Andreas
11-13-2008, 10:52 AM
* fine print at the bottom of post
This week we are reading: Travel by Yokoyama Yuichi (PictureBox, 10/29)
Our reviewers this week are:
Next week we are reading: Red Colored Elegy HC by Hayashi Seiichi (Drawn & Quarterly, 07/23)
This week's companion thread: BB Review Group week 209 - Batman: Cacophony #1 (DC, 11/05) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=165460) by Kevin Smith, Walt J. Flanagan, Sandra Hope, Guy Major & Jared K. Fletcher
Upcoming: Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (:01 First Second, 09/04), *DECEMBER* Jamilti and Other Stories HC by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly, 10/15) & How To Love HC by Atticus (Top Shelf, 07/23), Sammy the Mouse #2 by Zak Sally (Fantagraphics/Ignatz), Kramers Ergot 7 ed. by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press), The Lagoon HC by Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics), The Best American Comics 2008 HC ed. by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden (Houghton Mifflin Company, 09/24) & An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons & True Stories Vol. 2 HC ed. by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press, 10/08 ) *JANUARY* Essex County Vol. 3: Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf Productions), The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, ed. by Paul Gravett (Running Press, 08/11), *new* My Brain is Hanging Upside Down HC by David Heatley (Pantheon Books, 10/01), *new* The Venice Chronicles HC by Enrico Casarosa (AdHouse Books, 10/29) & *new* Mesmo Delivery Vol. 1 by Rafael Grampa (AdHouse Books), The Troublemakers HC by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics), Displaced Persons by Derek McCulloch & Rantz A. Hoseley (Image),...
Our previous reviews:
Week 01 - 11/29/2006 - ACME Novelty Library #17 HC (Chris Ware) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=94568) av grade - 9.4
Week 02 - 12/06/2006 - Curses HC (Kevin Huizenga) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=95331) av grade - 10
Week 03 - 12/21/2006 - The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle (Paul Dini & Kyle Baker) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=97010) av grade - 7
Week 04 - 04/04/2007 - Madman Atomic Comics #1 (Michael Allred & Laura Allred) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=109338) av grade - 8.2
Week 05 - 05/02/2007 - Optic Nerve #11 (Adrian Tomine) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=112267) av grade - 7.9
Week 06 - 06/04/2007 - Satan's Sodomy Baby (Eric Powell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=115508) av grade - 6.3
Week 07 - 06/20/2007 - The Black Diamond Detective Agency (Eddie Campbell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=117158) av grade 7.6
Week 08 - 06/28/2007 - The Three Paradoxes HC (Paul Hornschemeier) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=117944) av grade - 8.7
Week 09 - 09/23/2007 - Punks The Comic - Summer Special #1 (Joshua Fialkov & Kody Chamberlain) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=127793) av grade - 7.6
Week 10 - 10/08/2007 - Silverfish HC (David Lapham) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=129317) av grade - 8.1
Week 11 - 10/16/2007 - Exit Wounds HC (Rutu Modan) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=130107) av grade - 10
Week 12 - 11/05/2007 - Papercuts & Other Stories (Michael Cho) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=132146) av grade - 9
Week 13 - 12/05/2007 - The Killer Vol. 1 (Matz & Luc Jacamon) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=134812) av grade – 10
Week 14 - 12/14/2007 - Criminal Vol. 2: Lawless (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=3998133) av grade – 9.3
Week 15 - 12/27/2007 - The Best American Comics 2007 HC (ed. Chris Ware & Anne Elizabeth Moore) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=136805) av grade - 8
Week 16 - 01/08/2008 - MW HC (Tezuka Osamu) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=137819) av grade - 7
Week 16 - 01/08/2008 - Apollo's Song (Tezuka Osamu) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=137819) av grade - 5
Week 17 - 01/24/2008 - Storeyville HC (Frank Santoro) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=139529) av grade - (x)
Week 17 - 01/24/2008 - Maggots (Brian Chippendale) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=139529) av grade - 9
Week 18 - 01/30/2008 - Y: The Last Man #60 (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra & José Marzan Jr.) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=140080) av grade - 10
Week 19 - 02/06/2008 - Pax Romana #1 (Jonathan Hickman) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=140897) av grade - 9.2
Week 20 - 02/13/2008 - Trains Are...Mint #4 (Oliver East) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=141693) av grade - 9
Week 21 - 02/20/2008 - Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite (Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4296762) av grade - 8.8
Week 22 - 02/27/2008 - RASL #1 (Jeff Smith) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4328376) av grade - 8
Week 23 - 03/05/2008 - Echo #1 (Terry Moore) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4365343) av grade - 5.6
Week 24 - 03/13/2008 - New Engineering (Yokoyama Yuichi) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4407703) av grade - (x)
Week 24 - 03/13/2008 - Powr Mastrs Vol. 1 (C.F.) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4407703) av grade - 8.5
