Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments

Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliott is a fascinating read, a capsule collection of background on various foods, including pizza, soda, cheese, and pickles.
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/AWHZDce


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

I Want to Be a Wall Volume 2

I Want to Be a Wall volume 2 by Honami Shirono continues the story of this non-traditional couple. Yuriko -- an asexual fangirl of Boys Love stories -- and Gakurouta -- a closeted gay man in love with his childhood best friend -- are getting to know each other better.
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/xPjfiYy


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Let’s Make Bread!

Sarah Becan returns with another in-depth comic book cookbook. Her previous, Let’s Make Dumplings! and Let’s Make Ramen!, were co-written by Hugh Amano; in Let's Make Bread!, it's Ken Forkish, author of Flour Water Salt Yeast.
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/dOVRBTu


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Congratulations to Horror Graphic Novel Award Winner

The Bram Stoker Awards, recognizing achievement in the horror genre, and given yearly since 1988 by the Horror Writers Association, were announced earlier this month. One of their categories, and why I'm mentioning it here, is Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. (I like that they considered manga as well.) The nominees were:
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/0n37Hrd


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians

Liz Prince (Tomboy)’s loose, cartoony style is a perfect match for Frogs: Awesome Amphibians. This collection of fascinating facts about frogs is the latest in the Science Comics line. Fran has just moved to a house in the country. She discovers a pond in the nearby woods, where a helpful tadpole takes her to Amphibian Academy to correct her assumption that a tadpole is a fish. There, she learns all kinds of interesting information about frogs and related creatures, including [...]
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/rSIqL5R


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Buzzing

Graphic novels are wonderful vehicles for showing what it’s like to have a particular medical condition. When well-done, they show us what it’s like to live another kind of life, to put ourselves in someone else’s situation and understand their feelings. But also, the visual medium allows for nifty metaphors for certain conditions. Take, for example, Buzzing, about a 12-year-old who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Isaac’s intrusive thoughts are shown as bees, buzzing around his head and saying terrible things to [...]
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/CXbU8qy


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Club Microbe

Elise Gravel once again gives kids an approachable way to understand an aspect of the natural world with Club Microbe (translated by Montana Kane). Drawn & Quarterly has previously published her The Bug Club, The Mushroom Fan Club, and the art-focused If Found… Please Return to Elise Gravel. Club Microbe is all about germs, illustrated in Gravel’s uniquely doodly style. Reading this book is like sitting down with a young friend who wants to tell and show you all about [...]
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/0yAMIBj


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More

Choose Your Own Adventure: Forecast From Stonehenge

I had fond memories of the Choose Your Own Adventure books from childhood, so I was curious how well the stories translated to a comic. Not too bad, it turns out. Choose Your Own Adventure: Forecast From Stonehenge feels like what I remember — a weird collection of endings, some of which kill you or are otherwise unpleasant, a few of which end positively, some of which are surprisingly non-specific. The narrative logic is all over the place, but this [...]
from Comics Worth Reading https://ift.tt/wfu2sZB


Sourced by "The typist writer". The place where writers, bloggers, and publicists come to expand their knowledge in the field content production and publication.

Read More