The Prince and the Dressmaker

Wang, J. (2018). The prince and the dressmaker. New York, NY: First Second. ISBN 978-1-62672-363-4; paperback; $16.99. Prince Sebastian has a secret: he likes to wear dresses. Only two people know that the stunning aristocrat Lady Crystallia, whose fashion is the talk of Paris, is also a teenaged prince who is supposed to be finding …

Sunny

Matsumoto, T. (2011). Sunny. San Francisco, CA: VIZ Media. ISBN 978-1421555256; hard cover; $22.99. Sunny is a clubhouse. It’s a portal to other worlds. It’s a place to get away. More specifically, Sunny is a broken-down car parked outside the Japanese foster home where this seinen manga series is set. The kids at the foster …

Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book

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 – …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …