5 stars — Grovel: graphic novel reviews

5 star reviews

These books are the cream of the crop – the absolute best in class graphic novels that no serious collector should be without. We liked them so much, we gave them our prestigious maximum overall award of five stars. Graphic novels just don’t get any better than this.

Seeds

By Andy • Jan 19th, 2011

Ross Mackintosh’s autobiographical book examines the death of a parent with subtlety, style and painfully raw emotion – a stunning debut

Ice Haven

By Andy • Jan 17th, 2011

Six years since the hard-cover graced bookshop shelves, Daniel Clowes’ Ice Haven is finally out in paperback

Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies

By Andy • Jan 14th, 2011

Sherlock Holmes takes on the zombie menace in this wonderful clash of classic genres

Dark Age 1: Dominion

By Andy • Dec 9th, 2010

A stunning debut graphic novel, Dark Age is a harrowing glimpse into a dismal future of gang war and government-sponsored ultra-violence

Mezolith

By Andy • Nov 25th, 2010

A stunning exploration of life and myth in Stone Age times, seen through the eyes of a young boy

X’ed Out

By Andy • Sep 7th, 2010

Charles Burns releases the first volume of his latest graphic novel – teen-horror with a Tintin-inspired twist

Scott Pilgrim 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life

By Andy • Jul 14th, 2010

Beat the movie-goers to a bit of Scott Pilgrim, in this first volume of the six-book series

Bottomless Belly Button

By Andy • May 26th, 2010

A family on the verge of disintegration has one last holiday in their beach-front home, in in this stunning volume that weaves many of life’s ups and downs into one glorious story