Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker. Top Shelf, 2024. 9781603095365. I’ve never read a graphic novel that’s this heavily footnoted. I had an early PDF of this from the publisher, but after reading a few pages, I decided to hold […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: Wonder Woman: Historia
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnnick (writer), Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott (artists) and others. DC Comics, 2023. 9781779521354. Contains #1 – #3. The story of the Amazon starts with seven goddesses who gather in […]
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Graphic Novel Review: My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee
Safia lost her parents in a horrible fire. She’s never met the distant aunt, Hakim Whimsy, who she is taken to live with; Whimsy’s house is on a hill and it’s rumored a monster lives there. And that’s kinda true. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps Graphic Novel) by R.L. Stine, adapted by Maddi Gonzalez
The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps Graphic Novel) by R.L. Stine, adapted by Maddi Gonzalez. Scholastic Graphix, 2024. 9781338879391. 160pp. Carly Beth gets picked on at school, and she’s easy to scare. And she’s kind of tired of it. For Halloween she […]
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Trans Lifeline Fundraiser Success!
On Friday I put up another run of limited edition LEGO Card Catalog kits in our store to raise money for Trans Lifeline. I assumed it would take a few weeks to sell these, but the kids sold out in […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Masterpiece by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
Masterpiece by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Dark Horse, 2024. 9781506730493. 175pp including a cover gallery and some sketchbook pages by Maleev. Masterpiece Lawford is arrested by “FBI agents” during class in front of her high school classmates. Turns […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag. Scholastic Graphix, 2024. 9781338839999. 480pp. including a graphic afterward that’s really cool. Magdalena (Mags) Herrera works at a diner and takes care of her Abuela so she can stay in her house. In […]
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Will send out this week’s newsletters soon
If you’re wondering what happened to our newsletter, all I can say is I’m working on it and will send back-issues soon. There’s an issue with my newsletter provider at the moment, and so far my questions have gone unanswered. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Night Mother Volume 1 written by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Alexa Sharpe
The Night Mother Volume 1 written by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Alexa Sharpe. Oni Press, 2024. 9781637154946. 88pp. The moon is frozen both in the sky and in Barnabus Tock’s clock. It hasn’t moved in a long time, and […]
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Book Review: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Orbit, 2021. 9780316300148. 576pp. I’ve listened to a lot of economics podcasts over the last few years, so the bits of this book that fascinated me the most were the parts […]
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