Suspended Animation Review

Tomo, published by Zondervan, 160 pages, digest sized, $9.99.

Did you ever daydream when you were 13 years old? If you’re from the planet Earth, then the answer is, undoubtedly, yes. All of us, at some time in early adolescence, entertained highly-dramatized fantasies in the classroom, at night before drifting off to sleep, or wherever else our bored, non-occupied imagination took us. For boys, the subject was probably amazing acts of daring-do. For girls, no doubt romance played a part. But, chances are, those daydreams remained just that. Which is why Zondervan’s Tomo is attractive to me, even as an adult.

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Suspended Animation Review

Son of Samson and The Judge of God, vols. 1 and 2, published by Zondervan Publishing, 160 pages, digest-sized, $9.99.

Anyone familiar with the Bible has heard of Samson, the last judge. The accounts of Samson and his adventures are some of the most entertaining to be found in Scripture. Those accounts are also the inspiration for a graphic novel from Zondervan entitled Son of Samson and the Judge of God.

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Suspended Animation Review

Hand of The Morningstar, volumes 1 and 2, published by Zondervan, in conjunction with Lamp Post, Inc., 160 pages, $9.99.

It had been a while since I’d read a comic series about a superhero team that I was really invested in as a reader. A series with amazing, progressive characterization (that is, characters which evolve), tons of action that doesn’t act as a substitute for an interesting plot, and the overwhelming sense that something amazingly sinister is brewing just out of sight. In other words, an epic story. Yep, it had been QUITE some time since such a story came along.

Then, I found Hand of The Morningstar.

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