Review: FARLAINE THE GOBLIN Book 7: "The Final Land"

FARLAINE THE GOBLIN No. 7
STUDIO FARLAINE – @TreeGoblin

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

CARTOONIST: Pug Grumble
COVER: Pug Grumble with Jean-Francois Beaulieu
VARIANT COVER: David Petersen
ISBN:  978-0-9890058-7-6; paperback (September 2018)
68pp, B&W; $5.00 U.S.

All-Ages

Book 7: “The Final Land”

Farlaine the Goblin is a series of fantasy graphic novels published by Studio Farlaine and written and drawn by the cartoonist who goes by the nom de plume, “Pug Grumble” (but who was previously credited as “Anonymous”).  Mr. Grumble has been providing me with PDF review copies of the recent Farlaine editions.

Each Farlaine comic book/graphic novel is published as a paperback (landscape dimensions 11.8” x 7.75”).  The story focuses on Farlaine the Goblin, a tree goblin and a shaman from the forest of Fin-Din.  He has spent years wandering the many “Oddlands of Wug” in search of a forest that he can call his own.  Farlaine has two companions.  The first is Ehrenwort, a tree he carries in a sack on his back; Farlaine also talks to Ehrenwort, whom he describes as his “Verdan.”  The second companion is a “Tink” whom Farlaine met in an earlier adventure in the “Tinklands.”  A rotund, mechanical fellow (think Star Wars' BB-8 with two wheels), he has been named Drowsy by Farlaine.

Farlaine the Goblin: Book 7, The Final Land opens to find Farlaine, Ehrenwort, and Drowsy leaving The Winglands, or at least trying to leave.  And the bully dragon our heroes met in The Vaultlands (Book 5) is still vexing them.  To complicate matters, fate takes the gang back to The Tinklands, the home of Drowsy!

Now, The Tinklands, lacking “Tinks,” is up for grabs.  Fill it up with enough of something, and that is what that land becomes.  For instance, The Tinklands could become a peg-leg land!  For Farlaine, this could also become the end of his journey.  He is running out of lands, and Ehrenwort may be dying.  To save her, Farlaine and Drowsy will have to use all of their imagination, but most of all, they will need to call forth what is good and true within them.

Pug Grumble gave me copies of Farlaine the Goblin, Trade Paperback, Volume 1, which collects the first three graphic novels in the series, and also Book 4 back in 2015.  I read them and fell in love with Farlaine the Goblin.  I have been a fervent supporter of Grumble's efforts, and I have been doing my part to spread the good word about a certain goblin's good work.

Now, we come to the release of the final book, Farlaine the Goblin: Book 7, The Final Land.  It is fitting that Book 7's variant cover edition features cover art by David Petersen, whose Mouse Guard fantasy comic book series, became a huge hit after Petersen originally self-published the first issue.  Farlaine is like Mouse Guard in that both are great fantasy comics not published by biggest North America's biggest comic book publishers.  Yet both Grumble and Petersen's talent and work shine, and their comics are as good as anything published by a major comic book publisher.

When I read Farlaine, I feel as if I have entered a venerable library, and after perusing the shelves, I have found a leather bound volume.  Upon opening it, I discover something old, but timeless.  Farlaine the Goblin is a new work, but it brims with old magic, as if it belongs right alongside The Hobbit and The Wind in the Willows.  I feel that way whenever I reread the first issue of Neil Gaiman's beloved fantasy comic book series, The Sandman.  While Farlaine the Goblin is new and unknown to so many readers, readers that will discover it in the future will discover a classic fantasy tale infused with the sense of magic that classic fantasy must have.

Farlaine the Goblin: Book 7, The Final Land is a great final volume.  Its themes of forgiveness, redemption, friendship, reinvention, and discovery make this story sparkle with possibilities.  That makes Farlaine seem as if his story is ending with him being a goblin in full.  Farlaine the Goblin: Book 7, The Final Land is not about finality.  Farlaine will go on “happily ever after” even if his creator never engages him again.  He will always be there waiting for new readers to enter a library or a bookstore and to discover his journey.

10 out of 10

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Review: THE DEMON: Hell is Earth #1

THE DEMON: HELL IS EARTH No. 1 (OF 6)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Andrew Constant
PENCILS: Brad Walker
INKS: Andrew Hennessy
COLORS: Chris Sotomayor
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
COVER: Brad Walker and Andrew Hennessy with Lee Loughridge
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (January 2018)

Rated “T” for “Teen”

The Demon created by Jack Kirby

“Hell is Earth” Part One

Etrigan the Demon is a DC Comics anti-hero/superhero.  The character was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in The Demon #1 (cover dated: August 1972).  Etrigan is a demon from Hell, but he often finds himself allied to forces of good, for instance to Batman (when he was based in Gotham City).  Etrigan, also known as simply, “The Demon,” is bound to a human, Jason Blood, who recites an incantation when he wants to summon Etrigan to take his place.

Etrigan returns in a new six-issue miniseries, entitled The Demon: Hell is Earth.  It is written by Andrew Constant; drawn by Brad Walker (pencils) and Andrew Hennessy (inks) colored by Chris Sotomayor; and lettered by Tom Napolitano.

