Ghoul Goblin, Dresden Files by Jim Butcher-Graphic Novel Review

Ghoul Goblin by Jim Butcher

I love the Dresden Files!  I did get a little tired of them so I stopped reading at about book 6.. but this graphic novel makes me want to go back into the world of Dresden.  Thank you to netgalley for this ARC copy... I received it for free for an honest review.  Here is the goodreads description:

Harry Dresden, a Chicago private investigator and wizard, heads to a small, isolated Missouri town terrorized by Nevernever monsters. The singularly unfortunate Talbot family has suffered a curse that has decimated their number for generations, and only our hero can save them... that is, if he can survive hostile lawmen, the dark secrets of townsfolk, an ancient guardian spirit, and two deadly carnivores! Can Dresden cleanse the Talbot bloodline of its curse without a blood sacrifice of his own? 

I originally requested this book for my husband. He finished the Dresden File books (the entire series) in a 2 month period. When I found out that Ghoul Goblin was an original story I was in!  I read the series up to like book 6 or 7 and then got a little burnt out.  So I hadn't read the series in a while.  What I really like about this particular graphic novel is that you don't have to be a reader of the books to follow along.  Actually, you get totally introduced to the world of Dresden.

I did read the other Dresden graphic novels, Storm Front and Fool Moon which are retelling of the books.  I really don't love those types of graphic novels and am usually disappointed in them.  This on the other hand is a fun new story. I mean... the comic book even had a little twist in the plot!  I liked the artwork but didn't love it.  The backgrounds where beautiful but I pictured Harry Dresden a little more manly... he seemed young in this book to me.  Though I guess in the timeline of the series this book takes place between books 2 and 3 when Harry is around 25 years old.  So the art is accurate my imagination is not (artist is Joseph Cooper).  :)

 

I like all the supernatural characters that are featured in the comic.  Just like in the books... someone comes to hire a wizard which is Harry Dresden to help them solve a case that seems supernatural.  In this case it's a police officer and we discover a family that has had an ancient curse on them from Egypt (some of my favorite art in the book was the Egypt scenes).  By the way.. anyone else think the title is a spoiler of sorts?

I think that people who love Dresden will get a kick out of this book and those who haven't discovered the series will read it and want to read the books.  I actually started reading the Dresden File novels because of a short story Butcher wrote in an anthology about Dresden.  I knew then I must read these books! I still wish the Dresden Files TV show would've got more then one season on the SYFY channel.  I was really surprised when it got canceled because shows on there usually get a long run.



The crystal ball says:

Clouds are covering! A read that lets me down every now and then but peaks out of the clouds!