Saga is an exciting, touching, and constantly amusing breath of fresh air that starts with a scatological birth scene and proceeds to expand exponentially from there, out into space and beyond, with a wink and a nod. Alana and Marko are two (literally) star-crossed lovers from rival warring races who have, against the odds, managed to fall in love and conceive a child. Now on the run from both governments and an array of talented and hostile bounty hunters, they must survive long enough to […]
Professional athlete of the future turns superhero
This is my last review of the year (and the day)! By some miracle of will power, I met my half-cannonball goal despite only starting reviews last month. Must do better next year, for realz. My final post is for Mara, a YA graphic novel set in the future where professional sports is an even bigger business. Sport competitions keep everyone distracted from the endless world war cycle of Earth. Mara is superstar volleyball player whose been training since she was 2 years old! Barely legal, she lives […]
Tasty memories
Relish is this awesome graphic novel + recipe book hybrid by Lucy Knisley. She details her love for food with illustrated stories from her childhood. Her mom is a chef while her dad’s a gourmet foodie. Together, they expose her to culinary delights from birth as she tags along to restaurant kitchens and gatherings of her mom’s food scene pals. Even though her parents divorce, they continue to impart their own culinary wisdom to their daughter.Each chapter ends with a personal recipe from that particular era of her life. Her […]
To be young and all you need is a cold soda
My friend insisted that I read this out of print Jordan Crane graphic novel, Col-Dee. This first person comic is a memory from a hot summer of a boy’s youth. He spends his days hanging out with his friends including a boy named Billy, who is kind of a jerk. We open with Billy chasing the boy and tripping him with glee. But soon the kids are distracted by the arrival of an awesome soda machine. They beg and plead for a free soda, but the delivery […]
Walk this way, so I can stab you in the head.
While I like them both, I prefer the Walking Dead show to the comics. How about you?
What’s love got to do with it?
None of those who gave Sleeping Beauty “true love’s kiss” ever stuck around. You think that’s because it doesn’t mean what we think it does?
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