Archive for November, 2009
Gift ideas for sequential art fans
Over the last week, many manga bloggers have been writing gift guides in response to the NY Times’s decision to include no manga in their own Graphic Novel Gift Guide. David Welsh has a roundup of the posts thus far over at Precocious Curmudgeon; you can also find links at the Twitter hashtag. So here’s [...]
Revisiting Sandman
This week I’ve been rereading Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, a project I plan to continue as soon as I recover from my case of post-Thanksgiving sloth. Right now I’m up to volume 3 (Dream Country).
I first read Sandman in early 2004. It was one of the first works of sequential art that I’d ever read seriously. [...]
Patterson and Lee: Maximum Ride, vol. 2
My review of vol. 2 of the Maximum Ride manga is up at Manga Life.
Shan and Arai: Cirque du Freak, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of the Cirque du Freak manga went up at Manga Life while I was on vacation. Enjoy!
Arakawa and Zhou: Hero Tales, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of Hero Tales is up at Manga Life.
Patterson, James: The Angel Experiment (2005)
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
By James Patterson
Adventure, Science Fiction, Teen
Time Warner, 2005
Paperback $6.99
978-0446617796
Since I work as a teen librarian, I often check out books of dubious entertainment value because I want to stay stay up-to-date with what’s popular in teen literature. This is not always the best starting point for reading a book: there’s so [...]
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