The Demon: Hell is Earth #1 finds Jason Blood living in a shack in Death Valley.  He has not freed Etrigan from inside himself “in a very long time.”  Troubling visions, however, are plaguing Blood, including a vision of Etrigan setting a child on fire.  Unbeknownst to Blood, that child is heading to Death Valley, and well as an old ally.  Meanwhile, a dark force launches its plans right at Etrigan.

I could be my cynical self, but I am shocked by how much I am liking The Demon: Hell is Earth #1.  Writer Andrew Constant offers a story that intrigues.  Often, these first issues, with their slow gathering of players and forces, do not interest me enough to keep reading past the first issue, but I am ready for the second issue of this series now!  Pencil artist Brad Walker offers a number of exciting pages, especially the powerful two-page reveal of Etrigan.  Inker Andrew Hennessy finishes Walker's pencils with sharp potent line work.

I think I am smitten with colorist Chris Sotomayor's riot of reds and oranges.  That makes the demonic and dark elements alight with hellish delight.  Tom Napolitano, an accomplished letterer, hits all the high notes or words, and his lettering here makes the dialogue snap and crackle.  The Demon: Hell is Earth #1 shows that comic books are a team effort and that a good team can turn a comic book that seems like just another thing into a thing worth reading.

7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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From BleedingCool:  Juan Jose Ryp announces that he is leaving Valiant Comics.

From BleedingCool:  Former Marvel President Bill Jemas and former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso are launching a new comic book/multimedia publisher, "Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc."  Grant Morrison and Garth Ennis are among the talent working on books for them.

From ANN:  Suu Morishita, creator of the "Shortcake Cake" manga, will launch a new manga, "Hoshokukei Heroine ni Ato 1-nen Inai ni Taberaremasu (I Will Be Eaten by a Predatory Heroine Within the Next Year)" on the Gangan Online website November 12.

From ANN:  Aya Shouoto, "Kiss of the Rose Princess" manga creator, also launching a new title at Gangan Online.  The title has not yet been released.

From Deadline:  Legendary to adapt Kohei Horikoshi's manga, "My Hero Academia" manga into film.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel's "Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau" trade paperback will only be available in comic book stores - not at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

From ComicBookBin:   Webcomic Johnny Bullet #1 in color
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From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics' hip-hop variant covers from a few years ago to appear on actual hip-hop albums.

From Newsarama:  Kelly Thompson, one of three writers relaunching Marvel's "Uncanny X-Men," talks to Newsarama.

From ICv2:  Fantagraphics Books early 2019 releases include an art book of the late, great Wally Wood's erotic comics and art.

From ColumbusDispatch:  Event explored Jewish influence and input in American comic books.

From KyodoNews:  Cameroon-born manga artist deftly captures life growing up in Japan

From BleedingCool:  Archie Comics is discontinuing its line of "Marvel Comics Digest."

From GeekTyrant:  RWBY will get a new manga in English releases of "Shonen Jump."

From BatesNews:  How Gabby Rivera is revolutionizing pop-lit’s depiction of the comic-book hero

From BleedingCool:  A Marv Wolfman-penned Superman story will see the light of day next year.

From ComicBook:  The first Pokemon manga has never been released outside of Japan because it depicts, among other things, full frontal nudity.

From IGN:  This article talks about Junji Ito's new "Frankenstein" collection.

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From ABCAustralia:  Aussie manga creator Queenie Chan tells her story.
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From Webtoons:  Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran's new webcomic, "Finality," has debuted.

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Review AO HARU RIDE Volume 1

AO HARU RIDE, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

MANGAKA: Io Sakisaka
TRANSLATION: Emi Louie-Nishikawa
LETTERS: Inori Fukuda Trant
EDITOR: Nancy Thislethwaite
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0265-7; paperback (October 2018); Rated “T” for “Teen”
184pp, B&W, $9.99 US, $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK

Ao Haru Ride (also known as Blue Spring Ride) is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka.  The series was serialized in the Japanese manga magazine, Margaret, from February 2011 to February 2015.  VIZ Media is publishing this manga in English as a series of graphic novels, entitled Ao Haru Ride, available in both print and digital editions.

Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 1 (“Unwritten” and Chapters 1 to 3) introduces Futaba Yoshioka, a middle school girl who cannot stand boys.  That is the case until she meets Kou Tanaka, and she is immediately smitten with him.  Kou moves away before Futuba can really express her feelings.  Now, she is in high school, and she sees a boy who looks like Kou.  But is he the same boy in which she fell in love?

Shojo readers will recognize the illustrative style of the Ao Haru Ride manga.  Creator Io Sakisaka also produced the manga, Strobe Edge, which VIZ Media also published in English as a series of graphic novels.

Ao Haru Ride Graphic Novel Volume 1 is a little different from Strobe Edge.  The main characters, Futuba and Kou, are introduced in a short story, entitled “Unwritten,” which, as a read, is as sweet and as comforting as a cup of warm cocoa.

