After the tragic death of their father in the beginning of the story, brother and sister Navin and Emily move to the country with their mom. The house they now live in has been abandoned for years, along with the mystery of the sudden disappearance of its previous owner, Emily's great-grandfather.
Through a series of magical events, Emily, Navin and their mother find themselves in a fantasy world with adventure, mystery and danger. A necklace that Emily found in her great-grandfathers house gives her special powers and she must use these new powers to save her family from danger AND MORE.
This book is super crazy popular and I can definitely see why. I think there are 6 total books right now - gotta read em all. ALL AGES! Very cool!
At the beginning of In Real Life, we are first introduced to a
character named Anda, a charming young middle school girl who starts
playing a massive multiplayer video game called Coarsegold Online. Anda
quickly learns a lot more about real life through the game than she
expected.
Written by activist Cory Doctorow, there are not-so underlying themes
of economics and poverty in the book, which is really awesome, but
unfortunately the story wraps up so quickly in the last quarter of the
book that it seemed really rushed! I found myself wishing for an
extension so that the story would have progressed more organically.
That being said, I did really enjoy this. The coloring is absolutely
beautiful and I found the characters to be extremely endearing. Plus,
what could be more sweet than rosy knees! Super glad I read this book.
Great for all ages!
Directly inspired by Winsor McCay's original comic strip from 1905 (seen in the first picture, full list of original comic strips here ), Little Nemo is a story of a boy who is chosen by the princess of Slumberland to be her playmate, but each night when an attempt is made to bring Nemo to the fantasy world, he is woken abruptly and unable to make it to the dreamland!
This story is so beautiful and Gabriel Rodriguez does a really spectacular job at re imagining the original artwork of McCay, while still being true to the original line quality and detail that make these illustrations so remarkable.
This is my favorite story line that I have read thus far. And while I do appreciate the new writing and art, I think the original is more fitting for the storyline. I'm glad I read the first issue though, and thankful that it lead me to Winsor McCay!
Had to make this huge because !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It follows a boy named Poe, covered in feathers, fathered by a man named Gabriel who found Poe in the streets abandoned as a baby. Poe lives in the slums of the city, known as the Maze. Poe meets a new friend named Bianca, an upper class, very privileged but adventurous young girl who has run away from her father while visiting the Maze for their first time.
Together the two are now on a journey of a lifetime, running from danger and experiencing a world that is brand new to both of them.
It is super SUPER SUPER SUPER, and the artwork is absolutely beautiful. Awesome article with writer, Jorge Corona and a sneak peak of the first issue!
(This is the variant cover by Ken Niimura, which I think I have to buy because !!!)
This story arch might be too twee to be real.
Bee is a loveable girlie who is unemployed and was down in the dumps about it until she meets Puppycat, a magical stray animal and the two of them become instant pals and lots of weird stuff starts happening to Bee.
Together they go on a bunch of adventures, the colors are pastel and sparkly and cute and great.
A real fun, sweet ol' read.
Probably good for people who like Adventure Time, Sailor Moon, etc.
Teen Dog.
teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen dog
a high school pizza loving skater dodge with a punk rock girlie bff.
that is pretty much it as far as the first issue goes.
and it is cool.
I think it would be better as a cartoon show rather than a comic because nothing really happens at all.
this! is! amazing!
I love this story, these characters, their humor, everything.
Five cool girls at a sleep-away camp with their Lumberjanes' troop (think Girl Scouts but....cooler) get into trouble, solve mysteries, encounter supernatural animals, etc, etc. It rules.
The humor is awesome, the characters are well written.
Each girl has their own personality and I found the whole thing to be very empowering. Wished I had something this cool to read when I was younger, but glad I can read it now!
Plus there was a very cool mixtape at the end of the issue, of all female musicians for kicking ass.
