THE MYSTERY OF THE MEANEST TEACHER: A JOHNNY CONSTANTINE GRAPHIC NOVEL is a comedic middle grade graphic novel about two kids with developing magical powers trying to figure out if their schoolteacher is really, secretly, a witch. After angering a number of hostile spirits in England, 13-year-old magician John Constantine has to find a way... Continue Reading →
Resistance by Val McDermid
Originally written as a radio drama on the BBC, this pandemic story is now being released in graphic novel format. The illness is found to originate from a food van at an music festival in England. People believe it to be food poisoning until lesions start appearing on their skin and death comes quickly. As... Continue Reading →
The Down River People by Adam Smith
A dark Southern tale hums along nicely until an unexpected and confusing hard turn in the plot. Publisher's Blurb In order to keep his father’s speakeasy afloat, Myers unwittingly gets caught up in his family’s ties to the occult. Myers Carpenter is a bootlegger who just inherited his family's bar, The Flatbed. Unsure of whether... Continue Reading →
The Cardboard Kingdom #2: Roar of the Beast by Chad Sell
Your Imagination + Cardboard = The Construction of Fun! Publisher's Blurb: A mystery is afoot in the Cardboard Kingdom. Vijay, the Beast, renounces his title after being bullied by neighborhood teenagers. No one--not his big sister Shikha or his friends--can seem to draw him back out of his shell. That very night is when it... Continue Reading →
Wynd Book One: Flight of the Prince by James Tynion IV
Flight of the Prince is an excellent graphic novel that combines a fantasy plot with coming-of-age queerness. The city of Pipetown is unique in the world of Esserial... it is free of magic. Or at least that's what most of the population believes. But, all who have the talent are forced to hide the physical... Continue Reading →