Meet Dash: an old-fashioned private-eye story with a twist. You might be used to campy noir detective stories set in the 1940s, with their terrible references and blatant misogyny, but this ain’t exactly that. Dash: The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara is the tale of a gay detective in the 1940s and a challenging case he isn’t sure he’s going to take.
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Queer cartoonist Ari North brings us a complete and charming love story in ‘Always Human’, part of our Pride Month series.
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Reading Time: 9 minutes Between the Bookends, Image: Sophie Brown With our children back in school for a new year of learning, Sophie, Kay, Lisa, and Rebecca share some of their latest reads. With a new, feminine take on an ancient Greek classic, a girl detective for the new generation, the first Deadpool prose novel, […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In the Pines, Image: Canongate Books In the Pines by Erik Kriek is a graphic novel in which Kriek takes five well-known murder ballads and transforms them into haunting, macabre illustrated narratives. An accompanying album available via Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, and Spotify allows you to listen to bluegrass takes […]
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Rebecca Angel gets into deep character questions with Faith Erin Hicks for her new graphic novel, ‘The Stone Heart.’
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‘Kung Fu Robot’ is great as a graphic novel for young readers. What makes ‘Kung Fu Robot’ stand apart from the pack are the interactive features that pair the comic and app.
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Bats: these nocturnal mammals are under appreciated and misunderstood. In this new graphic novel from the Science Comics series for grade-school, learn about these necessary pollinators and insect eaters from around the world.
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DanTDM’s graphic novel will quickly earn a spot on your kids’ favorite books lists with its ‘Minecraft’-inspired setting and characters.
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Kilgore’s comics tackle a range of topics from humor to history, literary to lewd. Parents will need to peruse options before setting kids loose.
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Just a quick reminder that Samuel Sattin’s comic book series, Legend, has now had its first volume released as a graphic novel collection. You can read my previous review of Legend here, but just know that it has to be one of the most interesting storylines I’ve read in years.
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‘Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis’ is the latest graphic novel in a series about a young girl who transforms herself into a crafting genius. Here is a sneak peek at the cover and a few pages too!
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Maighread Scott’s graphic series, ‘Toil and Trouble,’ tells the tale of the three witches from ‘MacBeth.’ The story weaves in and out of the well-known story of ‘MacBeth,’ which provides a familiar framework that doesn’t completely contain all that this story offers.
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Our free time is suddenly much more precious, so tablets are a great way of bringing our comics, graphic novels and manga everywhere you go. What’s the best hardware and software to use? GeekDad has your guide.
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Our favorites picture books included stories monsters under the bed, mimes, writer’s block, and unruly fathers. Plus, we got to read a new graphic novel about alien abduction and a spunky little girl.
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It’s true not all comics are about superheroes. But likewise, not all superhero fans are comics fans.
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If your first and favorite memories of the Slayer are the snarky barbs from Cordelia and the Scooby Gang meeting up in the library, have I got a book for you.
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Rocket Robinson and the Secret of the Saint, the new graphic novel from Sean O’Neill, is open for backing on Kickstarter.
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Kids will be engaged and enjoy learning about dinosaurs and coral reefs with ‘Science Comics.’
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Wonder Woman: Earth One is a deceptively challenging book so if you’re in this comic thing for the funny pages or the action heavy punch outs, this probably isn’t the graphic novel for you. Though there is some fantastic punching. Also, battle kangaroos.
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My family’s favorites this month include some picture books and graphic novels covering epic stories about robots who can’t fall asleep, the power of music and kindness, what it means to lie, cardboard creatures coming to life, and a girl and her sword.
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Gregory A. Wilson is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he a fantasy author, but he is a college professor, one of the hosts of the science fiction and fantasy podcast Speculate!, and a TwitchTV channel host! His latest endeavor as author is the upcoming graphic novel ‘Icarus,’ an epic fantasy about a pair of unlikely heroes who are bound together by their quest to free an entire people from slavery. This week, Greg tells us what made him geek out while writing ‘Icarus.’
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Join GeekMom for an interview with Tony Cliff, the author of ‘Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling,’ the second swashbuckling adventure. We chat about the action, the friendships, and the fashion of the new graphic novel.
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The team behind Li’l Gotham is back for a unique take on DC’s Big Three in a book for middle grade kids.
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Rebecca honors First Second’s 10 year anniversary with an ode to her favorites of the publisher’s graphic novels.
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The great folks at Smithsonian Books have begun a new series of graphic novels for the 9-12 age range called ‘Secret Smithsonian Adventures.’ The first book in the series, ‘The Wrong Wrights’ by Chris Kientz and Steve Hockensmith, and illustrated by Lee Nielsen, comes out this week, and I can tell you that it is an entertaining read. Here’s my slightly spoiler-y recap, but I’ll refrain from spoiling the really important stuff.
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This graphic novel illustrates the incredible adventure sailor John Jewitt lived while captive of the Mowachaht people, a Native American tribe on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in 1803.
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A review of the graphic biography ‘Steve Jobs: Insanely Great.’
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This month our favorite library finds cover everything from evolution to cuteness, picture books to graphic novels!
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There’s a brand new graphic novel on the market this week, and it merges fiction, programming, puzzles, and a big mystery!
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Ben Hatke, best known for his ‘Zita the Spacegirl’ series, has a new book called ‘Little Robot.’ What was the creation like? Check out this interview!
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