Grimoire Noir

Practical info

Author: Vera Greentea (writer) and Yana Bogatch (artist, also known as Cosmic Spectrum)
Genres: Fiction, fantasy/mystery
Sub-genres: urban-fantasy/YA
Publication year: 2019
Edition: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781250305732
Blurb: Beautiful, spooky, and utterly enchanting, Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch's Grimoire Noir is a charming graphic novel about coming to terms with your own flaws and working past them to protect those dear to you.
Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn't at fifteen?
His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it--he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary power, Bucky has to get out of his own head and go on a strange journey to investigate the small town that gives him so much grief. And in the process he uncovers the town's painful history and a conspiracy that will change it forever.

Personal info

Why I picked it up: A chapter in Yana's art book is all about this book and it has always seemed interesting to me. After two years or so, I finally bought it. Mostly for the art.
Status: Finished
Progress: 288/288 pages
Started: 21-1-2026
Finished: 27-1-2026
Rating: 4/5 stars
Reread count: 0
Overall opinion: I love the art, the characters are really good and pretty and cool. But my god, was that a fast ending. I did love it, so 4 stars. But that is probably in large part for the art. If this had been a novel and it went exactly like this, I would not have enjoyed it as much. Because it's not that satisfying of an ending. But as I've complained about with previous graphic novels, maybe endings just feel rushed because you read through them very quickly and publishers probably don't have much budget for a slow, satisfying ending like a novel can have. But it does kinda feel like the author suddenly realised she only had 15 pages left and thought “Shit, I need to wrap this up!”