To Your Eternity Volume 1 by Yoshitoki Oima. Translation: Steven LeCroy. Kodansha, 2017. 9781632365712. 196pp. – An orb that can take any form is cast to the earth. It lives for a while as a rock, and then as moss, […]
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Enter Willow Payne / Exit Pat Coleman
Friday was Pat Coleman’s last strip for Library Comic. I know many of you, like me, love Pat’s style, plus all the Easter eggs and celebrity lookalikes he’s been slipping in. He always brings his personality and a huge array […]
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The Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference #txla2019
I’m about to head to my favorite library show of the year. If you’re planning to be at TXLA 2019 in Austin, too, please stop by Library Comic’s booth (#1956). I’m also part of two programs this year: — Library […]
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Biography Review: Confessions of an Igloo Dweller
Confessions of an Igloo Dweller: The Story of the Man Who Brought Inuit Art to the Outside World by James Houston. McClelland & Stewart, 1995. 0771042728. 322pp with numerous illustrations by Houston. – My buddy Mac tells a lot of […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Sing No Evil
Sing No Evil by JP Ahonen & KP Alare. Translated from Finnish by JP Ahonen. Abrams ComicArts, 2014. 9781419713590. 181pp. – Aksel is the singer and lead guitarist for the avant-garde metal band Perkeros. After a terrible review of his […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Oprhans Vol. 1
Orphans Volume 1: The Beginning by Roberto Recchioni and Emiliano Mammucari. English translation by Elena Cecchini and Valeria Gobbato. Localization, layout, and editing by Mike Kennedy. Lion Forge, 2018. 9781942367178. 352pp. – This is the beginning of an ultra-long military […]
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Manga Review: Flying Witch
Flying Witch Volume 1 by Chihiro Ishizuka. Vertical, 2017. 9781945054099. 160pp. Flying Witch Volume 2 by Chihiro Ishizuka. Vertical, 2017. 9781945054105. 160pp. Check out the comics format review (and Laura’s Yotsuba impression) here.
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Graphic Novel Review: little moments of love
little moments of love: a catana comics collection by Catana Chetwynd. Andrews McMeel, 2018. 9781449492977. http://catanacomics.com/ Catana Chetwynd’s comics about her relationship with her boyfriend John started out with a discussion of the mere-exposure effect! That alone would have been […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Piero
Piero by Baudoin. Translation and Introduction by Matt Madden. New York Review Comics, 2018. 9781681372969. 125pp. – This somewhat autobiographical graphic novel follows Baudoin (Momo) and his brother Pierre (Piero) as they develop their drawing talents. A fantastic moment early […]
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Guest Book Review: If You Could Be Mine
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan, Algonquin, 2013. 9781616202514, 247 pp. In Sara Farizan’s raw and emotional debut novel, Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six years old. In fact, they […]
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