Reviews - Blue Book Volume 1: 1961

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Blue Book Volume 1: 1961

James Tynion IV

3.71 AVERAGE

catburps's review

3.5

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

bonafidefaygo's review

5.0

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

This is a nonfiction graphic novel about the story of Betty and Barney Hill's lives regarding their supposed alien abduction story.

As someone familiar with their story and also familiar with James Tynion IV's writing, I was excited to see his take on it and I wasn't disappointed. The atmosphere was great, the dialogue was good, and generally I thought it was an effective and informative way to convey their story in a new and engaging way.

Also the art by Michael Avon Oeming was superb. The stylization was perfect for an alien abduction story, and throughout the entire novel only four colors are used (black, white, dark blue, and light blue) and the choice of blue worked surprisingly well at adding unease to the story.

I don't know if they have any intention of doing similar novels for other famous alien/cryptid/supernatural stories, but I really hope they do because I'd love an entire series of it.