Week 25 - 03/21/2008 - The Last Musketeer (Jason) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4445037) av grade - 8.1
Week 26 - 03/28/2008 - The Boy Who Made Silence #1 (Joshua Hagler) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4482277) av grade - 9
Week 27 - 04/04/2008 - American Splendor Season Two #1 (Harvey Pekar et al) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4516133) av grade - 8.4
Week 28 - 04/16/2008 - Little Things: A Memoir in Slices (Jeffrey Brown) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4570526) av grade - 9
Week 29 - 04/30/2008 - Glamourpuss #1 (Dave Sim) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4634848) av grade - 7.9
Week 30 - 05/07/2008 - Salt Water Taffy Vol. 1: The Legend of Old Salty (Matthew Loux) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4660738) av grade - 9.6
Week 31 - 05/14/2008 - The Education of Hopey Glass HC (Jaime Hernandez) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=151259) av grade - 10
Week 32 - 05/21/2008 - Thoreau at Walden (John Porcellino) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4718331) av grade - 8.75
Week 33 - 05/29/2008 - Judenhass (Dave Sim) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=152686) av grade - 10
Week 34 - 06/05/2008 - Three Shadows (Cyril Pedrosa) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=153386) av grade - 8
Week 35 - 06/11/2008 - The Amazing Joy Buzzards Vol. 1 (Mark Andrew Smith & Dan Hipp) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4797993) av grade - (x)
Week 36 - 06/19/2008 - Little Vampire (Joann Sfar) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4833738) av grade - 10
Week 37 - 06/26/2008 - True Story, Swear To God Archives Vol. 1 (Tom Beland) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4864527) av grade - 9.4
Week 38 - 07/04/2008 - Skim HC (Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4893753) av grade - 9
Week 39 - 07/10/2008 - What It Is HC (Lynda Barry) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=156650) av grade - 9.5
Week 40 - 07/17/2008 - Bottomless Belly Button (Dash Shaw) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4956604) av grade - 9.7
Week 41 - 07/25/2008 - Skyscrapers of the Midwest HC (Joshua W. Cotter) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4995644) av grade - 9.3
Week 42 - 08/01/2008 - Monster Zoo (Doug TenNapel) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5023647) av grade - 9.5
Week 43 - 08/08/2008 - Jessica Farm Vol. 1 (Josh Simmons) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5048497) av grade - 7
Week 44 - 08/15/2008 - Chiggers (Hope Larson) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5072942) av grade - (x)
Week 45 - 08/21/2008 - The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 (Thomas Ott) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5096450) av grade - 7
Week 46 - 08/28/2008 - Doktor Sleepless Book 1: Engines of Desire (Warren Ellis & Ivan Rodriguez) ( http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5118129) av grade - 9
Week 47 - 09/05/2008 - A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (Josh Neufeld) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=161051) av grade - (x)
Week 48 - 09/11/2008 - Bluesman - A Twelve-Bar Graphic Novel (Rob Vollmar & Pablo G. Callejo) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5175498) av grade - 8.5
Week 49 - 09/17/2008 - Local HC (Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5200349) av grade - 10
Week 50 - 09/25/2008 - Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 50 - 09/25/2008 - Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels (Jessica Abel & Matt Madden) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 51 - 10/02/2008 - The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard (Eddie Campbell & Dan Best) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 52 - 10/10/2008 - The Alcoholic HC (Jonathan Ames & Dean Haspiel) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5292746) av grade - 8.75
Week 53 - 10/17/2008 - Ordinary Victories: What Is Precious (Manu Larcenet) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=163980) av grade - (x)
Week 54 - 10/24/2008 - Coraline HC (Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5343589) av grade - 9 *new review added*
Week 55 - 10/30/2008 - Disappearance Diary (Azuma Hideo) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5368882) av grade - (x)
Week 56 - 11/06/2008 - Berlin Book Two: City of Smoke (Jason Lutes) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5396053) av grade - (x)
What we do: This is a fanbased review group, open to everybody. It was launched as a companion thread to the BB Review Group. The idea is to review creator-owned books that provide an alternative to the superhero books of the Big Two. This can be anything, from single issues, self-published mini comics, and online comics to graphic novels and anthologies. Because graphic novels are more expensive and may also require more time to read than a 24 page comic (and sometimes for you to be in the right mood), there will be sufficient time to get the books and to read them before the review thread is up. The "upcoming" section lists a few graphic novels, collections, or anthologies we are going to review in the coming weeks and months, with room for many more. Feel free to suggest books, and also to keep adding your reviews and comments to older threads as you read the books.
