I read many, many comic books in my younger days, but I've never read a graphic novel. That is about to change, as I have requested "The Witch's Hand" from my local library. Also in my younger days, I devoured every Hardy Boys book I could find, (and even a couple of Nancy Drew stories.) Your mention of Archie Comics reminded me that the Hardy Boys' girlfriends (Iola Morton and Callie Shaw) seem like earlier versions of Archie's gal pals Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. I'm looking forward to learning whether or not the Montague Twins have any similar friends.
I was hoping you'd do a graphic novel post! I was thinking about Emily Caroll's lesbian vampire last week too. Now I really want to share Beautiful Darkness with you (just taught it last week, and it seriously freaked out my students). And, way more obscure, the Czech graphic novelist Vojtech Masek's The Sisters Dietl -- sort of a Kafka-esque X-Files.
I read many, many comic books in my younger days, but I've never read a graphic novel. That is about to change, as I have requested "The Witch's Hand" from my local library. Also in my younger days, I devoured every Hardy Boys book I could find, (and even a couple of Nancy Drew stories.) Your mention of Archie Comics reminded me that the Hardy Boys' girlfriends (Iola Morton and Callie Shaw) seem like earlier versions of Archie's gal pals Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. I'm looking forward to learning whether or not the Montague Twins have any similar friends.
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I was hoping you'd do a graphic novel post! I was thinking about Emily Caroll's lesbian vampire last week too. Now I really want to share Beautiful Darkness with you (just taught it last week, and it seriously freaked out my students). And, way more obscure, the Czech graphic novelist Vojtech Masek's The Sisters Dietl -- sort of a Kafka-esque X-Files.
These look great! Thank you!!