you want a lighter humorous book about Emily Dickinson, I wouldn't recommend it if you genuinely want to know more about Emily Dickinson.

Small Favors by Colleen Coover REVIEW

Sometimes, I regret saying that I'd review anything but then I remind myself that my willingness to read anything is a strength because most reviewers stick to one kind of genre throughout their reading life. Reading any genre at any moment opens yourself to different ideas and viewpoints. And it's with those thoughts that brings me to review this. 

So, Small Favors. I know that it says porno on the cover but I didn't think that it would be completely porno. All three parts, complete porno... So I'm going to talk about the plot.

It's about a girl, Annie, that masturbates a lot. Enough for her conscious to pull her into her own consciousness and judge her. Then this fairy person Nibbil has sex with her and then somehow goes outside of her consciousness and the rest is basically about their sexcapades with each other and other girls.

It's definitely erotic and lacks a proper plot and just follows a base story line. Porn without plot because if you go into thinking about the inner workings of everything you're just going to make your head hurt. The art is simplistic but is still better than anything an average person can do, which I can appreciate. It's inclusive of race and relationship types, which is good considering the current political climate. 

Perhaps, this could be the perfect lesbian porno comic? I haven't read any others so I'm going to assume so. 

I downloaded this in three parts from BlueFire. And I totally recommend it  for anyone looking for this kind of thing.