Just like my mix-up with Ms. Marvel, I accidentally skipped a book and read volume 3 of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel You Really Got Me Now before reading volume 2, Squirrel You Know it’s True. Fortunately, missing two did not affect my enjoyment of three, as both books have contained story lines. However, catching up by reading two did give me a few “ah ha” moments of now understanding references in three. All three Squirrel Girl graphic novels, that I have read so far, written by Ryan […]
“Comics to make you cry laughing and cry crying”
When I was a kid, my dad had a couple of volumes of collections of The Far Side Gallery comics, and I… well, to be honest, when I first read them I was much too young to understand more than one in thirty of them, but eventually, I loved them. I was so envious of Gary Larson, and his ability to both draw and be funny at the same time, that I spent a significant amount of time in middle school pretending that I also had both […]
A parable of Nigeria
#CBR10bingo #Backlog — published in 2015, this has been in my stack for three years! The Fishermen, Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel, was nominated for a Man Booker prize. His second novel is due early next year. Set in the town Akure, Nigeria in the mid-1990s, The Fishermen is the story of four brothers whose lives are upended in a tragically short period of time. This novel has the feel of a parable, or of a very grim fairy tale. It has a dark […]
These were not quite the buff dudes I had pictured, but they definitely get the job done
Cannonball Bingo Spot – Cover Art. I mean, could you pass this up? Do you know about Owl Turd Comix? Because you should. It’s … uber relatable? And hilarious? And topical? A little bit too on the nose on occasion? And other times, just 100% the plain honest truth. So this is a collection of some of the best Owl Turd strips, and I highly recommend you check it out, if you could use a laugh as much as I could, right […]
And she can hear, louder than the quaking leaves, which side will lose by winning
CBR10 BINGO: So Shiny! I have been sitting on this review for a while. It is always more difficult for me to write reviews for books that really move me. This is a meaty book full of WORDS and IDEAS and large number of characters with story lines that need to be followed. I would classify this in what I think of as “epic”. It is deeply character driven and I was instantly invested in the characters. If an author can get me to do […]
“Who the hell decides who gets to feel comfortable?”
In Tomboy Survival Guide, author Ivan Coyote shares their life journey from growing up in the Yukon to their life today as an author, performer, and advocate. The stories as told by Coyote are at times funny, at time sad, but always seem to retain that common thread of a strong family bond. Taking the book at face value as a memoir, it was a good read. The stories were well-written and engaging – I could see myself roller skating with Coyote and their cousins […]
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