

Thrice Marked for Death - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Conan the Barbarian: Thrice Marked for Death [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jim Zub, Doug Braitwaite, Diego Rodriguez, & al., volume 2 of the Conan the Barbarian series Thrice Marked for Death continues the Heroic Signatures/Titan Comics run of Conan the Barbarian, collecting issues 5 through 8. It […]
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Simak - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Simak: Manhunt on Solar Corona [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jerry Frissen and Jean-Michel Ponzio, nominally from The Incal universe Simak is a graphic novel (originally a series of two BD volumes) set in an science fictional interstellar empire. It has noir and horror elements, along with overt […]
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King City, Volume 1 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews King City, Volume 1 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Brandon Scott Graham, part of the King City series This manga-format volume collects the first story arc of Brandon Graham’s typically surreal, black-and-white comic King City. The protagonist has just returned from the journeys that have made him a “cat master,” capable […]
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Dying Star - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Incal: Dying Star [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Dan Watters and Jon Davis-Hunt This “Incal Universe” book is centered on the character of Commander Kaimann, the mutant leader who featured conspicuously in The Last Incal. His ship is called the Dying Star, and it gives its […]
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Bound in Black Stone - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Conan the Barbarian: Bound in Black Stone [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre, & al. Collected volume 1 of Bound in Black Stone collects the initial four-issue run from 2023 of the new Conan the Barbarian comic book from Titan Comics, along with […]
The Hermetic Library BlogRiver of Ghosts - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Nemo: River of Ghosts [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, conclusion of the Nemo trilogy, which in turn is part of the overall The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. Janni’s final adventure as Nemo is in 1975, and it features the Irish Hercules, dinosaurs, fembots (“bikinitrons”), […]
The Hermetic Library BlogCommies from Mars - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Commies from Mars: The Red Planet: The Collected Works [Amazon, Abebooks, Publisher, Local Library] created and edited by Tim Boxell, foreword Jerry Garcia, & al. Commies from Mars was an anthology series, with each issue presenting the work of several of the contributing artists and writers in short pieces rooted in the […]
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Final Incal - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Final Incal [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Alejandro Jodorowsky and José Ladrönn Final Incal is a reworking and completion of After the Incal, the twenty-first century sequel to Jodorowsky’s mystical space opera bandes dessinées published in the 1980s. While After the Incal had featured art from the […]
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Norse Mythology Volume 3 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Norse Mythology Volume 3 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Neil Gaiman, P Craig Russell, with David Rubín, Colleen Doran, Lovern Kindzierski, Galen Showman, & al. The third and final volume of P. Craig Russell’s comics adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology has more plot continuity and narrative unity […]
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