While nothing can match the divine quality of the movie Clueless, the graphic novel Clueless: Senior Year is a fun reunion with Cher, Dionne, and Tai, the main characters from the movie. If you haven’t seen the movie, you should watch it before reading the comic, because the comic will make more sense and because everyone should watch Clueless. The story picks up on Cher’s last day of junior year. One of her teachers tells … Continue reading Clueless: Senior Year by Amber Benson and Sarah Kuhn →
Princess Princess is an adorable graphic novel for children and adults. You can read the whole thing in about ten minutes so it’s like a little chocolate truffle. This is the story of two princesses, Sadie and Amira. Amira travels the land performing heroic deeds with the help of her unicorn, Cookie. She rescues Sadie from a tower with help from Cookie and Sadie’s very small dragon, Oliver. In the course of the story, the … Continue reading Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill →
I have one thought about the trailer for the upcoming movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and that thought is: “Dat is purty.” I’ll be reviewing the movie, and I know it’s important to approach the film with an open mind. However, I strongly suspect that my movie review will also boil down to: “Dat is purty.” In keeping with this theme, my review of the first Valerian graphic novel The City … Continue reading The City of Shifting Waters by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin →
We’ve heard about Oh Joy Sex Toy quite a few times from our readers, and now we have a great guest review from Reader Suzanne. Suzanne grew up on a farm in Vermont and has used books to explore the world since words started to make sense. Now, thanks to two children, she reads lots of picture books and middle grade fiction in addition to tons of fantasy and romance. When not reading or raising two young … Continue reading Guest Review: Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan →
Over the weekend I binge-read March, the graphic novel (in three volumes) by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. My advice is that you should absolutely read March but pace yourself. TW for racism and violence. March describes Representative Lewis’s years with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). It’s told as a series of flashbacks remembered on the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration and bookended by memories of Bloody Sunday — the day … Continue reading March by John Lewis →
I’m biased in favor of Thom Zahler, with whom I shared a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, but I just have to say how much I love his romance comic, Long Distance. It tells the love story of Carter, an advertising designer in Columbus, Ohio, and Lee, a NASA scientist who lives in Chicago. The two meet in an airport and embark on a long distance romance. This is a sweet, funny, warm story that is honest about … Continue reading Long Distance by Thomas Zahler →
Hello, Richard here. I’m Mr. Elyse and Dewey’s Morning Food Servant. I’m here to tell you about Comic Bento, a graphic novel subscription box. Years ago if someone would have told that I could get a surprise box of graphic novels shipped to me monthly, I would have been overjoyed. I have had an on-again, off-again love affair with graphic novels for decades. The off-again part generally involves my bank account. So when I was … Continue reading Subscription Box Review: Comic Bento →
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I’m certainly no stranger to the trials and tribulations of keeping up with one’s own mental health, not to mention the mental health of my mother. (It’s exhausting sometimes, isn’t it?) So this May, I wanted to read something that I could identify with and that would allow me to further spotlight the importance of mental health discussions. I’ve been a longtime fan of Hyperbole and a Half … Continue reading Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh →
12 Reasons Why I Love Her is a graphic novel that describes the romance between Gwen and Evan. Sadly, I loathed both Gwen and Evan so very, very much, that I am presenting this review as “10 Reasons Why I Hated This.” Why ten and not twelve? Because coming up with twelve things just seemed too bitter. Includes spoilers. This is described as “a romance graphic novel told in twelve individual vignettes” but it does … Continue reading 12 Reasons Why I Love Her by Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones →
Back in November 2015, I reviewed Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. At the time, a lot of people suggested that I read Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner, and I’m so glad they did. Understanding Comics is a wonderful Comics 101 course and Comics and Sequential Art kicks it up to the next level. Comics and Sequential Art presumes that the reader has a working definition of what a comic is and that the reader has … Continue reading Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner →
The New Deal is a light-hearted graphic novel with just a touch of noir. It involves a bellhop named Frank who has a crush on a hotel maid named Theresa. They work at the Waldorf-Astoria in 1936. One night, two particularly notable guests check in. One is a rich and powerful man to whom Frank owes a lot of money. The other is a beautiful, mysterious woman named Nina who is endlessly kind and generous … Continue reading The New Deal by Jonathan Case →
