Cardcaptor Sakura is a Japanese comic, commonly called manga, that is created by an all female team who style themselves as CLAMP. Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto found an old book in her dad’s library, when she opened it a deck of cards flew out and disappeared. The cards were created by the magician Clow Reed and are colloquially called the Clow cards. Each card represents a different power, such as the four elements but also things like flying and illusion. Only someone with magical ability has […]
More Human Than Human
I’ve been on a late oughts X-Force kick, lately. That run has been my comic book introduction to X-23, aka Laura. (If you’ve seen the movie Logan, Laura is the lil’ Wolverine. That was my first encounter with the character.) The Laura character is terrifying and hilarious in X-Force. She’s so efficiently brutal that you always wonder whether she’s a judgment call away from hacking into pieces a character you like. Kind of weird vibe for a teammate. She’s funny in the way Guardians of […]
A wonderful twist that makes a better story
So, I picked up this book based on narfna’s review. I was surprised when I went to the library to pick it up how long it was. I was thinking more of a picture book length, for some reason, but I was pleasantly surprised with how much of this there was to enjoy! The first thing I noticed was that there are pattern pieces on all of the chapter titles. I don’t actually know how to sew garments, but I’m wondering if there is […]
Future publication that you should know about now
Kiss Number 8 is a graphic novel that will not be coming out until March of next year, but really deserves a lot of press beforehand. Like Check, Please! Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu (previously reviewed here and currently out) Colleen AF Venable does not shy away from some tough issues. However, unlike Ukazu there is less humor. Warning: to best show you this book there are a lot of spoilers below. Therefore, I will say here, this is a great book, but will not be […]