The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. Translated by Janet Wong. Drawn & Quarterly, 2023. 9781770466678. 320pp. The Naked Tree is based on a Korean novel by Park Wan-Suh that was originally published in 1971. According to the introduction by […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: 12 by Manix Abrera
12 by Manix Abrera. Ablaze, 2022. 9781684970001. 152pp. Abrera’s graphic novel features twelve wordless stories, each about one of the individuals on the cover. They’re for adults, but I don’t want to describe them to you more; I didn’t know […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott. RH Graphic, 2023. 9780593125366. 266pp. I frequently listen to the 99% Invisible podcast, but that’s generally the extent of the information […]
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Fiction Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Ecco, 2022. 9780063204157. Tova works nights cleaning the Sowell Bay Aquarium. It’s there that she notices that the giant Pacific octopus, Marcellus, occasionally leaves his tank in search of snacks. He’s much smarter […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Sins of the Salton Sea written by Ed Brisson and illustrated by C.P. Smith
Sins of the Salton Sea written by Ed Brisson and illustrated by C.P. Smith. AWA, 2024. 9781953165541. 128pp. Contains #1 – #5. I loved Brisson’s previous crime graphic novel Catch & Release: A Murder Book Story. CP Smith’s art makes […]
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Read on! Cosmoknights and The Horizon
Cosmoknights Book Two by Hannah Templer. Top Shelf, 2023. 9781603095112. 278pp. This graphic novel is as good as the first in the series, though you should read that one if you haven’t. It’s about a crew of women who seem […]
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Graphic Novel Review: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll. First Second, 2023. 9781250255525. 250pp. Carroll’s graphic novel is the best kind of creeps-up-on-you horror adult horror, one of those the-less-you-know-the-better type books. (Apologies if you hate hyphens.) It’s about a bad […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin
The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin. Translated by Edward Gauvin. MIT Press, 2023. 9780262047869. 125pp. This graphic novel opens with the arrival of Sorokin at the 4th Institute for the Study of Complex and Dynamic Systems. The armed clean-up crew […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Gull Yettin by Joe Kessler
The Gull Yettin by Joe Kessler. New York Review Of Books, 2023. 9781681377391. 216pp. This wordless graphic novel begins with a soccer match, after which a strange, shape-shifting creature follows a boy home. That night the boy’s house catches fire. […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Ashes: a comic by Álvaro Ortiz
Ashes: a comic by Álvaro Ortiz. Translation by Eva Ibarzabal. Adapted by Leigh Walton. Top Shelf, 2023. 9781603095174. 184pp. I love the layout of this graphic novel. Each page is a grid of up to 20 small panels; they are […]
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