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Review: The Classic Comic Colouring Book

by Beth C. The Classic Comic Colouring Book – Various Artists (Michael O’Mara Books, Ltd) The Classic Comic Colouring Book is filled with over 100 vintage comic book covers that span the genres of romance, mystery, action, adventure, sci-fi, horror, and more! Since the comic covers are all in the public domain, the issues were likely published during the Golden and Silver Ages (1938 – 1969). In…

Review: Deep Dark Fears

by Beth C. Deep Dark Fears – Fran Kraus (Ten Speed Press) We all have deep dark fears but we usually keep them a deep dark secret. We don’t even tell our BFFs or significant others about them. Nor do we write them down in our journals lest snooping eyes read our private, fearful thoughts. Yet when we go online, many of us throw caution to the wind and don’t hold back when it comes to sharing…

Review: Lobster Is the Best Medicine: A Collection of Comics about Friendship

by Beth C. Lobster Is the Best Medicine: A Collection of Comics about Friendship – Liz Climo  (Running Press) I fell hard for Liz Climo from the very first comic in her debut collection of comics, The Little World of Liz Climo. That very first strip won my heart, and all the rest that followed did not disappoint. Remember this first one? Oh how I love it! My fangirly-ness for Climo’s debut must…

Conducted by Beth C. “Wow!” is a small and often overused word of praise, but Liniers’s Written and Drawn by Henrietta is a Wow!-inspiring book. It is the newest addition to the Level Three Easy-to-Read Comics published by TOON Books. Simply put, it tells the story of a young girl creating her own book, but ultimately, Written and Drawn by Henrietta is a celebration of the creative process. I am…

Review: WuMo: Something Is Wrong

by Beth C. WuMo: Something Is Wrong– Michael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler  (Andrews McMeel Publishing) The story of how the creators of the WuMo comic strip got their lucky break begins with an impromptu creative session. In 2001, Michael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler spontaneously entered their comic strip into a contest with a mere three hours to spare before the deadline. Their entry won and…

Review: The Wild Piano: A Philemon Adventure

by Beth C.

The Wild Piano: A Philemon Adventure – Fred  (TOON Books)

Last fall, Cast Away on the Letter A: A Philemon Adventure, written and illustrated by Frédéric Othon Aristid — better known as Fred — received so much advance praise and was so well-received that TOON Books has accelerated their publishing schedule for the Philemon Adventure series, which will contain sixteen books in all. In…

Review: The Book of Memory Gaps

by Beth C.

The Book of Memory Gaps - Cecelia Ruiz (Blue Rider Press)

In The Book of Memory Gaps, Cecelia Ruiz explores the nature of memory and self, inspired by real-life disorders, through fourteen miniature stories. Each one is composed of two two-page spreads. The first story contains a page spread that is blank on the left and includes a portrait (name beneath) on the right side. The second…