![]() ![]() Wendy and I became friends several years ago and had tried our hand at co-creating a comic back in 2012. The second half of the year was entirely Wendy’s fault. Short stories and novellas felt smoother, more manageable to me, and that’s where I poured most of my energies for the first half of the year. ![]() Life was short, I needed to preserve my mental health. I had come off of a fairly hellish 2014, and, without really realizing I had done it, I decided that I was not going to devote my time to something that felt like pulling teeth. My scripts felt clunky and confusing, I didn’t have an artist to co-create with, and any time I had something close to an original idea I just wound up writing it in prose. I almost gave up writing comics this year. ![]() Last time we talked I wrote about representation from big publishers. ![]()
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![]() The incessant charm and unabashed joy should make this an easy sell. 'Undersea adventures have never been so darn cute. Peanut Butter! Ever-sensible Jelly isn't so sure that's the best idea, but is all for Narwhal trying new things (instead of just eating waffles all the time, no matter how delicious waffles are). peanut butter! He's so obsessed he even wants to change his name to. ![]() Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession. The perfect first book for young readers, just moving on from picture books, discovering the joys of friendship, working together and the power of imagination. ![]() 'Hilarious and charming.' - Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Dogman and Captain UnderpantsĪ wonderfully fun highly illustrated/ early graphic novel series for boys and girls of 5+ featuring three short stories about trying new things, favourite foods and accepting who we are. ![]() ![]() However, we have pressed on, and are now almost ready to offer 300 hardcover copies of the anniversary edition of Passport to Magonia for anyone who might like this collector’s edition on their bookshelf! ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, a whole bunch of circumstances (illness, injury, and ultimately COVID) got in the way of a timely release in the actual 50th anniversary year (2019). We asked Professor Jeffrey Kripal if he would write a foreword for the limited edition, which he said he would be honoured to do. Given the esteem the book is held in by many in the field, in 2019 I talked to Jacques about the possibility of releasing a limited edition hardcover to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original publication (and Jacques’ 80th birthday as well), and he was enthusiastic about the idea. ![]() “Jacques Vallee’s seminal 1969 book Passport to Magonia: From folklore to flying saucers is one of the most influential books on UFOs ever written, and continues to be cited by many in discussions about the phenonenon some five decades after it was written. ![]() ![]() ![]() One day, her teacher, who she calls one of her heroes, found out what was causing her difficulty and took the steps that were needed to get Polacco the help she needed to overcome her dyslexia. She felt so inadequate because all the other kids in her class were reading. The most interesting thing about Polacco, is that she did not learn how to read until she was 14. She believes her grandparents formed who she is today. Much of her time was spent with her grandparents and, if you look at her book illustrations, you can see that many of her books feature a young girl with an elderly character. ![]() Looks like a storm coming to me.'"Īnd so it begins as Patricia Polacco digs deep into the bright and sunny attic of her mind and shares with us snippets of what life was genuinely like for her growing up. "Grandma looked at the horizon, drew a deep breath and said, 'This is Thunder Cake baking weather, all right. ![]() ![]() By including colorful double-page spreads of the phoenix and Sarabha and further information about these ancient creatures in the backmatter, the book sends a powerful message about the strength children can draw from their own cultural heritage. ![]() When her two loving parents, Momma Ngoc and Momma Arti (the former likely Vietnamese, like Thuy, and the latter South Asian), join her in this therapeutic imaginary play, together all three become a phoenix, then the Hindu Sarabha, and then a whole new creature-complete with heart-shaped footprints. ![]() In “the crisp, white blanket of new snow,” Thuy’s footprints begin to embody animals that she admires: “V” shapes for a cardinal that can fly from danger, deep stomps for a towering grizzly bear, and others. Tran’s bubbly cartoon style excels at Thuy’s many facial expressions. Thuy is Asian and wears an adorable cat hat over her straight, shoulder-length black hair. Graphite-and–digital color illustrations show Thuy sadly walking home from menacing bullies at school. ![]() Thuy wants to overcome the bullies that taunt her. ![]() ![]() Mia does two Thanksgivings in one day, one with her mom and Mr. It has only to do with what you think of, and what you do ," Jessie explained.Ī Little Princess, Francis Hodgson Burnett Timelineīegins on Satuday, Decemand concludes on Saturday, December 20, 2003, also contains details from Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27, 2003. "Sara says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. ![]() She wants Ermengarde to be one, too, but Ermengarde says she is too fat." "She plays it all the time - even in school. "One of Sara's 'pretends' is that she is a princess," said Jessie. For Mia, being a princess in love is not the fairy-tale it's supposed to be. and a certain someone else to be her boyfriend. The truth is, however, that Mia spends all her time doing one of three things: preparing for her nervewracking entrée into Genovian society under the slave-driving but elegant Grandmère, slogging through congestion unique to Manhattan in December, and avoiding further smooches from her hapless boyfriend Kenny.