Miller, S., & Bley, L., eds. (2013). Not your mother’s meatloaf: A sex education comic book. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1-59376-517-0; paperback; $15.95. Just like bodies, the comics in Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf come in all shapes and sizes. This compilation of short zines tells the stories of its many contributing authors – … Continue reading Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book
Month: November 2018
Anya’s Ghost
Brogsol, V. (2011). Anya’s ghost. New York, NY: First Second. ISBN 978-1-59643-552-0; paperback; $15.99. Can you imagine falling down a huge hole to find a skeleton and its accompanying ghost? That’s exactly what happens to Anya, and at first she is majorly freaked out. But when she is rescued, the ghost follows her home and … Continue reading Anya’s Ghost
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Neri, G., & De Burke, R. (2010). Yummy: The last days of a southside shorty. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books. ISBN 978-1-58430-267-4; paperback; $16.95. This is the mostly-true graphic story of Yummy, an 11-year-old boy from Chicago who shot and killed a 14-year-old girl in the summer of 1994. Roger, who goes to … Continue reading Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Ms. Marvel: No Normal
Wilson, G. W., & Alphona, A. (2015). Ms. Marvel: No normal. New York, NY: Marvel Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-7851-9021-9; paperback; $15.99. Kamala Khan is just a normal teenager . . . until she’s not. When she sneaks out to a party at the Jersey City waterfront one night, an eerie mist envelopes the city and she … Continue reading Ms. Marvel: No Normal
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Gaiman, N. (1995). The sandman: Preludes & nocturnes (Vol. 1) (2nd ed.). New York: DC Comics. ISBN 978-1-56389-011-6; paperback; $19.99. When a power-hungry magician attempts to capture Death in a ploy to become immortal, he accidentally summons Dream instead. Dream, a.k.a. the Sandman, is imprisoned for 70 years before he finally escapes and avenges himself … Continue reading The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
Link, K., & Grant, G. J., eds. (2011). Steampunk!: An anthology of fantastically rich and strange stories. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-0-7636-5797-0; paperback; $16.99. “Where Steam Girl comes from, even the laws of physics are different. There’s a little magic in technology. Things are . . . less drab, less logical, less straightforward. Everything’s … Continue reading Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
A Contract with God
Eisner, W. (2006). A contract with God (6th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-32804-2; paperback; $18.95. 55 Dropsie Avenue, the Bronx, 1930s: It’s a place where secrets are short-lived, where clotheslines and gossip are shared freely, where old-world immigrants still believe in the American Dream. This compilation of four short graphic … Continue reading A Contract with God
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Alexie, S., & Forney, E. (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-01369-7; paperback; $9.99. For a kid born with water on the brain, Junior sure is smart. He’s got so much ambition, in fact, that one day he decides to transfer from his poor, Spokane … Continue reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Aya
Abouet, M., & Oubrerie, C. (2007). Aya. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 9781897299418; hard cover; $19.95. It’s no use – Adjoua and Bintou will never be able to convince Aya to sneak out with them to the maquis to meet boys. Aya is always too busy with homework, and besides, she has other plans for … Continue reading Aya
Upstate
Buckhanon, K. (2005). Upstate. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0-312-33269-6; paperback; $11.95. Imprisoned for the murder of his father, 17-year-old Antonio’s only connection to the outside world is his girlfriend, Natasha. Antonio and Natasha are madly in love with each other, so when Antonio receives a sentence of ten years, they are devastated – … Continue reading Upstate