Tag: books/literature
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SelfMadeHero Releases Pride and Prejudice Graphic Novel
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”. Two hundred years ago, Jane Austen introduced us to Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters and their suitors with the publication of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1813), which she referred to a her “darling…
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I See the Promised Land Book Review
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2010, Tara Books/Patua Graphics Writer: Arthur Flowers Artists: Manu Chitrakar, Guglielmo Rossi During my time writing reviews for this site, the question of what exactly defines a graphic novel as such rears its head on an almost weekly basis. I See the Promised Land, an illustrated account of the life of Martin Luther King Jr.,…
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Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel Review
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2010, published by HJ Kramer & New World Library Story: Dan Millman Art: Andrew Winegarner Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel is an adaptation of Dan Millman’s 1980 bestseller Way of the Peaceful Warrior. A spiritual coming of age drama with an apparent Carlos Castaneda influence, it’s evidently a beloved book (as a quick search online…
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Tony Pacitti’s Best Friend is a Wookie. Allegedly.
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in NewsFor reasons that I cannot possibly fathom, in the eyes of TV, film and literature, Star Wars and geekery were joined at birth. Following on from Fanboys et al is My Best Friend is a Wookie: A Memoir, One Boy’s Journey to Find His Place in the Galaxy, Tony Pacitti’s presumably semi-autobiographical novel of awkward…
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Proxies of Fate by Matthew Moses Review
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in Book ReviewsProxies of Fate marks the first time I’ve been asked to review a purely prose novel, yet while Proxies isn’t a comic as such it’s ostensibly a classic comic book adventure under a literary veil, with equal quantities of 50s sci-fi thrown in for good measure. When an invasion by the Krush, a sadistic reptilian…