Gene Yuen Lang’s ‘Dragon Hoops’ was getting a lot of buzz even before it was published, and Esther tells us why!
Review: Maker Comics Draw a Comic
February 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The latest title in First Second’s Maker Comics series is a Maker Comic about making a comic!
Middle School. The Worst Years of My Life.
November 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Esther Keller looks at five graphic novels about navigating the highs and lows of middle school.
Review: Science Comics: Cats, Nature and Nurture
September 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
First Second’s line of Science Comics looks at the not-so-humble cat, from prehistory to the domestic breeds of today.
Review: ‘Science Comics: Bats, Learning to Fly’
August 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
First Second’s Science Comics line looks at the flying fuzzies that are anything but rodents; the Bat.
Review: Science Comics: Dogs, From Predator to Protector
August 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Dogs are known as man’s best friend. A dog named Rudy is here to explain how and why that is.
Review: ‘The Breakaways’
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cathy G. Johnson introduces a diverse cast of middle-school soccer players who learn that you don’t necessarily need to play a sport to be a team in this engaging graphic novel.
Interview: George O’Connor
June 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Esther Keller talks to George O’Connor as his Olympians series draws to a close.
Coming Attractions: Graphic Novels at Book Expo 2019
June 5, 2019 by 2 Comments
NYC Book Expo 2019 has come to a close. And while it ran for 3 days, piggybacked by Book Con, at the Jacob Javitz center in NYC, I was only able to attend 1 day. I would have surely enjoyed another day, and would have probably seen so much more, but I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and came home with piles of books to read.
Books in Brief: A Hodgepodge
April 12, 2019 by 1 Comment
I’ve been reading such a Hodge Podge of books. There’s no rhyme or reason to what I’m reading. There are review copies coming to my doorstep that interest me and books arriving in new shipments and books I hear about finally available at the library. So here’s a few random titles…
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