Tag: comics
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Happily Ever After & Everything In Between – Debbie Tung
Happily Ever After & Everything In Between by Debbie Tung My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Happily Ever After & Everything In Between is a cute graphic novel about the author/illustrator’s life with her husband, which is a life that is bookish, introverted, and with her best friend. I think if you’re not with your…
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Swamp Thing: Twin Branches – Maggie Stiefvater
Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater & Morgan Beem (illustrator) Happy release day to Swamp Thing: Twin Branches! Summary: From #1‑New York Times‑bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater (the Raven Cycle series) and artist Morgan Beem comes DC’s newest young adult original graphic novel, the spine-tingling saga Swamp Thing: Twin Branches. In the pages of this haunting retelling of the Swamp Thing origin story, teenage twin brothers Alec and Walker…
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Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats – Joelle Jones
Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats by Joëlle Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars As much as I enjoy some iterations of Catwoman, I have not followed her storyline particularly closely so I was curious to see how well she would hold up in the first entry in this new series. One of my coworkers wanted…
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New Kid – Jerry Craft
New Kid by Jerry Craft My rating: 4 of 5 stars New Kid is an incredibly accessible graphic novel that introduces us to seventh-grader Jordan and his life as the new kid in a new school. As a black kid, he experiences daily micro aggressions in his new school. He watches other kids be stereotyped…
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You Brought Me the Ocean – Alex Sanchez
You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez My rating: 3 of 5 stars I liked the premise of the book, unfortunately, this was my least favorite of the four graphic novels that DC Ink provided me for review. I felt that the writing and art were weaker than the other three. Each of these…
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Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Luen Yang
Superman Smashes The Klan by Gene Luen Yang My rating: 4 of 5 stars One reason that I like Gene Luen Yang so much as a writer is that he is both entertaining and informative. It is clear in his writing that he loves history and he can bring it to life in his graphic…
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Gotham High – Blog Tour
Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz & Thomas PitilliPublisher: DC InkRelease Date: April 7th 2020 Genre: Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Sequential Art, Superheroes, Comics Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza and The Witches of East End comes a reimagining of Gotham for a new generation of readers. Before they became…
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Disney Aladdin: Four Tales of Agrabah – Corinna Bechko
Disney Aladdin: Four Tales of Agrabah by Corinna Bechko My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars When reading comic books and graphic novels, the illustrations are just as important to me as the storyline. If I don’t find the illustrations to be appealing then it makes it challenging to read to the story and enjoy it.…
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Superman – Matt de la Pena
Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Pena My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Although Superman is not one of my favourite superheroes, I did want to see how his origin story would play out. I’ve never read any of Matt de la Pena’s books before, so I had no expectations about his writing style or…
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Sarah’s Scribbles – Sarah Andersen
Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars If you’ve ever wondered if you’re weird and not as social as all of your peers – this…
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