Ghosts is the most recently published of Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels and also the most fantastical. Since I had read and reviewed her other three books earlier this year, it seemed only appropriate to do this one as well. While I didn’t connect to this story the way I did Smile and Drama, I did fall for the characters and the story of family, identity, and death. Cat’s younger sister, Maya, was born with cystic fibrosis, it affects her lungs and digestive system and there is no cure. The […]
The magick continues
The detective/noir/occult tale continues! Volume 1 introduced the reader to Rowan Black, Portsmouth Police detective who is also a witch. She has a good relationship with her work partner Morgan and with her friend (lover?) Alexandra Grey, who is also a witch. These relationships are in peril, however, as a series of crimes shows that dark forces are at work, and they are targeting Rowan. The first installment ends with a shadowy group of technologically savvy investigators tracking down Rowan. We cannot yet guess who […]
The Baby-Sitters Club in Graphic Novel
I do not remember reading the original Babysitters Club by Ann Martin. I was aware of them (my sister had the series) but it was never on my reading pile. I would later read Martin and enjoy her work immensely. Therefore, I was excited to see that Raina Telgemeier had adapted the Babysitters Club into a graphic novel series. Unfortunately, the first one I read seemed dated. It was very much still in the voice of the original printing date. It was not unpleasant, but […]
Just an everyday Jersey Girl
I’ve tended to read specific graphic novels and comics and not really venture out of my comfort zone but I found Ms. Marvel Volume 1 for free on Kindle Prime Reading and thought I’d give it a go. It had been pretty highly recommended and I was interested to see this take on a muslim teenager becoming a superhero. It was obviously a first volume so we had a fair amount of info dump and exposition but the bones of the story were solid. I […]
In which I travel to the Old Republic
This book is another Read Harder Challenge twofer. I don’t read a lot of comics; it’s a style of book that isn’t as natural for me as it so obviously is for others. While I was reading through this year’s tasks I saw there were two that related to comics and I knew that I would have to step out of my comfort zone (which is the entire point) to get them done. But… it was much easier than anticipated. Either my tastes are broader […]
Shaft! He’s one sad motha%@#*(
One of my local comic stores has a pretty solid podcast with weekly recommendations. They mentioned that the Shaft comics were pretty good but very overlooked. (Yes, the comics are about that Shaft!) I remember being interested in the comic because I like detective comics and I like cool people. Unfortunately, I was a couple of years late to the party and didn’t do my part to drive sales and notoriety for the book. Thankfully, Dynamite has release several of the Shaft storylines in trade […]
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