Just starting to get into non-superhero based graphic novels, and this came highly recommended. I quite enjoyed it, even if it wasn't what I was expecting.
Review originally posted on my Livejournal.Why I Read It: Once upon a time, I was obsessed with graphic novels. In 2009, I read almost exclusively graphic novels and was one of those people who went out to my local comic book store every Wednesday and bought about a dozen issues of various titles. B...
A sweet story about the joys and trials of living with three brothers, the stranger-in-a-strange-land feeling of starting high school, and learning that not all of your problems are your fault or under your control, and the same goes for other people's problems.It was a little weird that the volleyb...
I really, really enjoyed this story. But it ended with a few unanswered plots and the ghost story seemed out of place, seeing as it went nowhere. There should be more and I would definitely love to read more.
Can I please proclaim my love for Friends With Boys? It has been a long while since I had the pleasure of diving into a graphic novel, and so I'm happy to say that Faith Erin Hicks satisfied my every bookish need. What you'll find between these pages is the perfect mixture of sweet, spooky, and down...
NEW GENRE!For me, at least. I've always considered myself an open-minded person, but then I look at my shelves (YA, Aussie YA, Aussie YA, Classic, Generation Kill) and I realize how limited my book choices have been. I read my first Urban Fantasy series this year (Mercy Thompson, baby!) and now with...
You can read the entire comic for a limited time at Faith Erin Hicks' website Friends With Boys. Also, reading her creative process at the bottom of this page was pretty cool.Friends With Boys is a web comic (soon to be graphic novel) by Faith Erin Hicks featuring previously home-schooled Maggie McK...
I discovered Friends With Boys online one day, shortly after Faith Erin Hicks started posting the pages to her website in webcomic form as a promotion for the upcoming print release. It quickly became one of my favourite comics, and I made sure to pre-order the print copy, knowing I wanted to have i...
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