Snow White Author: Matt Phelan Release Date: September 13, 2016 Publisher: Candlewick Press Genre(s): Fairy Tale, Graphic Novel Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Everyone knows the story of Snow White. It’s a classic tale of a young girl who is run out of her home by an evil stepmother only to take refuge with a […]
“The Arab of the Future” Is A Profound Graphic Memoir
The Arab of the Future Author: Riad Sattouf Series: The Arab of the Future #1 Release Date: October 20, 2015 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Genre(s): Autobiography, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Sometimes it can be hard to find the right words to describe a book. Usually these are the books that have […]
“Poorly Drawn Lines” Makes the Jump from Webcomic to Book!
Poorly Drawn Lines Author: Reza Farazmand Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Plume Genre(s): Webcomic, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon If you’re not already familiar with Reza Farazmand’s thrice weekly webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines now is the perfect time to find out what you’ve been missing. To be honest, even if you […]
“Secret Coders” Has A Great Premise But Falls Short of Expectations
Secret Coders Author: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Mike Holmes Series: Secret Coders #1 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: First Second Genre(s): Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Coding, STEAM Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I wanted to love Secret Coders. I really did. I love the idea of STEAM programming in general and when I was […]
Making Waves – Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Author: Jessica Abel, foreword by Ira Glass Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Broadway Books Source: Blogging for Books Genre(s): nonfiction, graphic novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon “I should totally make a podcast.” It’s a thought that’s occurred to me and probably most radio listeners at least once during an […]
“Mike’s Place” Explores Community, Relationships, and Tragedy in the Middle East
Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv Authors: Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem Artist: Koren Shadmi Release Date: June 9, 2015 Publisher: First Second Genre(s): Biographical, Historical Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon It’s no secret that I love historical graphic novels. I find the idea of being able to bring […]
“Seconds” Might Be Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Masterpiece
Seconds Author: Bryan Lee O’Malley Artist: O’Malley and Jason Fischer Colorist: Nathan Fairbairn Release Date: July 15, 2014 Publisher: Ballantine Books Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Fantasy Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon What would you do if you had the chance to correct your mistakes by eating a magic mushroom before you went […]
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories Author: MariNaomi Release Date: September 2014 Publisher: 2D Cloud and Uncivilized Books Genre(s): Graphic Novel, Memoir, Short Stories Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon MariNaomi is responsible for my favorite book of 2014. She is also responsible for what will likely be my favorite book of 2015. The former, Dragon’s […]
“Beautiful Darkness” just might be the bleakest fairy tale you’ll ever read
Beautiful Darkness Author: Fabien Vehlmann (Translation by Helge Dascher) Artist: Kerascoët Release Date: February 25, 2014 Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Press Source: Borrowed from a friend Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Beautiful Darkness is such a strange comic to unpack. It’s gorgeous, for sure, but it was one of those that made me […]
Spread #1 Consumes Our Pull Lists
Spread #1 Author: Justin Jordan Artists: Kyle Strahm, Felipe Sobriero Release Date: July 9, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Sciene Fiction, Horror, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Amazon | TFAW | Image Comics Is it just me or does Spread kind of seem like a cross between the Walking Dead and Saga? That’s definitely not […]
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