Author: Gene Ambaum

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong. Arsenal Pulp, 2024. 9781551529493. 238pp. Teresa Wong’s graphic memoir starts with her visiting her mother in the hospital after her mother had a minor stroke. When her mother doesn’t […]
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How To Pee Your Pants* *the right way by Rachel Michelle Wilson. Feiwel and Friends, 2024. 9781250910172. 32pp. This book has helpful advice on how to hide the evidence, how to find some clean “clothes” to wear after an accident, […]
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Vera Bushwack by Sig Burwash. Drawn & Quarterly, 2024. 9781770467118. Drew lives in the woods with her new dog, Pony. She’s learning to fell and buck trees by working with Spoons, a neighbor who seems to be doing a little […]
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Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War Book One) by T. Kingfisher. Argyll Productions, 2018. 9781614504160. 262pp. I saw this on a list of great fantasy novels recently, and it proved to be the perfect book to read on a weekend trip. Slate […]
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Giantess: The story of the girl who traveled the world in search of freedom by JC Deveney (script) and Nuria Tamarit (art). Translation by Dan Christensen. Magnetic Press, 2022. 9781951719616. 202pp. All of Nuria Tamarit’s art is so beautiful her […]
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Peculiar Woods: The Ancient Underwater City by Andrés J. Colmenares. Andrews McMeel, 2023. 9781524879297. 160pp. The beginning of this graphic novel is so unexpectedly strange. Iggie is being dropped off in Peculiar Woods by the woman who raised him so […]
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Fry Guys by Eric Geron, illustrated by Jannie Ho. Andrews McMeel, 2023. 978152479433. 80pp. In Spudtown, Idaho, Waffle, Curly, and Sweet Potato (that’s them on the cover) are looking for adventure when  UFO-nion rings start beaming hot grease at the […]
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Haru: Book 1: Spring by Joe Latham. Andrews McMeel, 2024. 9781524889616. 270pp. Haru is a little blue bird with a little brother, Goose. Haru wants to leave the valley where they live, to see what’s up on the mountain in […]
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I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop. Pantheon, 2024. 9780307908735. 496pp. Vellekoop’s graphic biography begins when he’s a little boy in love with his mom, heading downtown together on Remembrance Day. When he arrives home with […]
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Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Adaptation by Manu Larcenet. Harry N. Abrams, 2024. 9781419776779. 160pp. Includes Larcenet’s letter to McCarthy about the book at the end. I’ve read a few graphic novels drawn by Larcenet that I really enjoyed […]
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