Sugary Shorts, is pretty much the best title. I applaud whoever came up with that gem. The collection features all sorts of artists and writers and everything from flash comics (one page comics) to short one-shot comics. There is one comic in this collection that will no doubt stick with me for ...
Once again, I should have been reading the 4th book in this series (Sir Balin the Ill-Fated), but #2 was available in e-book from the library, so here we go. This parody of Arthurian chivalry tales is fun to read, mostly because the stories don't take themselves so seriously as the original material...
If you were like the 99% of kids (according to the blurb) who hated middle school, then this book is full of ouch. Actually, even if you were one of the 1% (the cool kids who were not only popular but had neither academic nor family problems), then this book is full of at least second-hand ouch.A co...
This was a pretty funny little story. King Arthur is trying to teach his knights to be brave but also courteous and polite. Sir Gawain the Undefeated ends up getting the same lesson from a few others in the kingdom. I picked this one up because it's gotten some Newbery buzz and I've been trying t...
I don't think this needs a summary; it's the story of Gawain and the Green Knight. Its a quick read with some nice illustrations and an excellent, humorous voice. The story is a lesson-teaching kind of story, and that comes across very clearly, but it's not didactic, either. No one comes right ou...
An amazing and entertaining collection of nursery rhymes illustrated by cartoonists, illustrators, and graphic novel artists. It's great fun to see their visual interpretations of the rhymes. A few of my favorites: Nick Bruel's "Three Little Kittens," Rebecca Dart's "If All the Sea Were One Sea," Ja...
I'm sure many will love it, but for some reason it just wasn't working for me. I'd still recommend it to pirate-lovers.Library copy.
I'd never heard of this until I got it for Christmas. My wife bought it for me on the good word of Jeff Smith, the author of the Bone series, and he wasn't lying. It's been a hoot so far.
As a rule, I don't read graphic novels mostly just because with everything else I read, I don't have the time. Walker Bean looked like it would be fun to read with Griffin, though. It was :) [full review]
Ow. Reading this brought back very vivid memories of what used to be called junior high. As is usual in collections like this, there were some standout winners (both Ariel Schrag and her sister leap to mind) and some fairly forgettable bits. This is a warts and all evocation of adolescence- be warne...
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