My eyes travel over the words...

Hi,

Two more books:

Invasion of the Road Weenies by David Lubar. It's YA spook stories. More like Juvenile Twilight Zone stories. Mr. Lubar is a short story author so the various tales in this book zip through without too much trouble. I don't particularly like being scared when I read so I rarely am and here the fear-meter is definately ramped down to the "campfire ghoststory" level. So...it's not that scary. But there are a couple of really nice stories in there that are genuinely squicky or touch on something a bit deeper than a quick fright.

Not hugely recommended, but you might know some kids who'd really like it.

Following up we have the trade paperback collection of the first 6 issues of Artesia by Mark Smylie. He and his studio had a booth at GenCon this year. After reading this collection, I totally wish I'd stopped by and gotten something signed. The artwork is very good (rather European-style comic art), the story is engaging and the background is rock solid. Artesia is consort to a king, captain of his army, high priestess in his temples and a witch in her own right. Needless to say, the King really hates her. I really liked this and while it was mostly exposition and set-up, the action both military and mythical keeps right on rolling along. In fact, I was rather wishing that there was a bit more set-up so that we could see her rise to power a bit more fully. Anyway, this is definitely on my list of Trades to keep an eye out for.

later
Tom

My eyes travel over the words...

Hi,

Two more books:

Invasion of the Road Weenies by David Lubar. It's YA spook stories. More like Juvenile Twilight Zone stories. Mr. Lubar is a short story author so the various tales in this book zip through without too much trouble. I don't particularly like being scared when I read so I rarely am and here the fear-meter is definately ramped down to the "campfire ghoststory" level. So...it's not that scary. But there are a couple of really nice stories in there that are genuinely squicky or touch on something a bit deeper than a quick fright.

Not hugely recommended, but you might know some kids who'd really like it.

Following up we have the trade paperback collection of the first 6 issues of Artesia by Mark Smylie. He and his studio had a booth at GenCon this year. After reading this collection, I totally wish I'd stopped by and gotten something signed. The artwork is very good (rather European-style comic art), the story is engaging and the background is rock solid. Artesia is consort to a king, captain of his army, high priestess in his temples and a witch in her own right. Needless to say, the King really hates her. I really liked this and while it was mostly exposition and set-up, the action both military and mythical keeps right on rolling along. In fact, I was rather wishing that there was a bit more set-up so that we could see her rise to power a bit more fully. Anyway, this is definitely on my list of Trades to keep an eye out for.

later
Tom