The main story, which is set in high school and covers three chapters in this volume, is decidedly different.  It is a little edgy and is certainly tart, as Sakisaka deals with such themes and topics as friendship, yearning for the way things were, fake friends, and being true to oneself.  After really liking “Unwritten,” I found myself initially put off by the present day narrative.  It may take awhile for me to truly warm up to this, but I like that the characters are stubborn about being true even if its means being standoffish.  I am curious to read future volumes.

7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Review: JUNI TAISEN: Zodiac War Volume 1

JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR, VOL. 1
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

MANGAKA: Akira Akatsuki
ORIGINAL STORY: Nisiosin (novel)
CHARACTER DESIGNS: Hikaru Nakamura
TRANSLATION: Nathan A. Collins
LETTERS: Mark McMurray
EDITOR: Marlene First
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0250-3; paperback (October 2018); Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”
188pp, B&W, $9.99 US, $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK

Juni Taisen is a Japanese illustrated light novel written by Nisio Isin (or NisiOisiN) and illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura.  Published in 2015 by Shueisha, Juni Taisen (which translates to “12 Wars”) depicts a war fought by twelve deadly mercenaries, each one with a name and power that corresponds to an animal in the Chinese zodiac.

Akira Akatsuki, who has collaborated on manga with Nisioisin, produced a manga adaptation of Juni Taisen in 2017.  VIZ Media is publishing that manga as a four-volume graphic novel series, entitled Juni Taisen: Zodiac War.  It will be released on a quarterly schedule in both print and digital (including for the VIZ Manga App).

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 4) opens in a city of half a million people, a city gone dark for a coming epic tournament.  Every 12 years, 12 fighters take the form of the Chinese zodiac animals and engage in a battle royale.  Using their strength and mysterious super-powers, these mercenaries fight to the death, and the sole survivor is granted the ultimate prize – any wish he or she wants.  This is the twelfth Zodiac War, and one of the combatants has been killed by a competitor before the tournament even begins!

[This volume includes a sketchbook section.]

VIZ Media sent me a review copy of the Juni Taisen: Zodiac War manga.  Prior to this manga, I was not familiar with any of the creators.  I am familiar with the term, “light novel,” a kind of Japanese version of the young adult novel, and I have read a few.  My experience with manga adapted from light novels has been good, an example being Library Wars, a VIZ Media published manga adapted from a light novel.

Juni Taisen: Zodiac War Graphic Novel Volume 1 features some absolutely gorgeous art.  It is heavily layered and textured with rich toning and lushly detailed inking.  The story seems a little weird at first, but that are so many shocking turns of events that the narrative is hard to ignore.  After the first shocker, I could not stop reading this first volume of Juni Taisen: Zodiac War.  I think readers who enjoy “battle royale” manga and also fight comics will want Juni Taisen: Zodiac War.  I cannot say that this will be an exceptional character drama, but the death and bloody mayhem look to make Juni Taisen a quite invigorating read.

7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Review: BATMAN: White Knight #1

BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT No. 1 (OF 8)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY/ART: Sean Murphy
COLORS: Matt Hollingsworth
LETTERS: Todd Klein
COVER: Sean Murphy with Matt Hollingsworth
VARIANT COVER: Sean Murphy with Matt Hollingsworth
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2017)

Rated “T+” for “Teen Plus”

Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger

Sean Gordon Murphy is a respected comic book creator, writer-artist, and artist, thanks to projects like Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake (with writer Scott Snyder), and Joe the Barbarian (with writer Grant Morrison).  I like Murphy's stylish art, striking graphics, and dramatic graphical storytelling.

Late last year, DC Comics launched an eight-issue event miniseries, Batman: White Knight, written and drawn by Murphy, colored by Matt Hollingsworth, and lettered by the amazing Todd Klein.  White Knight finds The Joker determined to save Gotham City from Batman, whom he believes has gone too far in his fight against crime and has become dangerous.

Batman: White Knight #1 opens with Batman imprisoned and in chains.  Flash back to a year earlier, The Dark Knight is engaged in another hot pursuit of The Joker.  Things get out of hand.  Batman brutally assaults The Joker while Commissioner Jim Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department stand by and watch.  Then, The Joker is seemingly cured of his insanity and homicidal tendencies.  Enter Jack Napier, Gotham's “white knight” who will save Gotham from its “dark knight.”

I'm intrigued.  Batman: White Knight #1 is all over the place as a first issue.  I think that there is a lot to take in because Sean Murphy decides to put the entire premise and central plot right out there to the reader without being coy and dividing the introductions and inciting events over the first two issues.  I think Murphy can show how truly innovative or inventive he is as a comic book creator in what he presents and by how he executes it.  I guess I mean by how much of the narrative over these eight issues is or is not story padding.

I usually like Matt Hollingsworth's work as a colorist, but I find his work in Batman: White Knight#1 to be garish and also counterproductive to the story.  Todd Klein's lettering is good... as it always is... because he is amazing.

I have issues #2 through 7, and I am thinking about reading the rest of this series in one sitting.  But it may be too tempting to wait for the final issue.

7 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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