Lumberjanes: Campfire Songs

by | Jul 31, 2020

Lumberjanes: Campfire Songs is a quick and fun collection of six short stories. They live up to any Lumberjanes fan’s expectations for witty tales of friendship with a good dose of fantasy mixed into each. Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley return in this interesting...

Jujutsu Kaisen, vols. 1-3

by | Jul 29, 2020

In one day, Yuji Itadori loses one of his only ties to the world and gains a new reason to live. It’s a good thing he’s naturally so strong, because he’s about to face the incredible challenge of being thrown into the world of jujutsu sorcerers, curses, and an attempt...

Prince Freya, vol. 1

by | Jul 28, 2020

Palace intrigue, death, and love open the medieval tale Prince Freya, vol. 1, by Keiko Ishihara. Freya lives in the kingdom of Tyr, which has been taken over by Sigurd. She looks like a typical Shojo heroine: long flowing locks, naive at first, but carries a bold...

Dragon Hoops

by | Jul 28, 2020

After finishing his graphic novel duology Boxers & Saints, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is worried about finding his next story. In the halls of Bishop O’Dowd High School (where he taught computer science), Yang starts hearing about “the big game.” Bishop...

Catboy

by | Jul 27, 2020

Imagine: You wake up one morning and your cat has evolved into a humanoid feline. Standing on two legs, the cat-human is now asking to borrow your clothes and hang out with you. Worse? Your furry friend is definitely cooler than you. This is the premise of Benji...

Crows: Genius Birds

by | Jul 24, 2020

First Second started publishing Science Comics in the spring of 2016 and teachers, students, librarians, and critics alike have been enjoying them ever since. I reviewed one of the first volumes, Dinosaurs by MK Reed and Joe Flood, and have now gotten to the point...

Love Me, Love Me Not, Volumes 1 & 2

by | Jul 23, 2020

Yuna and Akari meet by chance on a subway platform. When they discover that they live in the same building and are starting at the same high school, they become fast friends; in spite of their drastically different world views. Akari is very practical and is...

Aster and the accidental magic

by | Jul 22, 2020

Aster can’t believe she’s stuck in this weird, tiny, nowhere village in the mountains while her mom is in charge of halting a dangerous migration of monster-like birds. She and her dad are along for the ride, while her brother was able to escape back to...

Forever Home

by | Jul 21, 2020

Forever Home is a sweet middle grade graphic novel debut that gives a ghostly take on what it means to find home and family. Willow is sick of moving every two years with her Army parents, always saying goodbye to friends and not having a hometown. Her parents promise...

Goldie Vance: Larceny in La La Land

by | Jul 20, 2020

Goldie Vance is a sunny, unstoppable force of nature. At sixteen, she has already solved a few mysteries around the Florida resort that her dad manages. She hopes to continue her detective work this summer, but things at the resort seem frustratingly routine and...