Category Archives: Visual

Gray Horses, by Hope Larson

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Thistle

Noemie is a French exchange student in Onion City. She goes through the usual adjustments to a new culture and a new language, and makes a new friend named Anna. At the same time, she’s followed by a photography student … Continue reading →

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Readathon: The Dreaming (vol 1), by Queenie Chan

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thistle

Twin sisters Amber and Jeanie arrive at an exclusive boarding school in the Australian outback, where their first impressions are not great. There are secrets in the air, and they’re not allowed to claim twinhood because the woman in charge … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Skim, by Mariko Tamaki

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thistle

Kim Cameron, otherwise known as Skim, goes to an upclass private girl’s school, where she’s a bit of an outcast because of her looks (overweight, half-Asian), her muddled attempts to be Wiccan, and her best friend’s aggressive anti-social attitude. When … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Chicken With Plums, by Marjane Satrapi

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thistle

In Chicken With Plums, Satrapi writes a biography of her great-uncle, the famous Iranian musician Nassar Ali Khan. When Khan’s tar breaks, he falls into a depression and lays in bed wishing for death for a week. At the end … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Britten and Brulightly, by Hannah Berry

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thistle

What a strange, strange book. Fern Britten is a private detective and works alongside a slightly lewd and quite unusual partner, Stewart Brulightly. Most of their work deals with marital problems until the day Brulightly suggests they only accept more … Continue reading →

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Readathon: The Professor’s Daughter, by Joan Sfar

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thistle

Hm. Well. This is a graphic novel love story between a professor’s daughter and that same professor’s ancient mummy. One day, the woman, Lillian, lets the mummy, Imhotep IV, out of his case, and the two go off for a … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre (graphic novel), by Charlotte Bronte

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Thistle

This is exactly what the title says – a graphic novel version of Jane Eyre. It’s part of a series of graphic novels aimed at helping teens enjoy classics through a different media. There are several versions of the GN … Continue reading →

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Protected: Kampung Boy, by Lat

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Thistle

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Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Thistle

So what happens when a group of close women get together for an afternoon of tea and talk? Embroideries takes us through an afternoon of frank talk by women in their own little circle. The more I read of Satrapi’s … Continue reading →

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Aya, by Marguerite Abouet

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Thistle

This graphic novel takes place in the late 70s in the Ivory Coast. Aya is a teenage girl with academic ambition, while her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, are far more concerned with partying. This, of course, eventually leads … Continue reading →

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