The world-building is incredible. There are elements of the Grass Sea, reincarnation, cultural aspects & ramifications, technology, cities landscapes, and more
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True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman is a biography of the famous writer, editor, imagineer, cameo star, & Marvel Comics spokesperson
Jie is a half-elf assassin working in a house of ill repute to gather information for her clan, the Black Lotus. Jie is loyal, stubborn, but her overconfidence seems to be her downfall.
Lilian’s talents are poising, sensuality, and poetry. She can get information out of anyone, and have them thank her for the pleasure. Lilian’s mission is an important warlord, but she is also in the crosshairs, as well as other clan sisters. Together Jie and Lilian must test their loyalties.
This is a short biography on one of the most influential men in American pop-culture, and a true American success story. The book tries to tie Stan Lee’s stories and ideas to Jewish culture and Jewish religious book, some of the passages are a stretch, but all of them are interesting and show an understanding of the author of the characters he created.
A Hero Born by Jin Yong is a martial arts epic, retelling legends, the first in a series of 12 books, drawing on Chinese history, traditions, myths, and legends
The Graphic Novel Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy (the Sandman Universe) by Dan Watters expands on the expensive universe created by author Neil Gaiman.
The art was excellent, very enjoyable and expressive. Strong story and art really make a killer combination in comics and it’s always a pleasure to read one.
This book is short, but well organized, so well organized in fact that I noticed how organized it is. The themes, events, and theories all have their own place
This book straddled the funny – cheesy borderline, but this is on purpose as the author clearly set out to write a fun story with tongue firmly held in cheek.
I enjoyed the mythology which the writer incorporated in the first story, actually is based very much on mythology.