I read all four of the trade paperbacks in a row, and I hate to spoil them for anyone looking to read the series. However – I really liked them, as always. The stories are dense and complex, the art is consistently well done, and I can’t quite see how it will all end.
Anarchy in Italy
Graphic memoirs are in a real danger of becoming an old hat. The genre seemed so groundbreaking in the early 90’s when Art Spiegelman finished Maus, or even in 2000 with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, and there are still some interesting work published under the umbrella “graphic memoir.” And it’s a good thing that the new comic book releases shelve in our local library calls to me like heroin calls to Iggy Pop, or I might have missed one of them, namely Ulli Lust’s
Simple Dog, Alot, and Cake!
My BFF Nicole and I have been fans of Allie Brosh’s blog for years.
Relish – My First Taste of Graphic Novels
I kicked off the New Year with my first graphic novel (ever) by Lucy Knisley.
A Book About Satan’s Retirement? Well that Could be Interesting…
A graphic novel spin-off from Neil Gaiman
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls
I picked this up on a whim at the library, I’m always looking for things I can read with my kids. (That’s my excuse for reading a lot of YA dystopias, though we all know I read them anyway!) Apparently this is a fairly known comic strip, though this was my first exposure. The characters are a multicultural cauldron of little girls, reacting with all the coolness and sarcasm so perfected by the average preteen. Perhaps were I more familiar with the strip I would […]