Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Monday, August 10, 2026

Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large

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August 12 is World Elephant Day , and in advance of that I decided to review this entry in the Science Comics series,  Elephants: Living La...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians

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You know what is awesome? Libraries! Recently, I realized I was the only one in my family without a library card. So I rectified that matter...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture

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  Three cats live in my house, and I learned so much about them and their distant cousins by reading this volume of Science Comics , Cats . ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

History Comics: The Wild Mustang: Horses of the American West

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The History Comics series began last year, and I was impressed with the initial offerings. This volume, The Wild Mustang , lives up to the ...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers

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I have noted that these days are the Golden Age of Comics, as there are so many different genres, topics, and audiences being catered to by ...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Way of the Hive

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  The Way of the Hive was originally published as Clan Apis more than 20 years ago, first as five comic books, then as a collected trade pa...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds

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I never would think that a graphic novel about crows would have me completely rapt, but this book Crows: Genius Birds is exceptionally good...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Graphic Science Biographies

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I recently checked out this series of Graphic Science Biographies . They are slim volumes aimed at middle grades readers to help learn more ...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest

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It's been a while since I've read a volume of Science Comics , and this one, Trees: Kings of the Forest , does not disappoint. As y...
Friday, May 15, 2020

The Nib, Issue 5: Animals

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The latest issue of The Nib magazine came out a few weeks ago, and its theme was animals. Not only was I treated to a variety of art styl...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Kid Gloves

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Lucy Knisley is one of my favorite graphic novel creators, and I am a big fan of her prior graphic memoirs Relish , about her love affair...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Apocalypse Taco

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If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you'll probably know that I love Nathan Hale 's comics and graphic novels...
Friday, April 20, 2018

One Day a Dot

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One Day a Dot is a simple and ambitious book. It tells the story of the universe from the Big Bang until the present day, in 33 pages, an...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

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I have to say that I've only ever read one graphic novel narrated by a scientist, a white blood cell , a Bubonic Plague bacterium, an...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector

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I went into reading this book thinking it would be a light, breezy read about the history of dogs. I was right about the first part, becau...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Science Comics: Bats: Learning to Fly

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Bats: Learning to Fly is the latest volume in First Second's Science Comics series, and I learned so much from it. For instance, I l...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Science Comics

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First Second is celebrating their tenth anniversary with a bang, introducing a new series called Science Comics . Each volume has a differ...