Archive for Tag: first second books

October 2, 2017

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Review: Spinning by Tillie Walden

Tillie Walden is one of the youngest celebrated cartoonists currently working. Her comics have been acclaimed by critics and readers alike. Her first three books, published by Avery Hill, have garnered her two Ignatz wins and an Eisner nomination. Her longest work to date, Spinning is a 400-page...

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July 1, 2015

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Quick Picks #3

Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler A recent release from First Second (tumblr: firstsecondbooks), Last of the Sandwalkers features a family of extraordinary beetles as they traverse the wide world in...

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February 9, 2015

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Review: The Sculptor, by Scott McCloud

One of the more highly-trumpeted comics to be published in 2015 is Scott McCloud’s The Sculptor with interviews and reviews in national media like NPR and on popular media sites like Boing Boing. McCloud is best known for his nonfiction comics about understanding and making comics, but The...

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September 3, 2014

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Review: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang “Anda’s Game” is a short story collected in a 2007 book by Cory Doctorow titled Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present, one of Doctorow’s books published under a creative common’s license. The license encourages remixing and sharing, provided proper...

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July 21, 2014

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Review: The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple Last week was a surprisingly great week for new comics. Books like Terraformars, Through the Woods, and Seconds all were published to great fanfare. But the book that came out last week that I read first was Farel Dalrymple’s The Wrenchies. I was...

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July 4, 2014

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Review: Anya’s Ghost, by Vera Brosgol One thing that I think is a universal experience is the feeling of being bullied. I was bullied in junior high for my weight, my overeagerness to please teachers, and all the things a bookworm is generally noticed for. Looking back at that...

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May 28, 2014