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Death Note: v. 3 (Death Note): v. 3 (Death Note)

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by: Tsugumi Ohba

October 01, 2007
The third volume of the Death Note manga carries on from where the previous volume finished with Lights house heavily bugged with his father and L watching every move he makes. Light manages to find a way round the surveillance but L still suspects him and so enrolees in the same collage as Light in order to take his measure.

Death Note continues to be an excellent series with great illustrations and is very well plotted; the twist at the end of this volume is especially great if a little predictable. The volume is full of great moments, such as Light and L's tennis match, and the Shinigami Ryuk is quickly becoming my favourite character in the series. Death Note continues to be one of the best things I have read in ages.

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The Boys: The Name of the Game v. 1

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by: Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson

October 26, 2007
As a fan of Ennis you really can guarantee the quality of not only the story arcs but the graphical nature to which these compendiums pay homage to. Its fun, it's a dark twist on the world to which the characters inhabit and lets face it, if you're fed up with goody two shoes Superhero characters its great to see the fallibility of these paragons of mankind. Ennis does it with spades with his usual dark humour and mind twists his way through the stories. Great fun and to be honest something that I really have to recommend to the older fan of the graphic novel due to the adult nature blended within the story arc. Epic action with an adult twist as Superheroes discover that there's a price for vice and screwing over the little guy.

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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle

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by: Jim Butcher

October 21, 2008
As a fan of Ennis you really can guarantee the quality of not only the story arcs but the graphical nature to which these compendiums pay homage to. Its fun, it's a dark twist on the world to which the characters inhabit and lets face it, if you're fed up with goody two shoes Superhero characters its great to see the fallibility of these paragons of mankind. Ennis does it with spades with his usual dark humour and mind twists his way through the stories. Great fun and to be honest something that I really have to recommend to the older fan of the graphic novel due to the adult nature blended within the story arc. Epic action with an adult twist as Superheroes discover that there's a price for vice and screwing over the little guy.

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Sin City: Hard Goodbye Bk. 1 (Sin City (Dark Horse)): Hard Goodbye Bk. 1 (Sin City (Dark Horse))

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by: Frank Miller
by: Frank Miller

February 01, 2005
This is one of my favourite graphic novels. Utterly fantastic and visually stunning. Even if you are not a reader of graphic novels, any traditional crime fan would be pulled into Frank Millers world of hard cases, hitmen, dames and hookers. The men are big and burly, the women are so hot and curvy, and its all conveyed perfectly in harsh black and white artwork. Its like traditional film noir on the page.

This is the first in the series of Sin city, and the protagonist is the incredible Marv, hulking street fighter and tough guy with a "condition." He can't believe his luck when he meets a beautiful woman called Goldie...But it's not to last, and she ends up murdered. Then Marv is hot on the trail of her killers, and blood splattered ... Read More:

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The Best of "Battle": Vol 1

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by: Titan Books, John Wagner, John Cooper

October 24, 2008
This is one of my favourite graphic novels. Utterly fantastic and visually stunning. Even if you are not a reader of graphic novels, any traditional crime fan would be pulled into Frank Millers world of hard cases, hitmen, dames and hookers. The men are big and burly, the women are so hot and curvy, and its all conveyed perfectly in harsh black and white artwork. Its like traditional film noir on the page.

This is the first in the series of Sin city, and the protagonist is the incredible Marv, hulking street fighter and tough guy with a "condition." He can't believe his luck when he meets a beautiful woman called Goldie...But it's not to last, and she ends up murdered. Then Marv is hot on the trail of her killers, and blood splattered ... Read More:

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Death Note - Volume 4

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by: Tsugumi Ohba

December 03, 2007
Having introduced a second Kira in the last volume, this volume concentrates on her and how she effects the investigation. Misa herself is somewhat annoying but quite likable and her Shinigami Rem shows us not all Death Gods are as unfeeling as Ryuk. Although still highly enjoyable and thoroughly entertaining, I did not enjoy this volume of Death Note as much as I have the previous volumes; although it is still better than anything else I have read and is well worth five stars. I cannot put my finger on what is wrong but throughout much of the beginning and middle of the book, it seemed somewhat lacking but thankfully it does pick up toward the end and the cliff-hanger ending will almost definitely want to make you seek out the next book.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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by: Jeff Kinney

July 03, 2008
i bought this book for my seven year old son, and decided to read a bit on the train home..... i would like to think of lots of clever things to say, but this book is just really funny. My son loved it too, and actually asked me if he could read for a bit longer! The comic style illustrations are also great fun. I recommend this book to anyone aged anything!

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The Brownie Annual 2009 (Annual)

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from: The Guide Association

2008-08
i bought this book for my seven year old son, and decided to read a bit on the train home..... i would like to think of lots of clever things to say, but this book is just really funny. My son loved it too, and actually asked me if he could read for a bit longer! The comic style illustrations are also great fun. I recommend this book to anyone aged anything!

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Death Note volume 1

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by: Tsugumi Ohba

October 01, 2007
I have recently discovered Manga and having recently completed Osama Tezuka's incomparable Buddha series Buddha: Kapilavastu (Buddha), thought I'd look for something a little more contemporary. Intrigued by it's premise, I had picked up the Deathnote novel Death Note: A Novel: Another Note (Death Note): A Novel: Another Note (Death Note), without initially realising that it had been inspired by an existing Manga series, so this seemed like the ideal place to start.

It's fair to say, I was blown away. The premise is elegantly simple; A teenage prodigy finds a notebook belonging to a Death God. The book enables him to kill anybody he chooses, anywhere in the world. This single idea spawns a complex morality tale, about justice, punishment and ... Read More:

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Lost Girls Collected

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by: Alan Moore

January 31, 2008
Moore and Gebbie have presented us with a gift and a challenge. First off, this is a beautifully presented artefact. The three volumes in their slip-case look and feel wonderful. Melinda Gebbie's art is enchanting, almost dreamlike. She presents the images suggested by Moore with real beauty and honesty. Moore, in turn, asks more of his artistic collaborator than many would be able or comfortable to provide. Just about every kind of human-on-human sexual activity is here. It's erotic, yes. It's pornographic, yes. It's graphic, yes. However, because of its beauty and intelligence, none of the situations or images are utterly repellent. Moore and Gebbie force us to ask very difficult questions of ourselves. We see and read and understand these things on these pages, and we ... Read More: