Post by richardvasseur on Jul 13, 2021 20:20:57 GMT
Graphic Novel title: Raising Dragons
Writer: Bryan Davis
Illustrator: James Art Ville
151 pages
Publisher Scrubjay Journeys
First printing: October 2015
Cost $14.99
Youth fantasy graphic novel
ISBN: 978-0-9898122-9-0
Reviewed by: Allen Klingelhoets
I found Raising Dragons" Graphic Novel at my town library in young adult section. It is a comic with religious Biblical foundations. The graphic novel was funded with Kickstarter. Story is colored and not black and white. I grew to really care about characters in story. I also learned the story would be continued.... The adventures of Billy, Bonnie, and Walter continue in Midst, Oracles, of Fire, and the Children of Bard series of novels. These books are published by Scrub Jay Journeys and available online and at local bookstores. The end pages give more information about illustrator and also talks about more books written by Bryan Davis.
Back cover notes:
Experience Billy and Bonnie's First adventure like Never before!
Story summery from back page.
A boy learns of his dragon past; a girl has known of hers for years. They combine their faith, courage and love to overcome an evil slayer who seeks to bring an end to dragon heritage, forever, The kids in school call Billy " Dragon Breath" for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning breath bad; it's the hot-as-fire "don't-you-dare-get-near-me" bad. And hearing "Dragon Breath" ringing in his ears, he constantly tries to cool his oral volcano.
Troubles erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys' restroom at school, and his parents learn that they've kept their secret for too long. Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon! Now that's a piece of news a guy doesn't deal with every day! Billy feels betrayed, alien, lost. when his father reverts to dragon form, and they're both chased by dragon slayers, he learns to trust his father again, battling the slayers with weapons of steel and spirit.
Bonnie, an orphan, tries to find a home, someone to love her, even though she feels like a freak, because of a body feature she calls a deformity, her dragon wings, inherited from her now dead dragon mother. She discovers that her love for others and her faith in the Creator hold the answers she is looking for. "Raising dragons" is a contemporary fantasy graphic novel that inspires young people to dig deep within to find their God-given strengths and use them to overcome any obstacle.
Allen Klingelhoets