I’m currently rewatching one of my favorite anime shows of all time, “Death Note,” partially out of boredom but also because I found out that each year Americans celebrate the unofficial holiday of National Anime Day, which so happens to be today. For those who don’t know, Anime refers to a style of Japanese animation…Continue Reading Book Review: The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai
Happy April! Most people celebrate the beginning of April with mischievous jokes and pranks, but April doesn’t just bring spring showers! International Children’s Book Day is celebrated annually on April 2nd, coinciding with the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, the 17th Century Danish author famous for fairy tales like “The Little Mermaid,” The Ugly Duckling,”…Continue Reading Celebrating: International Children’s Book Day
Wow, it’s already been a month of 2025. And as we welcome February, we also welcome the celebration of Black History Month! The adoption of Black History Month as a federally accepted holiday was 49 years ago, though it has been around for far longer. Nearly one hundred years ago, in February of 1926, the…Continue Reading Celebrating Black History in Books
If one knows anything about diversity in the comics world, it’s that it’s been primarily white, male, and under-representative of marginalized identities. But what about graphic novels? Fortunately, in recent years different types of authors and illustrators have come forward to tell their stories—including Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall, who created the graphic novel Brooms. …Continue Reading Book Review: Brooms
It’s a classic work of twentieth century lesbian fiction: The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan—later released as Carol by the author’s real name, Patricia Highsmith. But what is the story behind Patricia Highsmith? Who was she, and how did she come to write such a monumental book? This sapphic graphic novel attempts to answer…Continue Reading Book Review: Flung Out of Space
Queer Graphic Novels Queer graphic novels have found their way into the mainstream in recent years, from Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home in 2006 all the way to Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper, which became a major Netflix coming-of-age TV series in 2022. Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer won a Stonewall Honor in 2020, and became the most challenged…Continue Reading Book Review: The Girl From the Sea
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