Tag Archives: Graphic Novels
Fiction: Graphic Novel
Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley Just in time for the movie! Although now I know how it ends… But still! I don’t want to give away anything in case any of you are … Continue reading
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Fiction: Graphic Novels
Scott Pilgrim, Vols. 1-5 by Bryan Lee O’Malley Your annoying friend strikes again! Scott Pilgrim keeps coming up in recommendations for graphic novels (p.s. – if you have any, feel free to leave me a comment or an e-mail with … Continue reading
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IR Fiction/Graphic Novel
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick I literally spent the entire last weekend reading. As you’ll gradually see over the course of the week. First up was this one which I’ve been meaning to read for absolute ages! … Continue reading
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Fiction: Comic Book?
Graphic novel? I’m not sure what the right term is for this, but I’m going to go with comic book since it’s like an issue instead of an entire book. Whatever it is, I really liked it! What is it, … Continue reading
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Another book to add to my list…
Well, it’s May and even though it’s technically still spring, you know what it means! The start of the Summer Blockbusters! I was going to wait until next weekend (okay, how lame is it that we have to wait while … Continue reading
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Graphic Novel/Memoir
French Milk by Lucy Knisley I couldn’t sleep this morning and once the sun started to come up and the birds started to chirp (and for once were not drowned out by the wind tunnel that is our condo here), … Continue reading
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Well, it’s not summer, but…
…I’m adding this to my ‘blockbuster’ tag anyway. I know it’s not tomorrow (when I said I’d be updating about the film), but I’m still at my parents’ house while the kitchen floor is being sorted out (soon!) and, seriously, … Continue reading
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Fiction: Graphic Novels
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Holy cow. I’d picked this up numerous times because everyone (i.e., the internet) says that it’s amazing, but always found a reason to put it back. Until I realised on Saturday that the … Continue reading
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Fiction: Graphic Novels
Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim by Tom Corwin (writer) and Craig Frazier (illustrator) I can’t quite decide what I thought of this book. It takes about five minutes to read, so you could just do it at the library … Continue reading
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Fiction
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon I am really enjoying these wordless graphic novels lately. This one is completely the opposite of The Arrival but just as lovely. If the drawings look familiar, it’s because her picture book (I don’t remember … Continue reading
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Fiction
The Arrival by Shaun Tan This is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever seen. It’s already starting to win awards in Australia and it’s not hard to see why. It’s the wordless story of an immigrant’s journey, his … Continue reading
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Fiction
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen Hmm, at this rate, I may have to make a separate ‘Graphic novels’ tag. Anyway. This one has sort of the same hang-up I found with The Professor’s Daughter. Namely, really interesting art, … Continue reading
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Fiction
The Professor’s Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert So, like I said. Graphic novels. Not, like, Spiderman or X-Men or anything (not that there’s anything wrong with those), more like Bone. That sort of thing. This one…is a little … Continue reading
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