Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Matthew Noe provides a review and lesson plan for graphic novels.
Noe’s Comics Nook: The Color of Always: An LGBTQIA+ Love Anthology
Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian Matthew Noe provides a review and lesson plan for graphic novels.
Graphic Novel Reviews: Two Graves Volume One: Wish You Were Here
Title: Two Graves Volume One: Wish You Were HerePublished by: Image Comics, Inc.Written by: Genevieve ValentineIllustrated by: Ming Doyle, Annie WuISBN: 978-1534325975Ages: 18+ Buckle up for a road trip of despair. Emilia wants to take her mother’s ashes to the sea. A personification of death offers her a ride. People die along the way. The…
Graphic Novel Review: The Mare
Published by: Graphic Mundi Written by: Seth Christian Martel Illustrated by: Seth Christian Martel ISBN: 9781637790465 Ages: 13+ Have you ever been asleep and felt a presence? Something that you aren’t sure whether or not it is malevolent, but you just can’t get quite conscious enough to respond to it? Some professionals might tell you that you have sleep…
Graphic Novel Review: Tower
Published by: A Wave Blue World Written by: Camrus Johnson Illustrated by: ChrisCross ISBN: 9781949518214 Casandra is confused. Where is she? How did she get here? What’s with the white bodysuit she’s wearing? And why is there an overhead voice talking about combat and competition? She is so confused about what to do, she even misses her chance to…
Graphic Novel Review: Gargoyles: Here in Manhattan
Published by: Dynamite Entertainment Written by: Greg Weisman Illustrated by: George Kambadais ISBN: 9781524123550 In the mid 1990’s, Disney took a chance on a darker themed show called Gargoyles. Operating under the premise of stone gargoyles coming to life and working together to teach lessons about family as well as use their powers to protect the city of New…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Al Capone
Title: Al CaponePublished by: Black Panel PressWritten by: Swann MeralliIllustrated by: Pierre-Francois RadiceISBN: 9781990521164Ages: 18+ Is ambition a crime? You are invited to walk into a jail cell and chat with ruthless gangster, Al Capone.Al Capone tells his story in the graphic novel biography, Al Capone by Swann Meralli. With five chapters covering his lifetime,…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Team Phoenix Vol. 1
Title: Team Phoenix Vol. 1Published by: UDON EntertainmentWritten by: Kenny Ruiz, Osamu TezukaIllustrated by: Kenny RuizISBN: 978-1772942767Ages: 13+ Choose your side in order to survive. When the Robot Alliance take the universe by force and enslave all Organicks, a ragtag group of heroes assemble to stop the spread of violence and pain. Team Phoenix Vol….
Graphic Novel Review: Lovesick
Published by: Image Comics Written by: Luana Vecchio Illustrated by: Luana Vecchio ISBN: 9781534325937 Ages: 21+ I will start with a warning. This review will contain language that might make you uncomfortable to hear, but I want to present it as best as I can. This book is absolutely NOT for everyone. Even when you…