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Literary Graffiti Blog

No, not comic books. Graphic Novels. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised...

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  • Why so serious? 3/25/2009 11:22 AM
  • Brian Azzarello sinks to new depths with his portrait of "The Joker."
    5 comments
  • Grease Monkey 10/16/2008 1:28 PM
  • Tim Eldred draws in a classic comic hand one of the funniest and most character-driven collection of adventures I've read to date, and I'm not the only one to give it two thumbs up.
    2 comments
  • Manga Is For Everyone! 5/1/2008 2:18 PM
  • Teens may have cornered the market here, but even adults might love a good manga if they're willing to give it a shot. Try "Fullmetal Alchemist"!
    10 comments
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home 12/28/2007 4:59 PM
  • Joss Whedon’s Season 8
    2 comments
  • Concrete 12/20/2007 5:48 PM
  • What would you do if you were abducted by aliens and all they left you with was a cold, alien body of stone? That is Concrete's story as told by Eisner-award winning Paul Chadwick.
    1 comment
  • A Graphic (Novel) Biography 11/21/2007 11:52 AM
  • The illustrated life of Malcolm X.
    0 comments
  • Tag and Bink were Here (are Dead) 11/20/2007 5:52 PM
  • Star Wars stories that will make you laugh.
    5 comments
  • Working In A Library: The Inside Scoop 11/7/2007 6:16 PM
  • Rex Libris, by James Turner
    3 comments
  • 300 9/13/2007 2:56 PM
  • Traveling back in time over 2,000 years, we learn that Frank Miller isn't quite as one-dimensional as we had assumed.
    7 comments
  • Bone 8/16/2007 6:06 PM
  • Jeff Smith combines quick wit, great dialogue, beautiful landscapes and an intriguing story in only nine volumes of epic Bone-filled fun!
    6 comments
  • Top Ten 8/1/2007 7:58 PM
  • Super heroes + Super crime + Super cops = Super fun in Alan Moore's award-winning series.
    6 comments
  • Persepolis 5/7/2007 11:13 AM
  • Originally told in French, Marjane Satrapi's memoir has since gained recognition around the globe.
    1 comment
  • Good evening, Pierce County. This is the voice of fate... 4/26/2007 2:38 PM
  • V for Vendetta definitely puts the novel in "graphic novel," but it's worth the endeavor.
    7 comments

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