As people post the reviews, I will add your name and score to a list in the main post and at the end of the week average the scores for an overall grade on the book. We grade on a scale of 0-10, the meanings of which roughly translate to:
10 - Everything I want in a comic, an instant classic
9 - Excellent, a nearly perfect read
8 - Highly recommended but it has minor flaws
7 - Very good, it does have some problems
6 - Above average but has deep flaws
5 - An average comic
4 - Below average, the flaws outweigh the good
3 - A disappointing comic
2 - Forgettable, a waste of time
1 - Stay away!! One of the worst comics I've read
Anyone who participates is asked to please keep this scale in mind when giving a grade so that everyone is operating on the same system.
Locked review threads: If you would like to review a book from one of the previous weeks, but the thread has been locked by the moderators in the meantime, pm me and I'll get a new review thread up.
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE EVERY TIME A NEW THREAD IS UP. Please join in as little or as much as you like week to week. If you are uncomfortable giving a grade then just join in the discussions and ask questions.
This week we are reading: Travel by Yokoyama Yuichi (PictureBox, 10/29)
Our reviewers this week are:
Next week we are reading: Red Colored Elegy HC by Hayashi Seiichi (Drawn & Quarterly, 07/23)
This week's companion thread: BB Review Group week 209 - Batman: Cacophony #1 (DC, 11/05) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=165460) by Kevin Smith, Walt J. Flanagan, Sandra Hope, Guy Major & Jared K. Fletcher
Upcoming: Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (:01 First Second, 09/04), *DECEMBER* Jamilti and Other Stories HC by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly, 10/15) & How To Love HC by Atticus (Top Shelf, 07/23), Sammy the Mouse #2 by Zak Sally (Fantagraphics/Ignatz), Kramers Ergot 7 ed. by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura Press), The Lagoon HC by Lilli Carré (Fantagraphics), The Best American Comics 2008 HC ed. by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden (Houghton Mifflin Company, 09/24) & An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons & True Stories Vol. 2 HC ed. by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press, 10/08 ) *JANUARY* Essex County Vol. 3: Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf Productions), The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, ed. by Paul Gravett (Running Press, 08/11), *new* My Brain is Hanging Upside Down HC by David Heatley (Pantheon Books, 10/01), *new* The Venice Chronicles HC by Enrico Casarosa (AdHouse Books, 10/29) & *new* Mesmo Delivery Vol. 1 by Rafael Grampa (AdHouse Books), The Troublemakers HC by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics), Displaced Persons by Derek McCulloch & Rantz A. Hoseley (Image),...
