http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com Reviews and summaries of popular and not-so-popular graphic novels alike Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:54:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the best and widely read Manga in the market now has to be Naruto. There are other noteworthy mentions like Bleach, DeathNote, FMA and many others. I will put up information on them later. Naruto is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto with an anime TV series adaptation about a ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/naruto/ This is a weird one. It looks distinctly familiar to one Simpsons. No wonder about that, thecreator (Matt Groening) produced this too. The series begins with Philip J. Fry, a New York City slacker and pizza delivery guy, who cryogenically freezes himself by accident on New Year's Eve, 1999. He ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/futurama/ Sick, twisted, politcially incorrect and freakin' sweet, the animated series features the adventures of the Griffin family. Peter and Lois have three kids - the youngest is a brilliant, sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and destroying the world. Their talking dog Brian keeps baby Stewie in check while ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/family-guy-cartoon/ This story is very intriguing. It piqued my curiosity immensely when I learnt what the story was all about. Death Note is a darker and deeper manga than most, with a story that really grips you. The story really begins in the second chapter after 17-year old Yagami Raito (Light) ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/death-note/ This is one very unique book by Gaiman. This is actually an adaptation of a popular folklore tale in Japan. He stumbled upon this story while researching his translation of Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. It does not follow the traditional comic kind of story telling. It is more of ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/sandman-the-dream-hunters/ Midnight days is really more of a mish mash collection of Neil Gaiman's previous works. These are 5 never seen before tales. These were works when Gaiman was young, in every sense of that word. In Sandman Midnight Theatre, the golden age Sandman investigates an age-old mystery - and, for ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/midnight-days/ Oh what a fantastic book this is! One of my favourite amongst all my collections of graphic novels. This is Neil's vision of the Marvel Universe in the year 1602.( The book has a nice smell to it, literally) "1602 is a triumph. The Marvel universe hasn't been this engrossing ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/marvel-1602/ Has to be one of the best among the library.( although that would present some debate) Not that is was easy to choose from so many outstanding works. They are all masterpieces in their own right. Ten thousand years ago, the Dream King banished his lover into the abyss of hell. ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/seasons-of-mists/ I always like to include nice words from other people. The San Francisco Examiner: "A singularly literate comic rife with subtext, humor, run-away archetypes and a healthy does of perversity." First of I would like to say, in this 2nd installment of the series, the artwork is not as beautiful as the ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/the-dolls-house/ I will be randomly jumping about the volumes and they follow no particular order. The first GN that I am reviewing is World's End. This books is a wonderful collection of short stories ala Canterbury's Tales. It is easily one of my top 3 favourite books in this series. It is ... http://topgraphicnovelreviews.com/2008/08/worlds-end/