Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Matthew Noe provides a review and lesson plan for graphic novels.
Author: Matthew Noe
Matthew Noe (he/his) is Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, and a part-time instructor at the University of Kentucky in the School of Information Science. He is most well-known for work in comics librarianship, health sciences librarianship, and in particular, graphic medicine. Matthew was the 2021-2022 President of the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table. He is a founding board member, website editor, and Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective. You'll find his comics reviews in both Booklist and Diamond Bookshelf. At the local level, he is the Treasurer on the Worcester Public Library’s Board of Directors. You can often find him overcaffeinated, ranting about all manner of things on Twitter, or curled up with a dog, a book, and not enough hands.
Noe’s Comics Nook: Lesson Plan & Review – Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief
Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Matthew Noe provides a review and lesson plan for graphic novels.
Noe’s Comics Nook: Lesson Plan & Review – Tales of the City
Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Matthew Noe provides a review and lesson plan for graphic novels.
Noe’s Comics Nook: 6,000 Miles to Freedom
6,000 MILES TO FREEDOM Published by: Graphic Mundi Created by: Stéphane Marchetti and Cyrille Pomès / Translated by Hannah Chute ISBN: 9781637790212 Ages: 16+ Review Imagine you’re 12 years old. Now imagine that your father dies and suddenly your most fundamentalist, unwelcome anywhere but during Thanksgiving dinner uncle is in control of your life. Now…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Clementine Book 1
CLEMENTINE BOOK 1 Published by: Image Comics Created by: Tillie Walden ISBN: 9781534321281 Ages: 14+ Review I’m going to admit something that may make readers of this review scoff and quit: I have never exactly been a fan of The Walking Dead. I found the show boring, I read the first two trades of the…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Sapiens – A Graphic History
SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISOTRY Published by: Harper Perennial Created by: Yuval Noah Harari / David Vandermeulen / Daniel Casanave ISBN: 9780063051331 (volume 1) / 9780063212237 (volume 2) Ages: 13+ Review Graphic adaptations of books are a hit-or-miss affair. In far too many examples, rather than adapt the narrative or information to the medium, these adaptations…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Stray Dogs
STRAY DOGS Published by: Image Comics Created by: Tony Fleecs / Trish Forstner / Brad Simpson ISBN: 9781534319837 Ages: 15+ Review Combine “All Dogs Go to Heaven” with your favorite serial killer film and you’d be approaching the mix of joy and horror you’re in store for with Stray Dogs. If that sounds weird but…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
DID YOU HEAR WHAT EDDIE GEIN DONE? Published by: Albatross Funnybooks Created by: Harold Schechter / Eric Powell ISBN: 9781949889048 Ages: 17 Review Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? tells the story of infamous serial killer Eddie Gein, following him from his traumatic childhood through until his death in a Wisconsin mental health institute….
Noe’s Comics Nook: The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMIC BOOK LETTERING Published by: Image Comics Created by: Nate Piekos ISBN: 9781534319950 Ages: 13+ Review With The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering, award-winning letter Nate Piekos has written what is sure to be a staple of the lettering trade for years to come. That’s the tweet-length version of my…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Letters from Animals
LETTERS FROM ANIMALS Published by: Magnetic PressCreated by: Frédéric Brréemaud / Giovanni Rigano / Allain Bourgrain-DubourgISBN: 9781951719197Ages: 11+ Review Letters from Animals is a collection of short comics written from the perspective of a member of one of more than fifteen species, with each letter aiming to engender empathy, inform the reader of their plight,…