Tag: #graphicnovels

• Boxers, Saints and Little Women

  This historical saga by Gene Luen Yang imparts the history of the Boxer Rebellion from the people in the rebellion rather than the dusty old textbooks focusing on the Europeans views of things. Filled with tragedy, magical realism and some humor with expressive visuals that keep the story moving.

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 30, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #boxers, #breindigo, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluengyang, #graphicnovels, #historicalfiction, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #littlewomen, #megjobethandamy, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #reyterciero, #saints

• Summer Comics/Manga

  Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura This fun manga follows a group of amars/okuta (women who don’t need men/adult fangirls) as they try to save their building from being sold to greedy developers by creating their own fashion line. Tsukimi is the star of it, and as you can guess from the title, her specific obssession…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 25, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #akikohigashimura, #amazingagentluna, #azumangadaioh, #boom!studios, #cecilcastellucci, #comics, #dreaminsun, #emmieandfriends, #giantdays, #graphicnovels, #harpercollins, #hudaf.areyou?, #hudafahmy, #ichigotakano, #jimrugg, #johnallison, #kiyohikoazuma, #kodanshainternational, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #manga, #nunziodeflippis, #omarmohamed, #penguinrandomhouse, #plainjanes, #princessjellyfish, #rachelreads&reviews, #sevenseasentertainment, #terrilibenson, #victoriajamieson, #whenthestarsarescattered, #yenpress

• George O’Connor Interview

  I think it’s a kind of kismet that my 100th post was a review of Dionysos: The New God. Now my 200th post was a lovely interview with The Olympians creator himself, George O’Connor! Here he dives deep into his thoughts on mythology, and his other works including the historical Journey Into Mohawk Country, nonfiction…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 17, 2022

  Interview

  #adamrapp, #ballpeenhammer, #comics, #graphicnovels, #greekmythology, #journeyintomohawkcountry, #nonfiction, #norsemythology, #rachelreads&reviews, #theasgardians, #theolympians, #unrig

• Families in Graphic Novels

  Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Truthfully, I was going to look for the musical first but when I saw this in the library I figured I should see the source material, and wow. I didn’t have any idea what it was about other than it was an memoir of family dysfunction so it really threw…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 17, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #alisonbechdel, #andnowIspillthefamilysecrets, #funhome, #graphicmemoir, #graphicnovels, #harpercollins, #lucyknisley, #macmillan, #margaretkimball, #memoir, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #somethingnew

• Book Highlight: El Deafo

  This graphic novel by Cece Bell is a loose autobiographical account of Cece’s childhood. After an intense bout of menengitis, she lost her hearing in bith ears thus sparking a long journey into the hearing-able/deaf world and the difficulties of growing pains alongside being considered “different” and disabled. Since this autobiographical, Bell obviously has a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 13, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #amuletbooks, #cecebell, #disability, #eldeafo, #graphicnovels, #hearingloss, #rachelreads&reviews

• Favorite Graphic Novels

  Excluding Archie. That will be its own post. Fiction Nathan Hale’s Hazerdous Tales by Nathan Hale Modern day Hale (same name, no relation) uses the famous Revolutionary spy, Nathan Hale (of “My one regret is that I have one life to give” fame) to narrate adventures and incidents throughout history. This abundence of knowledge from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 17, 2022

  Reviews

  #abramsbooks, #almostamericangirl, #americanbornchinese, #andrewmcneelpublishing, #anyasghost, #avatarthelastairbender, #beprepared, #bloomsbury, #boom!studios, #brooklynallen, #candlewickpress, #darkhorsecomics, #deadweight, #deanhale, #debbietung, #disneyhyperion, #elisabettegnone, #evonnetsang, #faithhicks, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluentang, #georgetakei, #graceellis, #graphicnovels, #graphix, #harpercollins, #heykiddo, #honorgirl, #jarrettjkrosoczka, #jerrycraft, #lernerbooks, #lumberjanes, #macmillan, #maggiethrash, #marjanesatrapi, #marvelousfantasticincredible, #matthewseely, #maus#artspiegelman, #mollymuldoon, #myboyfriendisamonster, #nathanhale, #nathanhaleshazerdoustales, #newkid, #noellestevenson, #pantheonbooks, #penguinrandomhouse, #persepolis, #quietgirlinanoisyworld, #rachelreads&reviews, #rainatelgemeier, #rapunzelsrevenge, #realfriends, #robinha, #rollergirl, #scholastic, #shannonhale, #shannonwatters, #smile, #squarefish, #stanlee, #stanmack, #susanchaplin, #terryblas, #thecartoonchroniclesofamerica, #theycalledusenemy, #topshelf, #versbrosgol, #victoriajamieson, #witch