graphic novel
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The Mushroom Knight, Vol. 1 by Oliver Bly
If a cottagecore setting and sentient, chivalrous mushrooms strike your fancy, I have the perfect graphic novel for you. The Mushroom Knight, a clever creation from Oliver Bly, is a fantastical tale about tiny woodland creatures, a changing forest ecosystem, and a young black girl who has lost her dog. Continue reading
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The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught
I love a good cozy fantasy as much as the next person. I ate up The Tea Dragon Society a few years ago and a few indie cozy fantasy novels in 2023. I’d had my nose to the ground for the perfect cozy fantasy graphic novel, though, because the combination just made sense to me.… Continue reading
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Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martín
Ed Brubaker is quickly becoming a favorite comic creator of mine. Since December, I’ve devoured his graphic novels Night Fever and Where the Body Was, which were 5-star and 4-star reads for me, respectively. Since then, I’ve been picking up everything I see by Brubaker at my local bookstores. I jumped at the chance to… Continue reading
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Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age by Stephen Graham Jones
Steven Graham Jones was one of my favorite authors of 2023, and Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus made it onto My Favorite Books of 2023, so I eagerly dove into Volume 2 as soon as possible. Kill Columbus centers on Emily, Tad, Sosh, and Yellow Kid’s attempts to time travel to the 1400s, kill Christopher Columbus, and… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 2/11/2024
How is it already Sunday again?? This week completely flew by! My husband and I had a bit of an adventure day today and actually made it to three (!!!) different bookstores. Somehow, even with this blog and all the books I hear about, I always find books I’ve never even seen before. Today, my… Continue reading
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Mary Tyler MooreHawk by Dave Baker
Like so many of my favorite books, Mary Tyler MooreHawk is near-impossible to categorize. Part dystopian literary fiction, part biographical magazine, and part nine-panel comic, Mary Tyler MooreHawk refuses to settle for just one genre. Dave Baker has succeeded in creating a multimedia masterpiece that has a lot to say about art, the pursuit of… Continue reading
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Crusader, Vol. 1 by Matt Emmons
Mad Cave is an indie comic publisher I’ve come to really love. One of my favorite graphic novels from 2023, Monomyth, was published by them. So many interesting works are being published in the indie space, and Mad Cave is doing great work. When I saw that Mad Cave had an upcoming dark sci-fantasy starring… Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review – Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem
I saw the cover of Watson and Holmes: A Scandal in Harlem and immediately wanted to read it. I am perpetually obsessed with almost every reimagining of Sherlock Holmes I find. And the fact Watson and Holmes is both noir and has black protagonists? I was so excited going into this. Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 1/28/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! We finally lost all our snow this week! In its place, though, we got a heck ton of rain. Rain, I can handle. It’s been a much more normal week this week, and normal is perfectly good in my book. News & Fun I’m super excited to now be… Continue reading
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My Name is Shingo: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Umezz
My Name is Shingo is a classic science fiction-horror manga that was first serialized in Japan between 1982 and 1986. Since then, it’s seen radio broadcasts, musical adaptations, and even an art exhibit. Viz Media is now releasing My Name is Shingo: The Perfect Edition, starting with Volume 1 in February. Continue reading