It's been a while since I've done one of these updates, so I'll split it into two sections. Today is just the Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs columns from the past month.
Along with
Jane Yolen's Foiled, we talked about four First Second books in a row.
Booth
I thought
Booth was
an informative, but flawed - mostly in regards to its storytelling, but I also thought the art could've been more dynamic - look at Abraham Lincoln's assassin. CC Colbert is the pseudonym for historian Catherine Clinton and
Booth is not only her first graphic novel, but her first fiction work as well. That shows, but it's still an interesting account that made me curious to learn more.
Comic Book Resources also
interviewed Clinton about the book and her research on it.
Resistance, Book 1
I enjoyed the first volume of Carla Jablonski and Leland Purvis'
Resistance a lot more. It's the story of some kids who get caught up in the French Resistance and learn to work effectively against the Nazis. There are at least two ways you can tell this story. You can either make it a fun, adventure-filled romp or you can realistically highlight how scary it would be for real children to be put in that situation. Either of those choices could make for a great story, but I was surprised and pleased that
Resistance chose the second of them. And even more pleased that
it did it so well.
The other choice (and a whole bunch of other adventure comics) after the break.
