by Jennifer Wharton | May 31, 2016 |
I picked this up with trepidation; Stinky Cecil’s first adventure was laugh-out-loud fun, not to mention informative, and I hoped the second volume would live up to the promise of the first. And it did! In their first adventure, Cecil the toad and his pond... by Jennifer Wharton | May 30, 2016 |
This series is both adorable and creepy. A cast of the characters is presented on the endpages; cheerful Marietta, spooky Mr. Snarf, bookish Mr. Leclair, grouchy Kiki, and helpful Celestin. All but Celestin are inhabitants of the very odd Hotel Strange, and in their... by Katie Rose McEneely | May 27, 2016 |
Canadian cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks’ first foray into historical fiction, begins quietly enough: Kaidu, a young Dao boy, has just arrived at The Nameless City, so called because it is routinely conquered by surrounding nations, every one of whom give the City a... by Emma Weiler | May 26, 2016 |
Midas Flesh, vol. 2 picks right up with chapter five with no explanation of what occurred previously, so it’s a little unclear what is going on. Reading the blurb on the back, we learn that “Joey and her space crew have found King Midas’s body and turned it into... by Emma Weiler | May 25, 2016 |
Courageous Princess, vol. 3 The Dragon Queen opens with an introductory page “The story thus far…” so you can pick up with book three if you want without reading one and two. I really want to write that previous sentence with an exclamation point as it is a big pet... by Nic Willcox | May 24, 2016 |
Homura Akemi is having one frustrating month… over and over again. As a superpowered, witch-fighting “magical girl,” Homura has a special ability: she can stop time. She can also jump back in time to a specific moment: when fourteen-year-old Homura transfers to... by Marissa Lieberman | May 23, 2016 |
Sakamichi Onoda loves anime and going to Akihabara to buy anime merchandise. He loves it so much that in order to save money, he rides his so-called “mommy bike”—a bicycle with a little basket in front that is not intended for speed or distance—90 km... by Saeyong Kim | May 20, 2016 |
Umetarou Nozaki is a big, blunt, insensitive, muscular guy with a sharp gaze who occasionally shows up at school in a temper and covered with bandages. His classmate Chiyo Sakura, a tiny girly-girl with ribbons in her long hair, has a tremendous crush on him, but... by Heather Dickerson | May 19, 2016 |
“Yeah….an 11 year old’s imagination can be a real work of art…” Joey, a boy with a vivid imagination, finds himself trapped; wandering through his wonderings as he rides the bus home every day from school. As his real life world meets his internal... by Nic Willcox | May 18, 2016 |
Damian Wayne has had what you might call an unusual childhood. His mother, Talia al Ghul, trained him to lead the League of Assassins. Then his father, Bruce Wayne, helped him find a better path, and Damian took up the mantle of Robin. Until he got killed. And then... 