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So Many Ideas and Questions about Year 2 at Riverdale Academy Day School

Class Act by Jerry Craft

September 30, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Class Act continues the story of the Riverdale Academy Day School gang, but emphasizes Drew’s experiences a bit more and it also starts to include other challenges of growing up, particularly physical and emotional/relationship maturity. It is now eight grade, so the group is in their second year together. In a lot of ways, there’s a lot more going on here in volume 2, both story and meaning-wise. In the previous volume that focuses on Jordan, Drew is a fellow student of color, but instead […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: cbrbookclub, Class Act, Comics, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Book Club, Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: cbrbookclub, Class Act, Comics, coming-of-age, Graphic Novel, Jerry Craft, YA ·
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A story web

Along Came a Radioactive Spider: Strange Steve Ditko and the Creation of Spider-Man by Annie Hunter Eriksen

September 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The only thing odder than the character of Spider-Man is the creator himself, Steve Ditko. The long and short of it is, Spider-Man was not your usual hero. He did not have bulging muscles, or super powers, other than that of a spider. His web slinging and wall climbing could be considered creepy. His alter ego was a teenager who tripped over books quicker than the Green Goblin could toss a pumpkin bomb. And I am saying Steve Ditko was odder than that?  Well if […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Annie Hunter Eriksen, Comics, marvel, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:711 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Annie Hunter Eriksen, Comics, marvel, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko ·
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I third this fairy tale self aware fun

Cursed Princess Club v.1 by LambCat

February 5, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I saw Cursed Princess Club v.1 on a shelf and thought it looked interesting but left it there; then I was reminded of this title by a fellow Cannonballer, and decided that maybe I wanted to pick it up. Turns out I didn’t remember which store I’d seen it in, so I ordered it, then saw it on the shelf again two days before I got it. By this point, there was a second review. I agree with both of them. The art style is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, comedy, Comics, cursed princess club, fairy tale, Lambcat, manga, WebToon

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, comedy, Comics, cursed princess club, fairy tale, Lambcat, manga, WebToon ·
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STEP.

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

December 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was very wholesome. I have been a fan of Gene Luen Yang’s work for a while now, and I try to read all of his graphic novels (I have given up on his superhero comics work; there is too much of it). So when the Read Harder Challenge said I had to read a nonfiction YA comic, I was excited to finally be able to fit this one in. Dragon Hoops is a memoir of Yang’s time shadowing the Bishop O’Dowd High School basketball team […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: basketball, Comics, dragon hoops, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2022, sports

narfna's CBR14 Review No:240 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: basketball, Comics, dragon hoops, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2022, sports ·
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I might change the title of this review when I either remember it or find my notes for this really cool line I wanted to use

Emmie & Friends Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson

December 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Truly Tyler in the Emmie & Friends series might be my favorite of the group. I have enjoyed the others by Terri Libenson, but after a bit it felt like I was reading the same one over.  This time we are focusing on a side character who is male. In the author afterwards, Libenson mentions how this was for them, among other fun facts. We follow two of the characters, Tyler and Emmie (switching between their points of view) and see how the same situation can be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: art, basketball, Comics, Emmie & Friends, friendship, Peer Pressure, School & Education, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Terri Libenson

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:621 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: art, basketball, Comics, Emmie & Friends, friendship, Peer Pressure, School & Education, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Terri Libenson ·
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Lilly Renee fought Nazi’s with her pen

Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivors to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins

October 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while ago, I think I saw this book on a list of World War two books. Or maybe it was books about women. At the time it did not seem interesting to me, so I quickly forgot it. Later I came across from it and for some reason was compelled to do an interlibrary loan request for it. I know I was not sure what it was about (okay, so the title should have given me a clue, but even then, nope. Nothing. I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anne Timmons, Comics, England, Holocaust (1939-1945), Jewish history, Lily Rene Wilhelm, Mo Oh, new york, Trina Robbins, Vienna, War comics, Women's History, World War II

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:521 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anne Timmons, Comics, England, Holocaust (1939-1945), Jewish history, Lily Rene Wilhelm, Mo Oh, new york, Trina Robbins, Vienna, War comics, Women's History, World War II ·
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