She Wolf

 Hello!

This week I decided to try a new place in my city for coffee: Geek Retreat. Upon my surprise, I found that they also sell comic books, and I haven't purchased a comic book since I lived in Brighton! I thought this was a good way to support an indie business and add to my ever-so small comic book collection! 

Before I start the review, I would like to say that the coffee was lovely and I enjoyed the chilled atmosphere of the cafe. I am slowly getting back into the habit of visiting places by myself and enjoying my own company again! 

The comic book I purchased was She Wolf by Rich Tommaso. It's a tale of a teenage girl who believes she's been bitten by her wolf boyfriend Brian, and now she can transform into a wolf. In this volume, we see her go on a journey of self-discovery. We encounter vampires, satan, wolves, and demons on this journey with her. 

In an interview with Horror DNA, the author describes this comic as: "an '80s high-school-teen, coming-of-age story where the main character, Gabrielle, doesn't know what's happening to her.  She's remembering that she turns into a werewolf."

This comic book fitted in nicely with the type of books I have been reading this month: Supernatural fantasy books! This comic book is quite dark with quite a few violent scenes, but it wasn't too disturbing.

I absolutely adored the artwork in this comic book; it's super creative and just a delight to read and look at!

There were some brilliant plot twists, at the beginning we see a rogue wolf tearing through the town who is the protagonist Gabby's boyfriend. He is killed by local police and Gabby begins her journey of self-discovery. We learn as the story goes on that Gabby herself had used a spell to make her boyfriend Brian into a wolf. A shocking discovery but quite clever.

Gabby starts to get the hang of things after making friends with a vampire who helps her perform a ritual to summon demons. A demon tricks her and together they rip it a part; the comic book ends here. 

The overall storyline was really good. I enjoyed the story very much. However, I found sometimes it jumped in places. So, there would be a memory, but it wasn't clear enough, so I often I found myself going back a few pages to make sure I hadn't skipped anything.

It was a fun read, but I didn't feel compelled to read more. I know there are more volumes available, but I am not in a hurry to grab the next one. Maybe if I see it around I will pick it up, but I am not eager to carry the story on. 

I very much enjoyed the surprise after finishing the story, the author Tommaso included a bonus story: King Blood . I really enjoyed this short story, maybe more than She Wolf.

It was a short story about the son of Satan and his endeavours over the years ruling as a demon and roaming earth. It was quite dark and in black and white which was very contrasting to She Wolf. Not a lot happened, but it was a lovely surprise to read. 

I am quite happy with my first comic book of the year. I find that comic books and graphic novels help break up my reading. They don't take as long to read and they refresh your brain between longer novels. It wasn't an amazing read, but I enjoyed it nonetheless!

The next blog post coming is a summary of all the books I have read in January! Spoiler: I am quite chuffed with my reading goal progress so far! 

Thank you for reading my post. Please let me know what was the last comic book you read?