Gateway to the Great Stupa at Sanchi, 1st century CE. Synopsis: The life (well, lives) of the Buddha are almost naturally suited to graphic storytelling. After all, Buddhist jataka tales and stories of his birth and death have been illustrated in visual form on architectural monuments for centuries…even millennia. They… Read More »Cybils Review: BUDDHA: AN ENLIGHTENED LIFE
Synopsis: I can’t really beat the flap copy for this one, in terms of plot summary, so here you go, fresh from Amazon: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Fox? No one, it seems.The fox dreams of being the terror of the barnyard. But no one is intimidated by him,… Read More »Cybils Review: THE BIG BAD FOX by Benjamin Renner
Synopsis: First Second consistently puts out high-quality and varied graphic novels for audiences from kids to adults, and Spinning by Tillie Walden—one of our Cybils finalists for 2017 in Young Adult Graphic Novels—is a standout. It’s a graphic memoir, a genre which I always find interesting (oddly enough, I’m not… Read More »Cybils Review: SPINNING by Tillie Walden
Synopsis: I found out during Cybils deliberations that The Dam Keeper originated as an Oscar-nominated short animation, which makes me sad that I missed it. While I was growing up, I was a big fan of the Spike and Mike Festival of Animation, which introduced me really early on to… Read More »Cybils Review: THE DAM KEEPER by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Synopsis: Reboots seem to be the story fad du jour when it comes to comic franchises, and while there have been some reboots of Superman, I doubt you’ve seen one like this before. Brought to you by the writing talents of our own local NorCal comics genius Gene Luen Yang,… Read More »Cybils Review: NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1: MADE IN CHINA