My dad and I have been wanting to take my nieces (his grandkids!) to a convention for sometime now.

I've been going to conventions of all kind for a long, long, long time now! I go in search of comics, toys, books, wallets, stuff, buttons, movies, panels, swag, papers, cards, artists.I go to talk to people, to hang out with friends, to browse, wander, find new things, find old things, take pictures, get autographs and all the while lugging a backpack filled to the brim. I love going to conventions! I am a nerd!!! So yeah, I love going to Comic Book conventions. Keep reading comic books because COMIC BOOKS KICK ASS! I'm also gonna seek out more Farel books. This is a graphic novel I can't recommend enough. There's action that fills up every page and I did connect with some of the characters. He can capture an ugliness and make it so fascinating and alluring. He's a great artist with a beautiful detailed style. The story is written and drawn by Farel Dalrympleand this was my first introduction to his work. Sherwood is a big focus too as he copes with growing up into a man he hates being. WRENCHES deals with kids growing up too fast and realizing the world can be ugly and mean.

It wasn't always a pleasant book to read, but it was enthralling. He's pulled into the WRENCHIES future and things just get more intense for everyone fighting. He goes about as a costumed kid trying to be a hero, trying to be good and standing up to bullies. In a present day realm we meet Hollis, a kid who loves super heroes and longs to be one in midst of an adventure. There's kids who still hope, fight and want to survive. Here the world is in shambles, mostly just kids survive and we meet the young Wrenchies who are the best of the best when it comes to fighting the Shadowsmen who still try and add further destruction to the world. From there we jump to a future overrun by Shadowsmen. Told over a few chapters we get introduced to the kids, Sherwood and Orson, who discover a mysterious tunnel and are a trigger to future events. It's a story about growing up and knowing there's a post-apocalyptic future ahead and the kid who does the knowing may just be the cause. I was reading most of THE WRENCHIES on my morning subway commute and then plowed on through the rest one night after dinner.

(Yes, I have a bad habit of buying and shelving my books or placing them atop a large pile of books just waiting to be read.)

I picked up this book, THE WRENCHIES sometime last year and finally got around to reading it.

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