An unhappy teen tries to figure out where he belongs in the world and forms a band. Sound familiar? Yeah, well, in this one, the band is Nirvana, the unhappy teen is Kurt Cobain, oh, and did we mention it’s a rocking graphic novel and... Read More
Don’t think we’ve forgotten the young’uns. Luke Pearson’s newest addition to the Hilda series, "Hilda and the Black Hound", is the perfect book to get kids hooked on comics. Blue-haired Hilda is back in a fabulously imaginative... Read More
There’s something about incorporating visual imagery that makes history so much more tangible. And Miné Okubo has done just that in order to bring history to life in "Citizen 13660". Originally published in 1946, "Citizen 13660" is a... Read More
Sam Alden has compiled two gorgeous, nearly wordless stories in "It Never Happened Again". “Hawaii 1997” tells the story of a mystical, moonlit encounter on a beach between a young boy named Sam and an unnamed young girl who leaves... Read More
Heartbreak sucks. Corinne Mucha’s "Get Over It" is probably as close to a cure as we’re going to get. With laugh-out-loud humor matched perfectly with fantastic inked drawings, including input from her exasperated brain and exhausted... Read More
Discover Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women from a new perspective in this exciting remake of a beloved classic. Margaret Pearl takes her "Lusty Little Women" into forbidden territory, breaking the rules and restrictions imposed on... Read More
Dedication and sacrifice bring former academic rivals together in this medical drama set in an 1891 Washington, DC, hospital. "With Every Breath", by Elizabeth Camden, reveals the terrifying impact of tuberculosis during a time when... Read More
You want Jersey tough? Step aside, Gov. Chris Christie. Meet Deb Ebenstein. In the summer of 1993, she was sixteen with great legs, curly brown hair, and smarts enough not to smoke—the “whole package,” she doesn’t mind saying.... Read More