Showing posts with label language arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language arts. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2026

Crazy for You

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I recently took advantage of Fantagraphics ' annual Fantabucks sale, and  Crazy for You  is the first book I've received and read f...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

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I should preface this review by stating that Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors ever. I have read every one of his novels, checked...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Kafkaesque

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In case you had not noticed, last month I reviewed books with a horror bent, as we approached Halloween. Today's book is more in the ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Baking with Kafka

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Baking with Kafka is a wonderful collection of witty, literary comics by Tom Gauld . He is one of my favorite contemporary comics creator...
Friday, January 5, 2018

The One Hundred Nights of Hero

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The One Hundred Nights of Hero might be the most subversive graphic novel I've ever read, and I LOVED IT. It is a feminist retelling ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Decelerate Blue

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The mark of a great book may be just how long it sits with you after you have finished reading it. I read this book and was pretty dissati...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Two Brothers

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The most complex and moving stories can be spun from the simplest of things. Take for example, this book Two Brothers , which is based on ...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Tim Ginger

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I think if there is any question that we are living in a great age for graphic novels, Tim Ginger would settle it. This beautiful, spare,...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Sshhhh!

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Sshhhh! is a peculiar and fascinating look at love and life. It is a wordless graphic novel starring an anthropomorphic crow in ten diffe...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Reading with Pictures

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Reading with Pictures is a non-profit organization started by comics creator Josh Elder , who is known for his work on Mail Order Ninja ....
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Graphic Canon, Volume 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest

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Representing huge swaths of literature in visual manners is a huge undertaking, as is trying to review all the intricacies of such a volu...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Graphic Canon, Volume 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Graphic Canon is an ambitious project that began earlier this year with the first of a projected trilogy of tomes. It has garnered p...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Dante's Divine Comedy

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Seymour Chwast has had a long and distinguished career in art. In 1954 he co-founded the famous and influential Push Pin Studios with th...