I have heard of Tokyo Ghoul off and on for a while now. I never really had any interest in reading it, as the images I had seen did seem a bit “too much” for my tastes. However, I am curious. I feel, as a reader and bookseller, I should try and experience many different genres. Therefore, when I saw the book Tokyo Ghoul Illustrations: Zakki in the damaged box, I assume it was a Tokyo Ghoul graphic novel and picked it up. It was […]
Zita the Spacegirl to the rescue. Sort of……
Zita the Spacegirl is not your parent’s graphic novel. Oh, there are space aliens, portals to other worlds, robots and evil creatures, but there is also a spunky girl who is smart, funny and realistic. Ben Hatke has created a graphic novel that will introduce readers to the genre, but readers will enjoy as well. Aimed at ages eight to 10, both boys and girls can read. Yes, Zita is a girl but she is a tomboy. Her best friend is the goofy, nerdy boy. […]
Graphic Novel Flop
I am not sure if there were pages missing from my copy or there is a series before this that filled in some blanks, but the entire time I was reading I felt like I was in the middle of the story. I never saw what I would consider a beginning and when it ended I was thinking “Wait…that’s it? Shouldn’t there have been some kind of wrap up?” I know this is a series, but still the story ends where it started, in the […]
This Years’ Vibe is all About… Good-Hearted Creatures/Monsters
Including: Book 5 – “Conqueror Worm” Book 6 – “Strange Places” Book 7 – “The Troll Witch and Others” with art by P. Craig Russell and Richard Corben Book 8 – “Darkness Calls” with art by Duncan Fegredo Book 9 – “The Wild Hunt” with art by Duncan Fegredo A while ago I read the first 4 volumes of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy series and really liked a lot of aspects of it! I’m not sure why I ever stopped, but seeing as I was planning […]
Big Nate and friends
While this book is not in a novel format, there are books in the Big Nate series. These comics in Big Nate: What’s a Noogie Between Friends by Lincoln Peirce were in newspapers from mid-October 2012 to mid-April 2013. The comics are about an over confident middle-schooler who does not always understand why the world does not go as planned. A number of modern images are shown (a single dad, multi-cultural students) there are the themes that are timeless: girl troubles, best friends and school. […]
29: An excellent adaptation of a beloved YA novel
When I was a sophomore in high school, I had a student teacher for English II. He read out loud at the beginning of class, which was fun and exciting—the first book he chose was Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. It’s been a favorite of mine ever since. Last year, Anderson teamed up with Emily Carroll to transform her groundbreaking novel into a graphic novel. I was not sure how it would turn out, but one of my former professors is a frequent contributor to a […]
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