books by Minx

books by Minx

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Cecil Castellucci

Minx, 2007

So good!
Hi all! I just finished reading the graphic novel The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg. I had never really read a graphic novel before. It was a great experience. The story is plain (get it? ) enough: Jane moves from the big city to suburbia after ...

Confessions of a Blabbermouth (Minx)
Mike Carey, Louise Carey

Minx, 2007

If blabbing were an Olympic event, Tasha Flanigan would blabfor her country.When Tasha's mom brings home a creepy boyfriend and hisdeadpan daughter, this dysfunctional family is headed for a complete mentalmeltdown.It becomes not only a battle of the blogs, but a battle to thebitter end to get the school yearbook finished in one piece -- and keep ...

Water Baby (Minx)

Ross Campbell

Minx, 2008

Water Baby Sunk
I'm a big fan of Campbell's distubing zombie story, Abandoned, and his mysteriously haunting Wet Moon. Water Baby left me quite bored. Campbell's artwork is great. His figure work has a presence and weight to it. His gray tones add dimension. However, the story seemed ...

The New York Four

Brian Wood

Minx, 2008

Four stars for New York Four
The New York Four is about Riley Wilder trying to make it though her first semester in college, and the three girls she befriends during that time. This was a good book. Was it the Citizen Kane of comics? No, but it was a fun read, that rang true with what it is ...

Burnout (Minx)

Rebecca Donner

Minx, 2008

A Smart Bold Book
This is one of the best graphic novels I've read all year. It's an page-turner of a story with memorable, convincing, and complex characters. The illustrations are well drawn, inked and beautiful--and the mood of them fits the story to a T. The author tackles important ...

Janes in Love (Minx)
Cecil Castellucci

Minx, 2008

The second volume of the critically acclaimed series finds a group of high school girls each named Jane, who are anything but ordinary, playing cupid. Plus P.L.A.I.N. (People Loving Art In Neighborhoods) goes global once the girl gang procures a spot in Metro City Museum of Modern Art contest.

Good as Lily (Minx)

Derek Kirk Kim

Minx, 2007

An award-winning film waiting to be made
Grace Kwon, an 18-year-old Korean-American high school student, has some rather interesting companions. There's Grace Kwon, for instance: a 29-year-old woman. And don't forget six-year-old Grace Kwon. Rounding out this unlikely quartet is 70-year-old Grace Kwon. ...