The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the first African-American unit to fight in WW1. From enlistment to basic training to the trenches, this graphic novel follows the men through each step of the war towards many of their eventual deaths. It is a dark and at times graphic narrative,... Continue Reading →
The Spy Who Was Left Behind by Michael Pullara
‘It was very difficult for the Americans to tell the good guys from the bad guys.’ Would the United States allow a man to take the fall for a CIA agent’s murder? Would the government be complicit in the cover-up? These are the overreaching questions directing Michael Pullara's book The Spy Who Was Left Behind.... Continue Reading →
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, and Nate Powell (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Two families in Houston, Texas in 1968. One father is an African-American professor at Texas Southern University, and the other is a white reporter for the local television station. They form a friendship that is questioned and vilified from every side. Tensions flare when students try to organize protests (Stokely Carmichael’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)... Continue Reading →
Harden (Lee Harden Series (The Remaining Universe) Book 1) by DJ Molles (Mini Review)
It's been several years since the outbreak of the FURY bacterium. A new loosely connected alignment of states has established itself as the UES, The United Eastern States. After firing up the nuclear power plant nearest to their base at Fort Bragg, the team realizes that to keep civilization running they are going to need... Continue Reading →
Battling Boy by Paul Pope (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
The little demi-god that could... On the day of his 12th birthday, Battling Boy is sent to earth to prove himself apart from his monster-killing father. This is an earth that is populated by ghouls and car-eating behemoths. An earth that has just lost its own hero, Haggard West. An earth where the technology is... Continue Reading →