I had something like five hundred words typed about this book — pretty much the whole post — but I deleted it instead of cut-and-pasting, and then saved over the place I was typing it. So I’m not going to try to recreate that thought process: it’s too frustrating to contemplate. Instead, I’ll run through…
Much has been written lately about the recent Marvel Retailer Summit and the unfortunate public relations debacle that followed. As you may know, Marvel had arranged to speak with and listen to leading comic shop retailers following a difficult downturn in their comic sales. The fireworks really started in the subsequent ICV2 interview when Marvel’s…
As you know, we’re HUGE Raina Telgemeier fans! Last month, her latest graphic novel, Ghosts was released by Scholastic and it really should be on everyone’s reading list this October! Ghosts is about Catrina whose family moves to Northern California because her sister has Maya’s cystic fibrosis. As the sisters try to adjust to their…
Ghosts By Raina Telgemeier Scholastic Graphix, 240 pages, $10.99/$24.99 Raina Telgemeier has built a fine career for herself as a graphic novelist, she cut her teeth on adapting four of the Babysitter’s Club novels before creating her own original works, beginning with Smile. Now, with her fourth offering, she is an acclaimed New York Times…
It’s Week #2 of the Comic Mix Challenged Challenge! We talk about Drama by Raina Telgemeier, why some parents wanted to ban in school libraries, and why this drama over Drama isn’t about “sexual inappropriateness” it’s about homophobia. As middle schoolers (8th grade in the Fall, y’all) who are active in drama club, we break…
The Baby-Sitter’s Club: Kristy’s Great Idea By Raina Telgemeier 180 page, Scholastic Graphix, $10.99 With the well-deserved success of Raina Telgemeier’s original graphic novels, it makes perfect sense for Scholastic to re-release her earlier efforts, adaptations of Ann M. Martin’s Baby-Sitters Club novels. Wisely, they freshened the 2006 material with added color from Braden Lamb…
As Tweeks! viewers know, Raina Telgemeier is one of our all-time favorite authors, so we were excited from the second we heard she would be writing another book about the autobiographical characters from Smile. And then when we found it was called Sisters?! How much more perfect does it get, right? So, the question is,…
Sisters By Raina Telgemeier Scholastic Graphix, 197 pages, $24.99 (hardcover)/$10.99 (softcover) Mining one’s past for story ideas is a tried and true method but comes with the risks of exposing family and friends to the harsh spotlight so it can be challenging. Thankfully, cartoonist Raina Telgemeier has a wonderfully supportive family, who have allowed her…
Drama By Riana Telgemeier Scholastic Graphix, 233 pages, $10.99/$23.99 Despite being an adult, Raina Telgemeier has not forgotten what it was like to be an eighth grader when everything, from your body to your relationships, change with startling regularity. She demonstrated this in the wonderful memoir Smile and returns with Drama, a story across a…
From Teen Boat creator Dave Roman: Raina Telgemeier’s SMILE is officially a #1 New York Times Bestseller! It even outsold the Batman book most responsible for inspiring The Dark Knight Rises, arguably the most hyped/marketed movie of the year. Think about that…an autobio comic for kids sold more paperback copies (for this week, at least)…
Smile By Raina Telgemeier Scholastic Graphix, 214 pages, $10.99 The adage says that you should write what you know and Raina Telgemeier knows more than a little about the awkwardness of adolescence, compounded by a dental problem. While in sixth grade, Raina fell and knocked out her two front teeth which meant surgery, braces, appliances,…
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