Īll she wants is a little peace and quiet. ![]() Best of all, she finally has a boyfriend. ![]() And while she's no supermodel, mirrors do not crack at her reflection. ![]() Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo may seem the luckiest girl ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Smiley's People, we return to Le Carre at his best. ![]() The one thing I'd add, though, is that this novel, more than the other two, provides context for the deep cynicism Le Carre brings to his examination of spy craft in general and the Circus in particular. If you are interested in the trilogy, almost nothing of consequence happens in the book that must be understood in order to read Smiley's People. ![]() It's convoluted, does not have compelling characters, and could have easily used a large chunk of editing to sharpen the text. * The second installment-The Honourable Schoolboy is, in my opinion, hardly worth the trouble. Le Carre doesn't waste a lot of time going over old stuff in Smiley's people, but it provides much of the tension in the third installment of the trilogy. In fact, I strongly recommend reading this before reading Smiley's people. It's exciting, it's deep, and it's subtle. ![]() We witness George Smiley and his team root out a mole planted decades ago by Smiley's nemesis, Karla. It is as much a psychological journey for George Smiley as a mystery that needs to be solved. I've read it a half dozen times and I believe it gets better every time. * Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the fist installment, remains one of Le Carre's best novels. I have now finished re-reading the Karla Trilogy and am reviewing the final installment-Smiley's People.īut first, because this is a trilogy, let me sum up a few points: ![]() ![]() ![]() He is particularly ruthless in observing how people take the triumphs of capitalism for granted, and how even those who benefit most from its productivity tend to be the same people who want the capitalist process shut down in their own self-interest. It is most famous for its prediction that capitalism is unsustainable not because it is a flawed system but rather because voters and bureaucrats in an otherwise free society will fail to protect capitalism from its enemies. It was written in 1942 and its importance has grown year by year to the point that no student of the liberal society can afford not to read and master this treatise. He understood Marxism and capitalist theory as well as any of his contemporaries, and managed to keep enough distance from the affair of the day to observe the big trends and the dynamics pushing them. But he is second to none in the integration of social, political, and economic thought. Schumpeter went his own way with an eclectic and unsystematic theory of economics. Schumpeter himself cannot be called a member of the Austrian School but he emerges from within its culture and among its leading thinkers. ![]() Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy is packed with scintillating insight on all the topics that really matter: capitalism and its future, the absurdities of socialism, the dangers of democratic rule, the future of freedom, and the social dynamics that protect and undermine freedom. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'll freely admit it's a book I keep returning to for reading ideas or just. It's a survey of paperback horror fiction from those decades in all their gory glory. If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Grady Hendrix shared that same appreciation with readers in 2017 with the publication of the Bram Stoker Award-winning love-letter to 70s and 80s horror fiction, Paperbacks From Hell. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale. I interviewed lots of authors, and tons of artists, to tell. No book is off-limits since horror is subjective. Paperbacks from Hell chronicles the history of the horror paperback publishing boom that started in the early Seventies with the release of Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, and The Other and died in the early Nineties as serial killers lured horror paperbacks into their murder basements. Here is your place to share your love or loathing for horror lit, but remember to be respectful.Ībusive comments and posts will get you banned but having a dissenting opinion is acceptable. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Contains: Fables #83-113 Jack of Fables #33-35 The Literals #1-3 Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland #1", This volume compiles everything missing from the first two volumes to complete the fables collection for any fan. ![]() "item_description" : "Explore Bill Willingham's acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series Fables to the very end in this third and final compendium volume After the great War - the great crossover This compendium captures all the branching fables that intersect our heroes' stories - from Jack of Fables and The Literals, to the classic short story Werewolves of the Heartland. "item_title" : "Fables Compendium Three", Fables Compendium One Get lost in the fantastic world of Bill Willinghams acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series Fables, now collected in a beautiful and story-packed compendium When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, the famous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Explore Bill Willinghams acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series Fables to the very end in this third and final compendium volume After the great War - the great crossover This compendium captures all the branching fables that intersect our heroes stories - from Jack of Fables and The Literals, to the classic short story Werewolves of the Heartland. ![]() |