Our previous reviews:
Week 01 - 11/29/2006 - ACME Novelty Library #17 HC (Chris Ware) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=94568) av grade - 9.4
Week 02 - 12/06/2006 - Curses HC (Kevin Huizenga) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=95331) av grade - 10
Week 03 - 12/21/2006 - The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle (Paul Dini & Kyle Baker) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=97010) av grade - 7
Week 04 - 04/04/2007 - Madman Atomic Comics #1 (Michael Allred & Laura Allred) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=109338) av grade - 8.2
Week 05 - 05/02/2007 - Optic Nerve #11 (Adrian Tomine) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=112267) av grade - 7.9
Week 06 - 06/04/2007 - Satan's Sodomy Baby (Eric Powell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=115508) av grade - 6.3
Week 07 - 06/20/2007 - The Black Diamond Detective Agency (Eddie Campbell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=117158) av grade 7.6
Week 08 - 06/28/2007 - The Three Paradoxes HC (Paul Hornschemeier) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=117944) av grade - 8.7
Week 09 - 09/23/2007 - Punks The Comic - Summer Special #1 (Joshua Fialkov & Kody Chamberlain) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=127793) av grade - 7.6
Week 10 - 10/08/2007 - Silverfish HC (David Lapham) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=129317) av grade - 8.1
Week 11 - 10/16/2007 - Exit Wounds HC (Rutu Modan) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=130107) av grade - 10
Week 12 - 11/05/2007 - Papercuts & Other Stories (Michael Cho) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=132146) av grade - 9
Week 13 - 12/05/2007 - The Killer Vol. 1 (Matz & Luc Jacamon) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=134812) av grade – 10
Week 14 - 12/14/2007 - Criminal Vol. 2: Lawless (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=3998133) av grade – 9.3
Week 15 - 12/27/2007 - The Best American Comics 2007 HC (ed. Chris Ware & Anne Elizabeth Moore) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=136805) av grade - 8
Week 16 - 01/08/2008 - MW HC (Tezuka Osamu) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=137819) av grade - 7
Week 16 - 01/08/2008 - Apollo's Song (Tezuka Osamu) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=137819) av grade - 5
Week 17 - 01/24/2008 - Storeyville HC (Frank Santoro) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=139529) av grade - (x)
Week 17 - 01/24/2008 - Maggots (Brian Chippendale) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=139529) av grade - 9
Week 18 - 01/30/2008 - Y: The Last Man #60 (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra & José Marzan Jr.) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=140080) av grade - 10
Week 19 - 02/06/2008 - Pax Romana #1 (Jonathan Hickman) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=140897) av grade - 9.2
Week 20 - 02/13/2008 - Trains Are...Mint #4 (Oliver East) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=141693) av grade - 9
Week 21 - 02/20/2008 - Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite (Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4296762) av grade - 8.8
Week 22 - 02/27/2008 - RASL #1 (Jeff Smith) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4328376) av grade - 8
Week 23 - 03/05/2008 - Echo #1 (Terry Moore) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4365343) av grade - 5.6
Week 24 - 03/13/2008 - New Engineering (Yokoyama Yuichi) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4407703) av grade - (x)
Week 24 - 03/13/2008 - Powr Mastrs Vol. 1 (C.F.) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4407703) av grade - 8.5
Week 25 - 03/21/2008 - The Last Musketeer (Jason) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4445037) av grade - 8.1
Week 26 - 03/28/2008 - The Boy Who Made Silence #1 (Joshua Hagler) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4482277) av grade - 9
Week 27 - 04/04/2008 - American Splendor Season Two #1 (Harvey Pekar et al) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4516133) av grade - 8.4
Week 28 - 04/16/2008 - Little Things: A Memoir in Slices (Jeffrey Brown) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4570526) av grade - 9
Week 29 - 04/30/2008 - Glamourpuss #1 (Dave Sim) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4634848) av grade - 7.9
Week 30 - 05/07/2008 - Salt Water Taffy Vol. 1: The Legend of Old Salty (Matthew Loux) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4660738) av grade - 9.6
Week 31 - 05/14/2008 - The Education of Hopey Glass HC (Jaime Hernandez) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=151259) av grade - 10
Week 32 - 05/21/2008 - Thoreau at Walden (John Porcellino) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4718331) av grade - 8.75
Week 33 - 05/29/2008 - Judenhass (Dave Sim) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=152686) av grade - 10
Week 34 - 06/05/2008 - Three Shadows (Cyril Pedrosa) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=153386) av grade - 8
Week 35 - 06/11/2008 - The Amazing Joy Buzzards Vol. 1 (Mark Andrew Smith & Dan Hipp) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4797993) av grade - (x)
