Book Review
Between Two Sounds
Joonas Sildre’s graphic biography "Between Two Sounds" is about Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s lifelong quest to break new ground. In 1939, Pärt discovered an old, broken piano in his family’s new apartment. He developed his...
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Witchcraft
A single witch’s story serves as the entry point for a history of the practice in Lindsay Squire’s graphic novel "Witchcraft". Biddy Early, called Ireland’s most famous witch, practices her craft during the nineteenth century,...
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Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks
A seventh grader meets monsters while traveling with her family in Lisa Naffziger’s graphic novel "Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks". While on vacation with her family in Texas, Deja is excited to enter the territory of an infamous monster,...
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Story of the Everything, the Nothing, and Other Strange Stories
"Story of the Everything, the Nothing, and Other Strange Stories" is Gyula Gábor Tóth’s unusual and whimsical collection of illustrated fables. Made up of interactive, silly, and thought-provoking tales, the book includes entries...
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Faceless and the Family
A former gang member seeks a new start in the surreal science fiction graphic novel "Faceless and the Family". On the Hand Planet, a former gang member, Faceless, has been in hiding for ten years, ever since he decided to quit being a...
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Lackadaisy
Prohibition-era anthropomorphic cats try to operate an illegal speakeasy in the intricate graphic novel Lackadaisy: Volume 2, a volume born as a webcomic that has seen animated treatment. In 1927 in Saint Louis, Missouri, widowed Mitzi...
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Erased
"Erased" is the fascinating graphic biography of Maximus Wyld, a multiracial actor from the early days of Hollywood whose name was later removed from film credits and forgotten. Maximus Ohanzee Wildhorse, known as Maximus Wyld, was an...
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Brittle Joints
Maria Sweeney documents her life with a rare disability in her graphic memoir "Brittle Joints". From childhood onward, Sweeney lived with pain and uncertainty related to her diagnosis with Bruck syndrome, a progressive condition that...