Author: Gene Ambaum

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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Squire & Knight: Wayward Travelers by Scott Chantler. First Second, 2024. 9781250846907. 156pp. (more) Fun Extra Stuff at the end, including a bit about the origin of the story, sketches, and a few notes about Chantler’s process. At the end […]
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Self-Esteem And The End Of The World by Luke Healy. Drawn & Quarterly, 2024. 9781770467149. 324pp. A stressed out, thirty-year-old Luke Healy has a lot of stress and anxiety. The earth is falling apart, he’s never going to own a […]
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Knots by Colleen Frakes. Harper Alley, 2023. 9780063247161. 240pp. I’m a huge fan of Frakes’s comics, including Prison Island, Tragic Relief, and her other minicomics, and I can’t believe it missed this graphic novel when it came out last year. […]
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