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Holiday Break Comics Reading Reviews

Why Is Everybody Yelling? by Marisabina Russo

Crumbs by Dante Stirling

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter

Will Eisner Reader by Will Eisner

Master Keaton Vols. 2 and 3 by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki

December 31, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

The plus side of sitting around for a week of vacation is that I get a lot of comics reading done! I was lucky enough to receive a lot of interesting books for the holiday. Below are some pocket reviews: Why Is Everybody Yelling? This is a graphic memoir about Marisabina Russo’s childhood growing up in Queens in the late 1950s and 1960s. Her Jewish mother had converted to Catholicism to marry her father before their divorce, and then moved to NYC to raise her […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter, Dante Stirling, graphic memoir, graphic novels, Laura Gao, Marisabina Russo, Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki, Will Eisner

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:150 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter, Dante Stirling, graphic memoir, graphic novels, Laura Gao, Marisabina Russo, Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki, Will Eisner ·
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STEP.

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

December 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was very wholesome. I have been a fan of Gene Luen Yang’s work for a while now, and I try to read all of his graphic novels (I have given up on his superhero comics work; there is too much of it). So when the Read Harder Challenge said I had to read a nonfiction YA comic, I was excited to finally be able to fit this one in. Dragon Hoops is a memoir of Yang’s time shadowing the Bishop O’Dowd High School basketball team […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: basketball, Comics, dragon hoops, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2022, sports

narfna's CBR14 Review No:240 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: basketball, Comics, dragon hoops, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2022, sports ·
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“Olive’s not a hundred dollar bill. There are going to be people in her life who don’t like her.”

Act by Kayla Miller

Clash by Kayla Miller

November 4, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I continue my slow acquisition of this series through random bookstore visits with Act and Clash. The series follows Olive as she learns various important lessons in middle school about friendship and standing up for what’s right. In Act, Olive finds out that some kids are unable to go on field trips because their parents can’t afford the extra cost. She decides to run for student council and this causes some turmoil in her friendships and requires her to learn how to get her message […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: drama, economic injustice, friendships, graphic novels, Kayla Miller, middle grade

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: drama, economic injustice, friendships, graphic novels, Kayla Miller, middle grade ·
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You Will Feel Better If You Just Read the Darn Thing

Reckless by Ed Brubaker

November 2, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Sometimes, I just wait too long, sleeping on books, making excuse after excuse about why I won’t finally pick up something I’ve wanted to read for years. Who knows why I (and apparently other readers are) this way? There’s probably some psychological reason. Ed Brubaker’s Reckless series is right up my alley: a disaffected 70s domestic Cold Warrior doing odd crime jobs in the 80s? Yessir. I should’ve read this at my earliest possible convenience. But I prefer prose to graphics, liking to sink into […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1980's, california, ed brubaker, graphic novels, historical fiction, mystery, Reckless

Jake's CBR14 Review No:195 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1980's, california, ed brubaker, graphic novels, historical fiction, mystery, Reckless ·
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A Delightful Medley of the Finest New Middle Grade Graphic Novels

Freestyle by Gale Galligan

Growing Pains by Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks

The Baby-Sitters Club #12: Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chau

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao

October 23, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

My love of middle grade graphic novels continues to deepen as more and more great books come out. Over the past week I read these six, which almost all came out recently (Tidesong came out in 2021). What really struck me about most of them is the wonderful diversity of viewpoints and experiences, which makes for a varied and rewarding reading experience. Hopefully as the generation of kids reading these grows up, we will see a similar boom in YA and adult graphic novels. Freestyle […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Chan Chau, Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra, female friendships, friendship, Gale Galligan, graphic novels, growing up/coming of age, Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks, middle grade, Self-acceptance, Self-confidence, Wendy Xu

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Chan Chau, Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra, female friendships, friendship, Gale Galligan, graphic novels, growing up/coming of age, Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks, middle grade, Self-acceptance, Self-confidence, Wendy Xu ·
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The Magicless Hero who Muscles His Way Through, and we’ve seen it all before

Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 1-2 by Hajime Komoto

January 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I think I saw an excerpt of Mashle: Magic and Muscles somewhere and decided it looked dumb. Then I decided to give it another chance when I was shelf-surfing in the library which turned out to have volumes 1-2. The premise of this manga series and most of the key characters so far are pretty recognizable. The hero Mash is a magicless idiot with only ridiculous strength to get by in a world where magic defines your status and prospects. To get his dad out […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, graphic novels, Hajime Komoto, magic, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, graphic novels, Hajime Komoto, magic, magic school, manga, Mashle Magic and Muscles ·
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