Scooby Apocalypse (Keith Giffen) - Volumes 1-2

I was quite excited and intrigued when I heard DC had produced a reimaging of Scooby Doo and the gang.

However immediately when I started reading the first volume I quickly realised the graphic novel wouldn't be same as Hanna Barber's hapless gang of misfits.

I liked how Giffen reimaged the main characters as they appeared to be more fully formed, fleshed out, grown up characters. My favourite reimaged character was Shaggy, who turned from a cowardly, goofy stoner to a tattooed, hipster who resembles a bicycle courier.

However I soon realised the monsters in Scooby Apocalypse weren't fake monsters, but in fact real monsters who want kill all everyone and everything.

I found the level of gore and violence quite off putting, which is something as I am a big fan of Saga and the Walking Dead who botj don't hold back when it comes to violence and gore.

DC have seems to have gone out of their way to adapt a children's classic for an old audience and failed in everyway possible. In fact I abandoned volume 2 before the end because I couldn't cope with the level of violence that progressed with every page. I feel like that it has almost ruined the memory of Scooby Doo for me. I definitely won't be reading any further volumes.

Velma and Shaggy having a deep and meaningful conversation.

Amazon.co.uk link for Scooby Apocalypse Volume 1:
https://tinyurl.com/yam5xo2o

Amazon.co.uk link for Scooby Apocalypse Volume 2:
https://tinyurl.com/ydxztywq

Wet Moon (Sophie Campbell) - Volumes 1-4

I found a new favourite graphic novel series! Literally binge read them in under a week. The Bearded Gentleman is a fan of Sophie Campbell's work and introduced me to the reimaging of Jem and the holograms a few years ago that Sophie illustrates.

The Wet Moon series is character based and the story side of things is definitely a slow burner and progresses slowly through out volumes. After reading finishing volume 4 it's definitely progressing to be a bit of a thriller/mystery.

There are diary, blog and journal entries from various characters which I thought was quite unique. The series is also littered with Easter Eggs relating to Campbell's life and likes, such as Godzilla and the X-Men. It was fun keeping an eye out for them.

Wet Moon is a small town in America and focuses on a group of 17-20 something characters who are connected by friendships or friends of a friend.

It's refreshing as it explores how delicate frienships can be and easily rocked by outsiders. It also explores sexuality, jealously, acceptance and longing to be comfortable in your own skin. I find myself relating to parts of each characters personality and flaws.

The illustrations are black, grey and white which I think works great for the story on a whole. It emphasises the gloom of the town Wet Moon and the angst of the characters.

I love that Campbell draws women in all shapes and sizes - real women. Each female character is not a facsimile of each other body shape with with a different hair styles that you tend to find in some comci/graphic novels. I am fascinated by the attention to detail when it comes to characters hair.

She focuses heavily on very detailed facial expressions to convey emotions of her characters which I love.

I can't wait till volume 5 to come out. I will probably re-real the series in a few days so I can have it in my life again.

Someone is a secret fan of Star Trek: Next Generation

Amazon.co.uk link for Wet Moon Volume 1: http://tinyurl.com/y9kw57om

Amazon.co.uk link for Wet Moon Volume 2:
https://tinyurl.com/y7ynxdbw

Amazon.co.uk link for Wet Moon Volume 3:
https://tinyurl.com/y8t958cg

Amazon.co.uk link for Wet Moon Volume 4:
https://tinyurl.com/ybzhotd7