A story layered in secrets, the poet, Dante, and loss. Loss of sight, family, and innocence. Faced with his own troubles with the law, a young man finds out that his blind father had not been injured in a hunting accident as he was originally told, but in a robbery gone wrong. Charlie's father finally... Continue Reading →
Friday Graphic Novel Double Feature: Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks. Short & Skinny by Mark Tatulli.
Sanity & TallulahSTEM girls in space?!?! Mad science? A three-headed kitten? Yes. Yes. And Yes! Wilnick space station can be a pretty boring place for Sanity and Tallulah, especially when you have to wait for the latest vid shows to travel lightyears to get to you. So... what do you do while you're waiting? Maybe... Continue Reading →
Friday Graphic Novel Double Feature: Spill Zone #1 and Spill Zone #2, The Broken Vow by Scott Westerfield and Alex Puvilland (Illustrator)
Spill Zone Addison's responsibility is to take care of her sister, the girl who has been so affected by The Spill. Was it a nuclear event? A nanobot attack? No one knows, but the government has quarantined the entire town of Poughkeepsie, NY. The spill took the girls' parents away from them and Addison wants... Continue Reading →
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Graphic Novel Mini Review)
Your new business venture is not taking off. Six years of trying to peddle garden art. Your doppelgänger is a porn star. You've moved in with the guy you met in recovery, who now deals drugs and is slowly becoming more possessive. You battle with your daughter over trying stand-up comedy. You find the keys... Continue Reading →
Friday Graphic Novel Double Feature: Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell. The King of Kazoo by Norm Feuti
Cardboard Kingdom by Chad SellThis graphic novel is awesome. Period. Chad Sell teams up with several other storytellers to create a neighborhood of fantasy made out of refrigerator boxes! A diverse cast of young people dressed up at Monsters, Princesses, and Robots, subtlety tackle issues of bullying, divorce, competition, parent expectations, and many more. The... Continue Reading →