a pair of graphic novel reviews: Agent Gates and Blue is the Warmest Color
Agent Gates by Kyle Hilton and Camaren Subhiyah The basics: What if fan favorite valet Bates were a secret agent with a bionic leg protecting the royal crown? Agent Gates takes that idea and runs with it. My thoughts: Agent Gates is escapist fan fiction at its best. The characters will be familiar to any fan of Downton Abbey , and the writers keep them just close enough to their fictional counterparts to be fabulously believable. It's a fun fun, preposterously awesome adventure that is the perfect thing to tide me over until January when season four makes its way stateside. Rating: 4 out of 5 Length: 128 pages Publication date: January 1, 2013 Source: library Convinced? Treat yourself! Buy Agent Gates from Amazon ( Kindle edition .) Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maron The basics: Fresh on the heels of the film adaptation of this French-language graphic novel winning the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, an English translation is f...