TWO-WEEK WAIT: AN I.V.F. STORY Published by: Scribe PublicationsCreated by: Luke C. Jackson / Kelly Jackson / Mara WildISBN: 9781950354634Ages: 16+ Review Two-Week Wait is an unflinchingly honest, emotional rollercoaster (yes, I know, but it is accurate here) of a story following Conrad and Joanne on their process to conceive a child using in vitro…
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: Crossover Volume 1
Crossover Volume 1 Published by: Image ComicsCreated by: Donny Cates / Geoff Shaw / Dee Cunniffe / John J. HillISBN: 9781534318939Ages: 16+ Review Crossover is the definition of getting meta with your storytelling, pulling in dozens of characters from other comics properties (some less explicitly than others; probably hard to get DC to let you…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Yuzu the Pet Vet Volume 1
Yuzu the Pet Vet Volume 1 Published by: Kodansha ComicsCreated by: Mingo Ito / Nippon Columbia Co., LTD.ISBN: 9781632369413Ages: 8+ Review 11 year old Yuzu is living through a lot. Her father died when she was 5, her mom is sick enough that she requires a long hospitalization, and now she has to live with…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Waluk
Waluk: The Great Journey Published by: Magnetic PressCreated by: Ana Miralles / Emilio RuizISBN: 9781951719050Ages: 10+ Review Waluk is a young polar bear, learning his way through his icy, Artic home with the help of an older bear named Eskimo. When we meet them they are searching for food, primarily seals, but are finding it…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Stay
Stay Published by: Magnetic Press Created by: Lewis Trondheim / Hubert Chevillard ISBN: 9781549307713 Ages: 16+ Review Stay is a story about grief and the different ways we all process it – but you’d probably never guess that from the comic’s cover description or coloring. When we first meet Fabienne, she is with her partner…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Department of Truth
The Department of Truth, Vol. 1: The End of the World Published by: Image Comics Created by: James Tynion IV / Martin Simmonds / Aditya Bidikar ISBN: 9781534318335 Ages: 17+ Review The world is secretly run by reptilian overloads. The world is actually flat. The moon landing was faked. Vaccines cause autism. 5G is mind…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Pride & Prejudice New Edition
Pride & Prejudice New Edition Published by: Manga ClassicsCreated by: Jane Austen / Po Tse / Stacy KingISBN: 9781947808980Ages: 13+ Review Often in our attempts to justify comics, we tell people that fostering someone’s love of comics is a “gateway” to reading more traditional books – something by Jane Austen perhaps. While I’m not a great…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Prince of Cats
Prince of Cats Published by: Image ComicsCreated by: Ronald WimberlyISBN: 9781534312074Ages: 17+ Review While Romeo and Juliet is far from my favorite play (how could it be when Taming of the Shrew exists), it begs to be adapted in all manner of ways to match the tone and conversations of the time. With so many…
Noe’s Comics Nook: La Voz de M.A.Y.O Rambo
February 2021 La Voz de M.A.Y.O Rambo Published by: Image Comics Created by: Henry Barajas / Jason Gonzales ISBN: 9781534313637 Ages: 16+ Review Initially published independently through Kickstarter, La Voz De M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo is a look at the history of the activist group M.A.Y.O. (Mexican, American, Yaqui, and Others) and their victories throughout the…
Noe’s Comics Nook: Manga Classics Frankenstein
February 2021 Frankenstein Published by: Manga ClassicsCreated by: Mary Shelley / M. Chandler / Linus Liu / Daria RhodesISBN: 9781947808164Ages: 12+ Review I’ll admit that I am often skeptical of comics adaptations of books, much the same way that I am skeptical of beloved books becoming movies. I can’t help but think “the original is…