MICHAEL JOHN HALSE ARTISTRY

And sometimes, when the day loomed gray, I’d sit at my desk and remember the heat of that summer. I’d remember the smells of tuberose...

“But the fact is,” I continued, “that despite their sadness, and despite my guilt, and despite Egan’s anger, I went ahead and did what I...

“The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself...

"When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.”...

To make the sea your own, to watch over it, to brood your very soul into it, to accept it and love it as though only it mattered and...

“Go not the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.” J.R.R. Tolkien --- Let’s be clear, there is one author, and only one...

I first picked up Amulet in 2010, back then the third book in the series was coming out, and they were getting a lot of publicity and...

“Somehow, we’ll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with...

My latest comic book read is Ricardo Delgado’s Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians, part of Delgado’s Age of Reptiles series, in which the...

Huh, this was an interesting read to say the least. Arclight tells the story of… if I’m correct, a lady whose mind is trapped in an alien...

The Rat Queens are finally back! And in attempt to save the comic from a controversial series of events, creator Kurtis J. Wiebe...

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time... The losses are what define a man's faith.” --- Well, I have finished my...

Even before I had started reading comics, I’d heard of Saga. Like The Walking Dead, it’s one of those more recent comics that everyone’s...

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after...

Let me preface this by saying I am a huge Star Wars fan. I definitely don’t mean to brag, but when it comes to Star Wars I know more than...

There are some comics that are just so incredibly beautiful that you don't want to put them down, and Monstress is definitely one of...

1 WITCH When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? 2 WITCH When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's...

Set in the days prior to the Biblical flood that covered the earth and washed away the unholiness that had become humanity, The Goddamed...

After this I'll be all caught up on my book reviews, thus far, for 2017. We're already into April, and while I'm only on my fourth novel...

If you've been following along with my book reviews this year, so far I've read a number of comic volumes - The Autumnlands, Rat Queens,...