little update

Sorry for no posts yesterday, there were some technical issues, and there will be no more advertisements on this page until I find a new agent or move this to a more professional domain. Thanks for viewing, please follow the blog.

~Josh~

Graphic Novel Review: Kick-Ass

After seeing the movie, I had to read the comic. Kick-Ass is by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.. Well if you've never read it or seen the movie, the comic is about an average kid who day dreams about super-heroes and fighting crime, but actually takes it to the next level and tries if for himself. After his first encounter, he get severely injured, and then out of nowhere gets hit by a car. After many surgery procedures, he aquired a couple metal plates in his skull and reinforced in other areas. So with this tragedy, comes rebirth, by becoming somewhat immune to pain, allows him to kind of fulfill his dream. On his journey, he meets a rag-tag team of real super-heroes who are trained killers that stop at nothing for justice to put an end to a large crime mob. At the beginning of the climax of the comic, it starts with a major twist, but ends with poetic justice. If you haven't read it but seen the movie, you won't find most of the filler drama, but all straight intense storyline. The art in this comic is awesome. I love how the artist intensifies the action and the intense violence, it really makes it what it is. Id recommend this graphic novel to anyone who enjoyed the movie or is a fan of intense action. I really enjoyed reading it and finished it in one sitting, it was intense and straight to the point, you can't complain. Thanks for reading and please follow the blog.

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Movie Review: Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

After going to the library, I came across this DVD: Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, which is a documentary on the life of DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.), and was narrated by Ryan Reynolds (played in the new Green Lantern film). This movie showed the start of DC to what it is today. The documentary went through the golden age to the modern age, and talked about it's different publishers like Vertigo, etc. It talked about how the world shaped the comics and also how they've evolved over the years with authors like Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and also talked about the different type of media that has been used to share the experience. All and all I really found this a fascinating movie that gave me some history I didn't know about, and helped me learn how this great company came about. I'd recommend this for anyone who enjoys comics and likes documentaries. Thanks for reading and please follow the blog.

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Future Planing

Alright well, just to give you some future planing. About the reviews, their going to start being only newer graphic novels, movies, games. Were going to start doing some contests to get a better following and more traffic. Also, still in talks, but were thinking about switching to a more professional domain. I'll update you more on that and give you the url and stuff when it happens. But, for right now, we'll still be reviewing a couple old things until some packages come. Thanks for reading and expect some great things for the future of Semi-unbiased Review, thanks and please follow the blog.

~Josh~

Graphic Novel Review: Ronin

This review is going to be about Frank Miller's Ronin. The cover of this book might be a tad deceiving, although there are some samurai style parts in the graphic novel, it is mostly a sci-fi story. The art of the graphic novel is a little different, very heavy on the pen and ink sometimes, but is easy to get used to. The beginning of the story takes place a very long time ago, and starts off with a samurai student's master being killed by an evil demon. The samurai takes an oath to avenge his death, but while trying to kill the demon, the demon uses his power to send the samurai and himself inside the samurai's powerful sword. Many years later, the world is in a whole different place, the setting is sort of post-apocalyptic Escape From New York style, everything has gone to whack except for a large corporation which has invented a super computer with artificial intelligence and biotechnology which can reproduce and grow more intelligent. Some how, the powerful sword is found and tested on which released the demon and Ronin. The book is basically a sci-fi realistic/imaginary battle between Ronin and the demon with many twist and turns throughout the entire book with a major twist at the end. All and all, it was a decent read, not one of Frank Miller's best, but worth reading if you are into the sci-fi genre and want to see a different side of the award winning author. Thanks for reading and please follow the blog.

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Graphic Novel Review: 300

This graphic novel has been on my list to read for a long time now. Frank Miller is one of my favorite graphic novel authors and I knew I couldn't go wrong. 300 is by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, it's about a somewhat impossible battle between the Spartans and Persians. Most negative reviews on this book are about the historical inaccuracies, but remember, this is a fictional story and it's meant to entertain you, but in history, Spartans were badass warriors who trained from childhood how to battle. If you are hoping that this is like the movie directed Zack Snyder (the man who destroyed Watchmen), well it's almost the same except the political drama that takes place while the 300 Spartans are fighting doesn't happen in the book, actually the queen of Sparta is only shown like once and that happens in the first couple pages. The story was very intriguing and I read the whole graphic novel in one sitting (it's about a 1-2 hour read if you're a slow reader like me). It actually went by really quick and in my opinion could of done more, because I just wanted to keep reading. The artwork was pretty good throughout the book and really emphasized the action. In my opinion this was a good read and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the movie or any graphic novel fan. You shouldn't be let down because Frank Miller tries his best for that not to happen. Thanks for reading and please follow the blog.

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Review of Batman: Cacophony

This is my first review on this site and I choose to review Batman: Cacophony by Kevin Smith. I picked this up being a huge fan of Batman and Kevin Smith hoping this would be a match made in Batman heaven. Sadly I was a little disappointing by Kevin Smiths first Batman graphic novel. The first thing I noticed about the book is that both Batman and the Joker were both a little off; Batman wasn't his usual cold, calculated self but seemed a little weak. Joker was still pretty ridiculous but his jokes were a little stale and towards the end of the book how Joker was actually acting like a normal person (this part was actually cool).  The other negative part of the book was the art, which at points looked almost lifeless and lazy.

Negatives aside, I really enjoyed "Onomatopoeia", the main bad guy in this comic.  I don't want to ruin it but he is out for Batman's blood and uses creative ways in order to take him down, he also speaks only with an onomatopoeia (boom, pow, blam) which gives him some extra "villainous".  This novel also has a sprinkle of Kevin Smith "charm". If you've seen a Kevin Smith movie (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma) you'll know exactly what I'm talking about, if not WATCH THEM (or watch at least one of them)! 

All in all being a new Batman comic novel fan I've only read a few but the few I've read were amazing (Year one, Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns), so Cacophony would have to be the worst Batman comic I've read (but that is not necessarily a bad thing). I'm giving it a 3/5 but still check it out if your a Kevin Smith and a Batman fan because you'll still enjoy it!

-Andrew

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