November 6, 2009, 574 voters
As I am writing this newsletter, I am preparing for a quick trip down to Charlotte where GraphicNovelReporter.com is co-sponsoring an event at the American Association of School Libraries tonight. In what I see as a version of reverse Pictionary (which I am very bad at!), a group of graphic novel creators are going to be drawing on the spot based on scenarios that are given to them by the audience. It sounds like a lot of fun, especially to a girl who cannot draw a straight line with a ruler.
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Is there such a thing as an old year’s resolution? That’s what I feel I’ve been doing recently. As we’re racing toward the end of the year, I’m looking at the stacks of very good graphic novels accumulating around me and I’m getting nervous. I’m thinking about how I’ve just gotten to get them reviewed soon because some of them are too good not to talk about. It would be easier if they weren’t good; then I wouldn’t have to bother with them at all. But these are books I really want to talk about, to spread the word about them, and to give them just a little bit of recognition.
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From acclaimed bestselling author Sandra Brown comes a powerfully moving novel celebrating the gifts, generosity and foresight of a great bygone generation.
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A CITY GRIPPED BY FEAR...
Seattle newspaper photographer Nick Wilder has gained a reputation capturing gruesome homicide scenes on film. His latest assignment: Tracking an unpredictable, deranged serial killer terrorizing the dark, wet streets of Seattle.
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In the foreword to his book 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read, Tony Isabella mentions that we indeed are. He asserts that, with the breadth of quality comics now being published, as well as the ready access to easily affordable reprints of classic works, this is the true Golden Age, one that’s better than any ever before. It’s hard to disagree, but I’ve been pondering it ever since reading it.
November 2009
On the last day of my vacation in September, I sat by the pool and read an advance copy of RAINWATER by Sandra Brown, her first historical novel. Set during the Great Depression in Gilead, Texas, it’s a beautifully and tightly written story of love and hope in a world torn with economic and racial strife.
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November 2009
Fourteen-year-old Eric Welch, with some help from his younger brother, hides a runaway girl named Grace in the clubhouse in their backyard for two months. In due time Grace’s secret is revealed, and Eric grows up all too quickly while trying to protect her.
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