The best YA graphic novels pair engaging stories with exquisite artwork. I’m a huge fan of graphic novels and graphic memoirs (for
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I think there’s no better topic that proves graphic literature’s potential than memoirs about mental illness. Through art, graphic memoirists can illustrate with immediate impact symptoms and experiences that are often hard to convey through words alone. In this post,
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The best YA graphic novels pair engaging stories with exquisite artwork. I’m a huge fan of graphic novels and graphic memoirs (for the purposes of this article, “graphic novels” will also refer
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I think there’s no better topic that proves graphic literature’s potential than memoirs about mental illness. Through art, graphic memoirists can illustrate with immediate impact symptoms and experiences that are often hard
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I very nearly woke up in my twin bed from childhood on my 30th birthday. But this January, when I finally crossed over into my thirties, I had one of my first
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It seems impossible to write a book review of Charles Burns’ Black Hole, a graphic novel compendium of a comics series from 1995-2005. While I was reading the novel, I fluctuated between
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I kind of binge on graphic novels. Every 3-4 months I’ll get it in my head that I need to read not a graphic novel, but 5 or 6 graphic novels. And
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Pope, Paul. Battling Boy. New York: First Second, 2013. Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero, Action/Adventure Intended Audience: 12 and up Personal reaction to the book… From the Eisner-award-winning author of Batman: Year 100 comes Battling Boy, a
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Brosgol, Vera. Anya’s Ghost. New York: First Second, 2011. This graphic novel is about Anya, a first generation Russian immigrant, and the challenges she faces with making friends at her American private school,
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Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. New York: Square Fish, 2006. Genre: Graphic Novel Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book American Born Chinese was an interesting graphic novel, one that I
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Araki, Mari & Kashyap, Keshni. Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Genre: Graphic Novel, Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book This graphic novel is
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Hicks, Faith Erin. Friends with Boys. New York: First Second, 2012. Genre: Contemporary, Graphic Novel Recommended Age Group: 13 and up Personal reaction to the book Friends with Boys is a graphic novel by Faith
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