Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Very Bad at Math

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First off, this book is another I checked out from my local library. Local libraries rule!  Very Bad at Math  is about Verity "Very...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Run, Book One

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The  March  trilogy of graphic novels is a modern classic, a multi-award-winning set of books that chronicle the life of John Lewis during...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

Good On Both Sides: A (Th)Ink Anthology

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Good on Both Sides is a collection of political and historical comics strips by Keith Knight , who has been publishing regular comic strips ...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Save It For Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest

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We are living through "interesting times," and Save It For Later is a great collection of essays that survey much of what has bee...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Twins

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Twins is about Maureen and Francine Carter, identical twins who struggle with the transitions in their lives in unique ways. As they start ...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Montana Diary

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Montana Diary is an interesting travelogue/mini-comic that melds history with current politics. It is about a road trip through "Big Sk...
Friday, August 20, 2021

The Fifth Quarter

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4th grader Lori Block LOVES basketball, and she is on her school's team, but she is not so good and only gets to play in the "fifth...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Some Recent Silver Sprocket Publications

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In this time of social distancing and no comics conventions, I have been checking out books from various small, independent presses whenever...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History

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  Reading this book showed me how little I actually knew about the Black Panther Party . The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History i...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

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My Friend Dahmer is one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, a dark exploration of high school friendships and the many issues that unde...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Action Presidents, Books 3 & 4

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I reviewed the first two volumes in this series last year, but they have recently been re-issued in color, to coincide with these two new, ...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Mr. Butterchips: A Collection of Cantankerous Commentary

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Mr. Butterchips is an interesting character, a monkey who aspires to be a stand-up comedian but who is largely relegated to make ends meet b...
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...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World

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Noisemakers is an impressive collection of stories, 25 mini-biographies of notable women who have left profound marks on the world. This ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

The Nib Magazine Issue 4: Scams

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I just read the fourth issue of The Nib print magazine, and it is a top notch collection of political cartoons, tales, and reports by exce...