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'Somehow being alone is always easier for me. But it's still, well, lonely!' When Cece Bell was four she contracted meningitis and lost her hearing. This graphic novel tells the story of her elementary school years learning to communicate in a radical new way. Told in world where everything exists in the 'real' world except... Continue Reading →
10 years have passed since Pascal was a 'winner' in high school. 50+ pounds heavier and a switch of careers have made him nervous about going to his reunion. An email from his crush asking to go together sends him spinning even more. Reunion is a graphic novel that tells the story of the ramp... Continue Reading →
This is going to be a rather short review with some spoilers. This graphic novel is beautiful. Full of sweeping scenes from Japanese mythology, and a young man's trip to visit his grandfather in Japan. The book begins in Brooklyn as a biracial young man, Ichiro, is getting ready to travel with his mother to... Continue Reading →
Set sometime between the action of Solo and Rogue One, Han and Chewie are on Coruscant and hear of a possible job. Easy money! But it's a trap, and Chewbacca is forced on a mission to a very dangerous planet with 'a tall droid and a rogue librarian' to pick up a dark artifact. Pros:... Continue Reading →
Rob Harrell's middle-grade graphic novel puts the reader in the English countryside, circa 1867. Great scary monsters help the tourist trade in every city... except for Stoker-On-Avon. Poor Rayburn just doesn't 'feel scary.' No get-up and go. No skills in the monster department. No confidence at all. Dr. Charles Wilkie, Man of Science, is hired... Continue Reading →
I read the page at least 5 times. I read the paragraph on the page at least 10 times. I was shocked. I was terrified. And I loved every word of it. A twist that took this already gripping spectral thriller into an even darker and more wicked place. Someone Like Me begins with two... Continue Reading →
Mighty Jack is a modern-day retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk by popular graphic artist Ben Hatke. Jack's mother is trying to keep the family afloat by working two jobs this summer, and Jack is tasked with taking care of his little sister. She's a sensitive girl who doesn't talk, ever. Jack buys some seeds... Continue Reading →
Who needs a sidekick when you're an especially evil villain? Lord Ballister Blackheart surely doesn't need one. But Nimona is relentless. She insists that her shape-shifting power is essential to Blackheart's evil plans. Yet, she's a little hazy on the rules of the good guy-bad guy game. A combined effort to take down their nemesis, Sir... Continue Reading →
From the dark corners of the internet to the eerie depths of the forest, the boogeyman lurks. An odd collection of elongated limbs in black and white, an oval-shaped head, and a lurking, a following, a stalking. The Slender Man. Mark is a young man of monied Manhattan, enrolled in an elite private high school that... Continue Reading →
