graphic novel
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Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
“>Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think my favourite thing about the main character, Maggie, is that her personality is so well-developed. Before the ghost is even introduced we find out that: she’s the only girl with 3 brothers, her Dad has a new job, and her…
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DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke My rating: 5 of 5 stars I selfishly chose to read DC: The New Frontier because I’m doing an assignment on DC and I wanted more meat. I’m a self-acclaimed noob when it comes to graphic novels and The New Frontier was my first foray into…
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Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s not surprising to me that Vera Brosgol, author/illustrator of Anya’s Ghost, has chosen Neil Gaiman’s critique to highlight on her front cover of this graphic novel. I can make a direct comparison between Gaiman’s character Coraline and Brosgol’s Anya who are both ordinary…
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Comics in prison libraries? Huh.
In this article Martha Cornog, longtime reviewer for Library Journal, interviews Graterford Corrections librarian, Philip Ephraim, about the inclusion of comics in his prison library. Ephraim talks about the circulation statistics of comics noting that they are a small portion of the collection but well-used by patrons. As a result, Ephraim has observed an increase…
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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am at a disadvantage in reading the graphic novel version of A Wrinkle in Time because I don’t remember the original story enough to compare it. The only thing I do remember is “It was a dark and…
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Owly by Andy Runton
Owly, Vol. 1: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I can’t say this with any certainty but Owly has the feeling of being written for school-aged children. The pictures are sweet and the text is minimal but the stories themselves seem to have a moral…
threadbare beauty 