Even tho' we are on our Holidays Week Vacation...  I am still checking our emails periodically.  Which is good because we are still getting emails and other communications from those that either have read our blog posts, or bought from us before.

The big question right now on their mind is... "what to find for a friend that enjoys comics and graphic novels?" !

The below is from a recent review of a trade paper back compilation of a series of comics that was printed in 2007. However, it is still timely and in my mind a good read!

FALLEN SON:  Well Written Compilation Of What Happened...... After the death of Captain America!

The tpb compiles Fallen Son: Wolverine, Fallen Son: Avengers, Fallen Son: Captain America, Fallen Son: Spider-Man, and Fallen Son: Iron Man into a tpb format.

A well written, well crafted storyline with good art that gets the reader involved in what the superheroes were feeling after the death of Captain America.

I didn't pick up the individual issues, and wasn't among the tens of thousands of people rushing to the LCBS to pick up the issue where Cap died when it was announced in mainstream media.

However, this compilation of what Wolverine, several of the Avengers, Spider-man and Iron Man went through afterwards, is well worth the price of admission to read this tpb!

Recommended reading for those interested in the major events of the Marvel Universe, and their aftermath.

The above recommendation would not be for all readers of comics or graphic novels. We do not have it for sale, and actually can't ship anything until December 30th when we resume operations...  It is just one of the several tpbs or graphic novels that feature superheroes that I have recently reviewed online.

Speaking of which, Tina and I have 468+ reviews that can be seen by clicking this link, including reviews on DVDs, graphic novels, comic book compilations, and more....

(Please Note: A complimentary copy for this review was NOT provided by the publisher.)

We have put our online store on 'vacation mode'  for our Holidays Week Vacation... and I am packing up materials to take for reading in the days to come.

Something that caught my eye while packing, was the picture shown above of the Hugh Jackman as Wolverine action figure, as Tina really likes Hugh Jackman in this role, (or any role for that matter!).

Could this be a last minute gift purchase for her to stick in her Christmas Stocking?  Sadly it is not the case... as it is only an 'upcoming' toy / action figure release for late May 2009 @ $23.99 MSRP!

Oh well.... This six-inch figure with 14 points of articulation won't be in her Christmas Stocking this year!

However we both have booked the release date of May 1st, 2009 for the upcoming Wolverine solo film! Which we will more than likely see, review and then blog about the film here, since I have liked Hugh's roles in other films, especially the 'Kate & Leopold' film!

Speaking of which, Tina and I have 468+ reviews that can be seen by clicking this link, including reviews on DVDs, graphic novels, comic book compilations, and more....

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention'  here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store! 

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!  In the meantime I'll be sure to have something else found for Christmas Stocking!

As we are slowing down and getting ready for our Holidays Week Vacation... we are still getting emails and other communications from those that either have read our blog posts, or bought from us before. The big question right now on their mind is... "what to find for a hard to please reader?"!

Well... if the person you are thinking of is into graphic novels, then the following is what a good graphic novel should do:  

Get your attention, keep you interested in the storyline, and have good art that complements the time period or genre of the graphic novel.

This graphic novel did just that for me!

Which was surprising, because my most recent review of Orson Scott Card's work was 'Ultimate Iron Man', which defintely did nothing for me, and actually turned me off reading the rest of that series....

(That was basically because I grew up with the original Iron Man of the 1960's by Stan Lee, and this updated storyline in an alternate timeline / Ultimates Universe just didn't get my interest. But then again I wasn't the target market for this Ultimate Iron Man series...)

However this graphic novel by Orson Scott Card, Roland Bernard Brown, Renato Arlem, Miguel Montenegro, and others, is far, far different than the first book I reviewed !

From the get go the story brought in interesting characters, the artwork was very good for the time period, and the script had a story to tell that was fascinating! The storyline is of the settling and taming of the early frontier, and what could have happened if certain important persons didn't do what we know they had done in our history books! Sounds kind of cryptic... but the storyline kept me interested!

The writing, the artwork, and the compilation of the comics into one book with a good cover would make it worth the $19.99 that is the cover price of this book.

Comics, graphic novels, and picture books don't all have to be about super-heroes. And contrary to what some may think... I do read and enjoy many genres of comics! 

Maybe I enjoy running comic con photos of super-heroines, (like Wonder Woman), a bit much in our blog here on eBay (LOL)... but I do blog on other genres like this one!

This volume was so good, that I want to continue reading the series!

Now THAT's a recommendation!

Speaking of which, Tina and I have 468+ reviews that can be seen by clicking this link, including reviews on DVDs, graphic novels, comic book compilations, and more....

(Please Note: A complimentary copy for this review was NOT provided by the publisher.)

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Convention'  here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online eBay Featured Store!