tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post3319776749655093765..comments2024-03-23T09:09:59.386-04:00Comments on ANNIE AND AUNT: More great graphic novelsAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10668869030805539811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-55158314786847524632010-09-09T00:23:02.395-04:002010-09-09T00:23:02.395-04:00Oh, graphic novels! Yay! There are some that I l...Oh, graphic novels! Yay! There are some that I love SO much! The Age of Bronze series, by Eric Shanower, is a retelling of the Trojan War that is mind-bogglingly researched and extremely cool (I have the first 3...I'm not sure the others are out yet). <br /><br />Fables, by Bill Willingham, takes fairy-tale characters and sets them in Fabletown, a hidden enclave in New York City, where they've had to relocate to escape the Adversary in the Homelands (and when you find out who the Adversary is, it's shocking and yet totally believable). It's also a pretty adult series, but I think it'd be very appealing for the right teens. The Big Bad Wolf is the Sheriff, Snow White is the Deputy Mayor, there's a flying monkey who does all the office filing, Jack is always around causing mischief (and later gets his own spin-off series), and Cinderella is now a secret agent. It's just awesome.<br /><br />And finally, more teen-oriented: the Runaways series, by Brian K. Vaughan (who also wrote Y: The Last Man and is AMAZING), in which a group of kids discover their parents are all supervillains, so they run away from home together (with a pet velociraptor). It's funny (in a Joss Whedon kind of way!) and smart and heart-breaking and totally great, and one of my favorite book series ever.<br /><br />Now I have to find the ones you guys recommended...well, after I finish Mockingjay, that is! :) :) :)Tuihttp://www.tuibooks.comnoreply@blogger.com