CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Undoubtedly one of the cleverest graphic novels of the year; let's hope this isn't the last of Mirka. (Graphic fantasy. 10-14)"
Like all 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girls, ebullient Mirka must face a six-armed troll to avoid becoming his dinner and obtain a dragon-slaying sword—wait, what?
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2010
"Every year seems to raise the bar."
Another star-studded anthology grapples with the challenge of whether comics can survive respectability.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Big, bold, beautiful. (notes) (Graphic classic. YA)"
Hinds adds another magnificent adaptation to his oeuvre (King Lear, 2009, etc.) with this stunning graphic retelling of Homer's epic.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 5, 2010
""Life is the biggest bargain. You get it for free," reads one of the Yiddish sayings that introduce the chapters, in a book that is both a celebration and an affirmation of life."
Memory comes alive in this compelling amalgam of drawing, narrative and archival photography.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"An achievement kindred to R. Crumb's Genesis (2009), though less literal and more compressed."
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"The muted palette and variety of panel shapes, sound effects, expressive characters and deadpan humor work in perfect rib-tickling harmony. (Graphic fiction. 7-10)"
