Congratulations to creator James Kochalka (Dragon Puncher, Johnny Boo) for being named Vermont's first cartoonist laureate! The honor, which will be bestowed upon Kochalka in a daylong event being held on March 10, recognized the artist's work in the state of Vermont as well as his commitment to spreading education and literacy through his work.
With Amaryllis in Blueberry, Christina Meldrum delivers a story that is part coming-of-age and part culture clash. The story follows the Slepy family as they leave the comfy confines of Michigan for missionary work in West Africa.
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I was intrigued to see the news from Top Shelf today that Georgia Congressman John Lewis is signed with the publisher to coauthor a graphic novel called March, based on the Civil Rights Movement in America. The book, which will be published next year, is being called "A meditation in the modern age on the distance traveled, both as a nation and as a people, since the days of Jim Crow and segregation" and is also more of a memoir, in that it tells Lewis's own personal story and struggle.
If the last few weeks have been a little thin on New Releases, have no fear. The number of new books this week is enough to keep you reading should Snowpocalypse permanently send our climate back to the Ice Age.
Jessica Anya Blau is the author of the critically-acclaimed coming-of-age story The Summer of Naked Swim Parties. Her second novel, Drinking Closer to Home was released in January. Visit her website, www.JessicaAnyaBlau.com.
