Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman and Shane Oakley
Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran
During my library visit I found two comic adaptations of short stories by Neil Gaiman, which is always fun. Since they were shorter I read them one after the other, comparing their artwork and how much I enjoyed the adaptation of the story.
I liked Troll Bridge best namely because it’s one of my favorite short stories by this author. Also, Colleen Doran made it very fun to read and see her characterization with colors!
Forbidden Brides was also good, a satirical story with striking comic art, but some panels were hard to tell what was going on because there was too much happening at once. I did appreciate Shane Oakley’s art style, giving this story the gothic appeal it rightfully deserves.
Chivalry is one of my favorite short stories by Neil Gaiman and I have been patiently waiting for the graphic novel to be released.
My thoughts?
I think Colleen Doran did a fabulous job illustrating and formatting this story, creating an adaptation that is beautiful, funny, and heartfelt.
Neil Gaiman’s short story is about an elderly woman who finds the Holy Grail at a secondhand shop. She is then visited by a knight in shining armor who wants the Grail to finish his quest. She is not going to let him have it that easily, though.
I liked how Doran used different styles of lettering and her comedic expressions on the characters. Her art is very eye catching and the cover of the book screams “I must be read NOW”.
I’m so happy this came out and that I got a chance to read it again!
The power to shape the world may lie at his fingertips, but Nils just wants a friend who won’t leave.
Selah might be the perfect place to keep a friend. No creature has ever escaped the hollow globe, trapped between the unreachable moon at its center and the bottomless ocean at its edge.
Nils emerges without memory of a life before and takes a liking to the first creature he sees: a bird-person named Axi. The pair fight off the terrors of the wild with miraculous powers, becoming fast friends.
There’s just one problem. Axi thinks Selah is all a dream. And what’s worse, they’d do anything to wake up.
Anything—in theory. If Axi went through with their deadly plan, would they return to their old life, leaving Nils to survive in their place? Would Selah vanish as they woke, taking Nils with it? Or would the dream go on for both, and the prison prove all too real?
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Selah: A World Without Shadows is a YA experimental fantasy novel sitting at 110k words. It’s in beta. Are you a writer? Let’s swap chapters.
Major OMG Alert: I will never be over how freaking amazing @beckyalbertalli is. N E V E R. But the fact that she absolutely adores How to Be Remy Cameron has me sobbing harder than after watching Jennifer Garner’s “you get to exhale now, Simon” scene in Love, Simon. Becky is a true legend and I’m so grateful she feels the same about Remy.
There are two things Mark Oshiro is great at: (a) brilliant writing – their debut YA novel, Anger Is a Gift is a heartwrenching, powerful, must-read and (b) finding new ways to make me cry. Their blurb for How To Be Remy Cameron confirms both. I’m so grateful for this award-winning author’s kindness and utter love for Remy and his story.
