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Blankets

What a beautiful book Blankets by Craig Thompson turned out to be! I’ve read his first graphic novel, Good-Bye Chunky Rice and liked it so I was expecting I would like Blankets too but I didn’t expect so much complexity in the story. I should have known better.
The cover of Blankets calls it an illustrated [...]

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I am really glad I heeded all the comments to stick with the Sandman stories. I just finished Sandman: The Doll’s House last night and enjoyed it very much. These stories had much more subtlety, felt more cohesive and did some interesting character building. I liked the art a lot better too, though I was [...]

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Because Grad was so enthusiastic in a recent comment about the graphic novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, and because I was feeling in the mood to indulge a whim, I requested it from the library. It arrived pretty fast and then I read the book pretty fast. It was great!
I was [...]

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Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes was not as spectacular as I had hoped, but with all the positive feedback from those who have read further through the series than the first one, I have requested the second volume from the library. It will be a little wait though before I get a turn sometime at the [...]

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I’ve been wanting to read Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes for ages because I like Neil Gaiman, because I like to make forays into the world of graphic novels from time to time, and because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. My expectations were high and Sandman didn’t quite deliver. I found [...]

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Monday, back to work after my week’s vacation. So hard to want to get out of bed this morning. And what a Monday it was too. The best things about today? I got to come home. I got to read Murakami at lunch. I am loving Hard-Boiled Wonderland. My Barnes and Noble order arrived on [...]

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Alias the Cat

Graphic novels are not my regular reading material but I like to read one now and then because I find them to be a very different experience. If you would like a really different experience, read Alias the Cat by Kim Deitch. I decided to read this one because it has a cat in it [...]

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