Loving, Ohio by Matthew Erman and Sam Beck. Dark Horse, 2024. 9781506741567. 214pp. Kids have been going missing in Loving, Ohio, but no one seems to care. The opening pages point to a creepy killer (he seems about to murder […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: Hexagon Bridge by Richard Blake
Hexagon Bridge by Richard Blake. Image, 2024. 9781534397835. 152pp. Contains #1 – 5. Publisher’s Rating: T+ / Teen Plus. Includes a cover gallery and some preliminary art in the back. This book is beautiful. The collection has as much shelf […]
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Graphic Novel Review: No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada
No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada. Penguin Workshop, 20204. 97805935211298. 208pp. This is a sequel of sorts to Banned Book Club, also by Kim and Estrada (though BBC was illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju). Both graphic novels […]
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Fiction Review: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar. Tordotcom, 2025. 9781250341082. 134p. (The main novella ends on page 99, and the rest of the book contains the short story “John Hollowback and the Witch” (a preview of an upcoming collection) plus […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Racc Pack by Stephanie Cooke, Art by Whitney Gardner
The Racc Pack by Stephanie Cooke, Art by Whitney Gardner. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. 9781665914932. 184pp. I’ve been a fan of Gardner’s work since reading her YA vampire graphic novel, Fake Blood. And I had just […]
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More Picture Books!
Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christy Mandin. Orchard Books, 2024. 9781339023274. Millie Fleur Le Fae and her mom move to a spooky old house in Garden Glen. She plants a garden to make it feel like home. Her plants are […]
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Picture Books!
The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole by Cecilia Heikkila. Translated by Polly Lawson. Floris Books, 2025. 9781782509530. Fox and Mole are alone in the autumn. Fox made cookies and jam to get him through the winter. Mole spent […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Optometry by Xiang Yata
Optometry by Xiang Yata. Translated by Jerrica Meng, Fish Wang, & Xiang Yata. Driftwood Press, 2023. 97819490065244. A young woman walks into an optometrist’s office to get a pair of glasses, and he tests her eyes by showing her a […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Petit (The Ogre Gods Book One) by Hubert and Bertrand Gatignol
Petit (The Ogre Gods Book One) by Hubert, design and artwork by Bertrand Gatignol. Translation by Jeremy Melloul. Lion Forge, 2018. 9781942367772. 176pp. I loved Hubert’s fantasy graphic novel Darkly She Goes (with art by Vincent Mallie), so when I […]
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