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BEST EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF THE YEAR (2011)
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer SUMMARY BEST EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF THE YEAR is a collection of, well, some of the best political and editorial jabs of the past year, and as you might expect, there are very few sacred cows left unscathed by the creative pens of these artists.
THREE SHADOWS
BY ADRIAN NEIBAUER Staff Writer STORY REVIEW THREE SHADOWS by Cyril Pedrosa and translated from French by Edward Gauvin is the saddest and most moving graphic novels I have ever read. Louis and Lise are a husband and wife who are raising their young son, Joachim, in an unnamed rural, European landscape. Their small family [...]
HABIBI
BY CHRIS WILSON Editor-in-Geek With the amount of critical acclaim, accolades and awards Craig Thompson’s Middle Eastern tome, HABIBI, has received, I can barely contain my awe and struggle to recommend this beautiful work highly enough. It is, by far, the greatest piece of comics literature I read this year, or last year, or the [...]
ASTERIOS POLYP
By Catharina Evans Staff Writer STORY REVIEW David Mazzucchelli’s first solo foray into graphic novels exquisitely blends a strong aesthetic voice and a complex, engaging story on the posturings of academia, the difficulties of intimacy, and the philosophy of design. And to put it simply, one of the most visually provoking novels I’ve ever read.
I SEE THE PROMISED LAND
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer STORY SUMMARY I SEE THE PROMISED LAND is a creative graphic novel mash-up that is put together like a comic, picture book, poetry and rap in a way that tells the life story of Martin Luther King Jr. from interesting angles. Creators Arthur Flowers (a blues musician and teacher), Manu [...]
HOW DO WE STAY ON EARTH?
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer STORY SUMMARY Gravity is one of those unseen things that can truly perplex young people. Maybe older people, too. Why don’t we just drift off into space? My sons have all asked me that question at one time or another. HOW DO WE STAY ON EARTH? (A Gravity Mystery) by [...]
LEWIS & CLARK
By Adrian Neibauer Staff Writer STORY REVIEW Can you really teach any topic or subject using graphic novels? Absolutely! LEWIS & CLARK is a perfect example of a high-quality graphic novel that is a wonderful accompaniment to any classroom unit on exploration and the West. Using a thorough bibliography of scholarly recountings of Lewis and Clark’s journey [...]
LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE RENAISSANCE MAN
By Kevin Hodgson Staff Writer “There may not be in the world an example of another genius so universal, so full of yearning for the infinite, so far ahead of his own century and the following centuries than Leonardo da Vinci.” – Hippolyte Taine, art critic and historian STORY SUMMARY The mystery of the stolen [...]