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VIZ released two new shojo titles this spring, both of which feature young women facing the idea of marriage. Stepping on Roses, vol. 1 Rinko Ueda Age Rating: OT/Older Teen VIZ, April 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4215-3182-3 200 pages, $9.99 Sumi Kitamura is in dire straits. Her good-looking, but useless brother Eisuke is supposed to be supporting […]
What if Shakespeare’s most famous characters turned against their creator? That’s the premise behind Kill Shakespeare, a rollicking fantasy-adventure that borrows a few pages from Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead, a few pages from The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, and a few lines from the Bard himself to tell a brand new version of Hamlet […]
Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker By Geoffrey Hayes Recommended for grades 1-2 April 2010. Toon Books, ISBN: 978-935179-07-8 32 pp. $12.95 Benny & Penny are back in an all new adventure. This time, it’s about protecting their toys when their cousin Bo comes for an unexpected visit. Cousin Bo is that kid who […]
After their adventurer parents are killed on an expedition, four children–brother and sister pairs Conner and Joss and Mitch and Becca–are sent to live in a mysterious old house with their godparents, the Macombers. In the New Brighton Woods surrounding the house, they discover a magical world of beings they had only heard of in […]
Dorothy’s adventures in Oz continue in this collection of comics whjch have all the heart and soul of those penned by creator L. Frank Baum. First Dorothy and the Scarecrow encounter a mysterious castle while out on a walk. It turns out that the castle is there to protect the Enchanted Apples of Oz. If […]
Though Wonder Woman was originally created as a role model for young girls, it’s been a long time since DC produced Wonder Woman comics for that demographic. Recognizing the character’s enduring appeal as a symbol of female strength, however, DC has been making a concerted effort to develop more age-appropriate stories for Wonder Woman’s youngest […]
Lucy Snow makes a wrong turn while traveling to her new boarding school and finds herself at Miss Weaver’s Academy for the Scientifically Gifted and Ethically Unfettered, a.k.a. Hollow Fields. Before she knows it, she’s enrolled and bound by contract to do the best she can at her studies. And they mean her best, because […]
A village desperate to break a drought decides to sacrifice a beautiful maiden, Soah, to Habaek the Water God. Soah goes to her death expecting to meet a monster, but not only does Habaek save her life, he is only a little boy! Soah tries to settle into life in Habaek’s palace, but she doesn’t […]
Bafflerog Rumplewhisker is an evil wizard, or rather he’s supposed to be one. The problem is that his spells don’t quite cause evil and he doesn’t really have the heart to fix them. But still, it’s in his blood to be evil, so when he finds out the hidden location of The Book of Worse-a […]
Twilight – the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who falls in love with a vampire- has taken the country by storm. Love it or hate it, the books and movie have captured the hearts and minds of women of all ages. Now… it’s a comic. Twilight: The Graphic Novel V. 1 By Stephenie Meyer adapted […]
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