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The Monkey King
When it comes to renowned texts within the Eastern literary canon, Journey to the West towers over its fellows, often being cited as one of the four great classical works of Chinese literature. ...
Parachute Kids
For some immigrant families, the American dream may seem like a fairy tale where things somehow work out neatly in the end, their arrival to the United States marking the culmination of a long ...
Gnome and Rat
Do we really need another odd-couple easy reader, even if it is a comic? If it's Gnome and Rat, the answer is yes! Ever since the debut of Arnold Lobel's classic couple, Frog and Toad, the ...
Elle(s), vols 1-2
When Elle starts at a new school, she immediately makes friends with a group of four other students. Things are going well for a few weeks until Elle is confronted by a variety of stressful ...
A First Time for Everything
Memories and truth often lay buried in our distant past, waiting to be aroused and awakened. For award-winning children’s author and illustrator Dan Santat (The Adventures of Beekle: The ...
Young Men in Love: A Queer Romance Anthology
Love comes in all shapes and sizes, whether it’s between adventurous pirates, burgeoning demon hunters, smooth spies, or even your average couple trying to make it all work. Young Men in Love, ...
Public Domain, Vol. 1: Past Mistakes
When art, commercialism, and greed collide, what will be left standing at the end?
From Chip Zdarksy and Image Comics comes Pubic Domain, a graphic novel about the people who make comics and ...
The Illustrated Al
The Illustrated Al is a difficult comic to quantify, much like the music of its author. While Alfred Matthew Yankovic (aka "Weird Al") is most famous as a parodist who found fame mocking Michael ...
Land of the Dead: Lessons from the Underworld on Storytelling and Living
In virtually all stories—novels, epic myths, fairy tales, movies, and even biographies—characters must undergo a trial of sorts. Mythologist Joseph Campbell coined this paradigm as the ...
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard
Eugene Bullard lived the kind of life that demands biographers take notice. He was the first Black fighter pilot from the United States, as well as a decorated soldier, boxer, vaudeville ...
Staff Picks: Top Comics of 2022
Introduction
Another year has come and gone, and the Features Team is proud to share our favorite titles from 2022. We hope you have a chance to revisit some favorites and discover new ones!
Reynard’s Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief
In Reynard’s Tale, Ben Hatke pays homage to this mythic figure in a new story that sends Reynard to the clutches of Death and beyond.