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By: Lynda Barry
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
May 13, 2008
I bought this book as a gift for my sister. She had picked it out and said she wanted it for an art class she is teaching. I am not an artist, but I still love this book. I bought one for myself as soon as I had some extra money. I can't wait to get it. ... more
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| 2. Masterpiece Comics |
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By: R. Sikoryak
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
September 01, 2009
Like a great actor taking the stage in different roles, each comic is illustrated in a style befitting the tale. The reader will be moved! He will be frightened! Or chastened. Who said comic books lack soul? I shall have to summon my father from the grave to read these and reconsider his edict not to allow comics into our home.
Fortunately my Huntingdon Valley, PA library showcased... more
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| 3. Hicksville | 
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By: Dylan Horrocks
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
March 02, 2010
As a general reader, and certainly not as an expert in the genre, I'm always a bit hesitant to review a graphic novel; there are devoted fans of the genre, and it is very easy to over- or under-praise any particular entry. With that in mind, my review should be read as one written by a reader who is naive in the form, but who knows what he likes and dislikes about any particular book and who is, incidentally... more
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| 4. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea |
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By: Guy Delisle
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
May 01, 2007
In recent years, North Korea has held a prominent place in our collective imaginations as a tiny, isolated Asian country that shares membership in the "axis of evil" and yet is a country of which little is known. French Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle travels to this enigmatic country for a two month business trip and attempts to unravel some of the mystery and inconsistencies of life in Communist... more
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By: Daniel Clowes
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
April 27, 2010
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| 6. A Drifting Life |
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By: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
April 14, 2009
Yoshihiro Tatsumi is one of the most respected manga artists in Japan, a living legend whose work has included The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye. He spent 11 years creating this gigantic bildungsroman, over 800 pages long and worth every minute spent on it (for both the creator and the reader).
A Drifting Life is richly rewarding in its attempts to... more
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| 7. Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One | 
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By: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
November 14, 2006
To be perfectly honest, I didn't understand the Moomin collections at first, and it took some significant steps before I could absorb their meaning. Despite this work to get through my own notions of "comics" and how Moomin conflicted with them, the result was ultimately very rewarding.
Drawn & Quarterly began reprinting Tove Jansson's Moomin comic strips in 2006, assembling the complete... more
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| 8. Burma Chronicles |
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By: Guy Delisle
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
September 30, 2008
I really love Guy Delisle's work. I have now read all three of his travelogue's - China, North Korea and now Burma. He has a way of capturing the details of life on the road so to speak (the joy of his neighbors loving to see his son, the idiosyncrasies of shopping in a foreign country, the waiting game for electricity) that creates a story that draws you in so that you can hear and feel the other... more
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| 9. The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My |
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By: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
October 13, 2009
This book in adorable. It reminds me of Dr Suess in that it rhymes in cute ways and flows well. It's very artistic and imaginative. Love it!... more
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| 10. Moomin Book Four: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip |
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By: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
May 26, 2009
This book marks our first insight into Lars Jansson's take on the Moomin world, as well as his sister Tove continuing to dispel the charming, witty and often jabbing Moomin world from her pencil. Only loyal fans can tell that the first two stories are Lars's, the remaining three Tove's - from the choice of subject matter as well as the subtle (but still present) style differences. At this point, Tove's... more
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