Category Archives: Comic Books

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Written and Illustrated by Don Brown

September 20, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Review Copy Courtesy of My Public Library.] Drowned City is a multi-award winning graphic novel by acclaimed and prolific author and artist Don Brown. It is an extraordinarily vivid account of Hurricane Katrina from August to October 2005 written for ages 12 to adult. You need to read Drowned City if you haven’t already. It is an important book. Its commentary and representation of what happened during Hurricane Katrina is insightful, enlightening, and will help those of us that haven’t […]

Categories: Comic Books, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Recommended Graphic Novel • Tags: Comic Book, Graphic novel, Nonfiction

The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner

September 2, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of First Second Books] The Big Bad Fox by author, illustrator, and cartoonist Benjamin Renner is hilarious, honest, and a remarkably therapeutic commentary on right and wrong, politicians and politics, real and perceived enemies, struggling with our inner nature, the insanity of love, and the sheer chaos of parenthood. (There’s more, but the previous sentence was getting way too long.) Fox, our anti-hero, is hungry and he wants chicken! Fox breaks into the hen house of […]

Categories: Children's Books, Comic Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Chickens, Picture Books about Father • Tags: Benjamin Renner, Children, Comic Book, First Second Books, Fox, Graphic novel, Humor, The Big Bad Fox

My Son’s New Obsession: Fairy Tale Comics Edited by Chris Duffy

October 9, 2013 by The Picture Book Review

Fairy Tale Comics: Classics Told By Extraordinary Cartoonists Edited by Chris Duffy. Ages 6 – 12. (My three-year-old son is ENTHRALLED by this book.) First Second. September 2013. 128 pages. ISBN: 978-1596438231 Fiction. At a Glance: Some of my favorite comic book creators have joined together to create a collection of brilliantly illustrated fairy tales. Some are standard fairy tales (12 Dancing Princesses, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.) and some I’ve never heard of […]

Categories: Children's Books, Comic Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Bobby London, Brett Helquist, Charise Mericle Harper, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Chris Duffy, Craig Thompson, David Mazzucchelli, Emily Carroll, Fairy Tale, Fairy Tale Comics, First Second Books, Gigi D.G., Gilbert Hernandez, Graham Annable, Jaime Hernandez, Jillian Tamaki, Joseph Lambert, Karl Kerschl, kidlit, Luke Pearson, Picture Books, Raina Telgemeier, Ramona Fradon, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Vanessa Davis

My Three-Year-Old Son’s Favorite Comics and Comic Books… so far!

September 7, 2013 by The Picture Book Review

1. Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists by Various Artists and Edited by Chris Duffy I’ve been reading this one to him since he was one. You can read my review here. This is one of those books I’m so happy we own. 2. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke My whole family LOVES Zita! I’ve purchased copies for us and then bought additional copies for family members. Zita is fun, wonderul, happy, and a real adventure! […]

Categories: Children's Books, Comic Books, Kidlit • Tags: Amulet, Andy Runton, Ben Hatke, Bonk! A Mutt's Treasury, Earl and Mooch: A Mutt's Treasury, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Hildafolk, Jeff Smith, Kazu Kibuishi, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, Little Mouse Gets Ready, Luke Pearson, Nursery Rhyme Comics, Owly, Patrick McDonnell, Zita the Spacegirl