Highly recommended--another great story from Yang ..read more

As in the previous World War I tale, Hale has the characters as anthropomorphic animals to keep the nationalities straight (Russians are bears, British are bulldogs, Germans are eagles, Americans are rabbits (since the Germans had eagles first), etc.). It works well and fits the comic-book style. As usual, the book ends with a bibliography and some other historic tidbits ..read more

Author and artist Box Brown is a wrestling fan and put in a lot of research into this book. Brown has plenty of insights into wrestling culture (how it is fake but back in the day no one said so because it was a form of entertainment) from those times. He relates the legendary stories (Andre turning over a car with two people in it, for example) in a charming narrative that gets the reader to see more of Andre's life than his public person. The book is not too in-depth but is enjoyable and gives fans a better understanding of what Andre went through ..read more

The book is part of a large comic book series called , dating back to the 1960s and dedicated to the heritage and history of India. My local library just acquired dozens of the books, so I thought I would try one. I liked it a lot. It shows the basics of her life and her impact on India, with references to her impact on the rest of the world.  ..read more

Though this graphic novel is based on a historical novel, Edita Polachova is still alive, having married another survivor, Otto Kraus, and moved to Israel to become a teacher. Artistic license was used in both the novel and this book but the basics of the story are true ..read more

Recommended--this is the sort of lighter zombie fare which is hard to find amongst all the apocalyptic landscapes ..read more

The collection has a wide variety of stories (twenty-one in all) and art styles. They are all delightful and well worth experiencing ..read more

The art in these comics is quite varied. Each creator has their own style of drawing. I was surprised I liked them all--usually there's one or two in an anthology like this that don't work well. The styles all suit their stories and look good in the black and white format of the book. I will definitely be looking for more of this series in the future ..read more

Yet another set of regional tales is given graphical treatment (see  ). These tales are from Europe, so many of them are familiar, like Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and the Pied Piper. This edition has fewer, longer stories. The art varies from story to story and all styles work well. The stories I was unfamiliar with were my favorites, probably just for the surprise endings. Fairy tales not told by Disney often have unpredictable endings, i.e. not always happy endings. Also, I guess I knew Puss in Boots was a character from fables but clearly didn't know anything about how much of a ..read more

One of the story's text is written in Baybayin, an old Tagalog script. At the end of the story, a two-page primer teaches how to pronounce the script. That would be cool, except the words are Filipino, so readers still need to know Filipino to comprehend the text. Even without the words, I understood a turtle gets its shell and a lizard gets its comeuppance.  ). This volume represent Oceana, though it's mostly Hawaii and the Philippines representing. As folk tales and legends, a lot of the same ground is covered as in other areas of the world--why certain animals behave the way they do, h ..read more