The Color of Heaven
Color of Heaven by Dong Hwa Kim I think it took the first two books of this series for me to get used to the prose style. While before I was often a little distracted by the constant symbolic discussion of flowers and the natural world, this time I was able to let the symbolism [...]
The Color of Earth and The Color of Water
The Color of Earth by Dong Hwa Kim The Color of Earth lives up to its title by being extremely earthy. The characters are drenched in nature and preoccupied with relationships. Ehwa’s mother is a tavern owner and her father is long gone, so the seven year old girl must deal with snide comments from [...]
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan With Doctors Without Borders
by Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, and Ferderic Lermercier The Photographer is a stunning hybrid of photos and sequential art that tells the story of Didier Lefevre as he joins Doctors Without Borders as a photographer in Afghanistan in 1986. The story is divided up into three sections as it was originally published in France as [...]
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond (Paperback) by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (amazon) Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a art class in a book, giving an overview of the process of creating comic books. It is divided up into themed chapters, so budding comics creators can explore [...]
Kaput and Zosky
Kaput and Zosky by Lewis Trondheim (amazon) Kaput and Zosky is a thoroughly delightful comic book for young people about inept space invaders. Kaput and Zosky travel from planet to planet looking for a world to rule but they never seem to manage to pull it off. They land on a planet where the inhabitants [...]
Laika and Robot Dreams
A couple of the books that I most enjoyed reading because of the Cybils were Laika and Robot Dreams. Laika by Nick Abadzis (amazon) Laika combines fact and fiction in a retelling of the story of the first dog in space. I didn’t really know a whole lot about the historical background of Laika’s flight, [...]