Week 36 - 06/19/2008 - Little Vampire (Joann Sfar) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4833738) av grade - 10
Week 37 - 06/26/2008 - True Story, Swear To God Archives Vol. 1 (Tom Beland) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4864527) av grade - 9.4
Week 38 - 07/04/2008 - Skim HC (Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4893753) av grade - 9
Week 39 - 07/10/2008 - What It Is HC (Lynda Barry) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=156650) av grade - 9.5
Week 40 - 07/17/2008 - Bottomless Belly Button (Dash Shaw) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4956604) av grade - 9.7
Week 41 - 07/25/2008 - Skyscrapers of the Midwest HC (Joshua W. Cotter) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4995644) av grade - 9.3
Week 42 - 08/01/2008 - Monster Zoo (Doug TenNapel) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5023647) av grade - 9.5
Week 43 - 08/08/2008 - Jessica Farm Vol. 1 (Josh Simmons) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5048497) av grade - 7
Week 44 - 08/15/2008 - Chiggers (Hope Larson) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5072942) av grade - (x)
Week 45 - 08/21/2008 - The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 (Thomas Ott) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5096450) av grade - 7
Week 46 - 08/28/2008 - Doktor Sleepless Book 1: Engines of Desire (Warren Ellis & Ivan Rodriguez) ( http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5118129) av grade - 9
Week 47 - 09/05/2008 - A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (Josh Neufeld) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=161051) av grade - (x)
Week 48 - 09/11/2008 - Bluesman - A Twelve-Bar Graphic Novel (Rob Vollmar & Pablo G. Callejo) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5175498) av grade - 8.5
Week 49 - 09/17/2008 - Local HC (Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5200349) av grade - 10
Week 50 - 09/25/2008 - Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 50 - 09/25/2008 - Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics from Manga to Graphic Novels (Jessica Abel & Matt Madden) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 51 - 10/02/2008 - The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard (Eddie Campbell & Dan Best) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5232197) av grade - (x)
Week 52 - 10/10/2008 - The Alcoholic HC (Jonathan Ames & Dean Haspiel) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5292746) av grade - 8.75
Week 53 - 10/17/2008 - Ordinary Victories: What Is Precious (Manu Larcenet) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=163980) av grade - (x)
Week 54 - 10/24/2008 - Coraline HC (Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5343589) av grade - 9 *new review added*
Week 55 - 10/30/2008 - Disappearance Diary (Azuma Hideo) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5368882) av grade - (x)
Week 56 - 11/06/2008 - Berlin Book Two: City of Smoke (Jason Lutes) (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5396053) av grade - (x)
What we do: This is a fanbased review group, open to everybody. It was launched as a companion thread to the BB Review Group. The idea is to review creator-owned books that provide an alternative to the superhero books of the Big Two. This can be anything, from single issues, self-published mini comics, and online comics to graphic novels and anthologies. Because graphic novels are more expensive and may also require more time to read than a 24 page comic (and sometimes for you to be in the right mood), there will be sufficient time to get the books and to read them before the review thread is up. The "upcoming" section lists a few graphic novels, collections, or anthologies we are going to review in the coming weeks and months, with room for many more. Feel free to suggest books, and also to keep adding your reviews and comments to older threads as you read the books.
As people post the reviews, I will add your name and score to a list in the main post and at the end of the week average the scores for an overall grade on the book. We grade on a scale of 0-10, the meanings of which roughly translate to:
10 - Everything I want in a comic, an instant classic
9 - Excellent, a nearly perfect read
8 - Highly recommended but it has minor flaws
7 - Very good, it does have some problems
6 - Above average but has deep flaws
5 - An average comic
4 - Below average, the flaws outweigh the good
3 - A disappointing comic
2 - Forgettable, a waste of time
1 - Stay away!! One of the worst comics I've read
Anyone who participates is asked to please keep this scale in mind when giving a grade so that everyone is operating on the same system.
Locked review threads: If you would like to review a book from one of the previous weeks, but the thread has been locked by the moderators in the meantime, pm me and I'll get a new review thread up.
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE EVERY TIME A NEW THREAD IS UP. Please join in as little or as much as you like week to week. If you are uncomfortable giving a grade then just join in the discussions and ask questions.