Almost too clever and poignant, Amulet
is, on the surface, about navigating the murky waters of adolescence and, beneath that, an exploration of abandonment and survival. Emily and Navin are lost children, literally lost in a dark, new world and...
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Kazu Kibuishi, Author . Scholastic/Graphix $21.99 (94p) ISBN 978-0-545-09892-2
Kibuishi (the Amulet
series) collects his long-running Web comic about Copper, a human boy, and his talking dog, Fred, who go on a series of short adventures, traveling through a world that is sometimes fantastical and occasionally dystopian. In...
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Edited by Kazu Kibuishi. Abrams/Amulet, $19.95 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0881-7
In this eclectically entertaining follow-up to Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Kibuishi and a crew of cartoonists again take turns weaving seven tales based around a loose theme. This time the motif is islands, and the contributors are left to...
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Kazu Kibuishi, Author, Johane Matte, Author, Kean Soo, Author . Villard $10 (111p) ISBN 978-0-345-50313-8
The multi-volume Flight anthology series has introduced a group of young cartoonists influenced more by animation than by American comics; this work is its new sibling, featuring 10 Flight artists writing and drawing short, whimsical stories aimed...
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