The Never Weres
10 best books like The Never Weres (Fiona Smyth): Kiss Number 8, Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew, Be Prepared, East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise, 月刊少女野崎くん 1 [Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 1], Dr. Slump, Vol. 01, The Secret of the Stone Frog, Curses! Foiled Again, Sumo
| Author | Colleen A.F. Venable |
Amanda can’t figure out what’s so exciting about kissing. It’s just a lot of teeth clanking, germ swapping, closing of eyes so you can’t see that godzilla-sized zit just inches from your own hormonal monstrosity. All of her seven kisses had been horrible in different ways, but nothing compared...
| Author | Nate Cosby |
| ISBN | 1936393670 |
Justice ain't got no age..
Nate Cosby (Pigs, Jim Henson's The Storyteller) and Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards, Misery Loves Sherman) present Cow Boy, the story of a young bounty hunter determined to send his entire outlaw family to jail. He travels the Old West on a horse that ain't his,...
Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew
| Author | Grace Ellis |
| ISBN | 1534304770 |
This was soooo fun, and what it lacked in patchy storytelling made up for in its incredible art and lovable characters. The main character is latina, fat, and queer, the love interest is black and queer (yes, it's f/f romance!), and the prominent side character is non-binary, queer, and literally a mix...
A gripping and hilarious middle-grade summer camp memoir from the author of Anya's Ghost.
All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single...
East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise
| Author | Jonathan Hickman |
| ISBN | 1607067706 |
3.5 stars
I'm kinda intrigued.
And I don't know what this has to do with anything, but every time the pasty dude got all angry and stabby, I kept hearing Kurt Russell in my head.
Only not. Because the pasty guy is Death...of the Four Horsemen variety.
He'd broken off...
月刊少女野崎くん 1 [Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 1]
I read the first two volumes from my library. Clean art style -- the eponymous hero is a high school lad who draws (professional) girl's manga, hijinks ensue. Nozaki looks very much like Domeki from xxxHolic, and is amusingly focused on his work, to the frustration of the girl who fancies him.
Interesting...
It’s weird that I’ve never read anything else by Akira Toriyama considering Dragon Ball might be my favourite comic ever. So I picked up the first volume of Dr Slump, the series he did before Dragon Ball, annnnddd… it’s ok but definitely not of the same quality.
Dr Senbei Norimaki creates...
| Author | David Nytra |
| ISBN | 1935179187 |
In a magical world unlike any you’ve seen before . . .
When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs, learning to confront danger as they find both their...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 1596436190 |
I enjoy this series. Sadly, Jane said in a fan question that First Second did not want to do another book, so Jane is not going to finish this series. The first book was better, but I enjoy this sword or weapon welding girl. I like how this ties into the other world of fairies. Baba Yaga shows up and her tea cup,...
Scott is a washed-up football player who never made it, and whose girlfriend abandoned him along with his dreams of playing pro football. But things have a way of working out, in this sweet, poetic tale--and a new chapter in Scott's life begins as the old one ends. Offered a position in a Japanese sumo...
| Author | Mark Fearing |
| ISBN | 0811871061 |
Every kid worries about making friends at a new school, but when nine-year-old Bud accidentally catches the wrong bus and finds himself launched into deep space, new friends are the least of his problems! At Cosmos Academy, Bud learns that Earthlings are the most feared creatures in the galaxy, and...
| Author | Frank Cammuso |
| ISBN | 0439903238 |
Artie King, the uncrowned good guy of Camelot Middle School, is back with his pals Percy and Wayne in tow as he tries to evade evil Principal Dagger, avoid the school bully Joe and his Horde, and unravel the secret of a pack of mysterious magic cards he finds in his locker. Frank Cammuso's action-packed...
| Author | Dan Bar-el |
| ISBN | 1554537525 |
This collection of graphic short stories written by Dan Bar-el contains three separate tales of strange and surprising events that all happen one Halloween night. In ?Broom with a View,? a girl's broom for her witch costume mistakenly gets switched with a broom belonging to a real witch. Featured in...
| Author | Philippe Coudray |
| ISBN | 1935179225 |
Benjamin Bear walks on water, rides a square-wheeled bicycle, and wears a fishbowl helmet under the sea.
Benjamin Bear walks on water, rides a square-wheeled bicycle, and wears a fishbowl helmet under the sea. Told in the form of one-page comic strips, each of Benjamin’s adventures is a...
| Author | Mark Tatulli |
| ISBN | 1449435483 |
Someday Desmond will be famous for his special effects wizardry, but for now he's just trying to make it through sixth grade at Cloverfield Memorial Junior High, which means he needs to stay one step ahead of the school's disciplinary officer, Mr. Needles.
The only problem is Desmond just can't...
| Author | Andy Griffiths |
| ISBN | 0312367899 |
Killer Koalas from Outer Space is a collection of humorous short stories in graphic novel format, in which the characters are as the author puts it "very bad". There is little that connects each story other then the characters being "very bad", although many incorporate animals and some parody classical...
| Author | Jeremy Whitley |
| ISBN | 1939352495 |
The first-ever collected edition of Princeless short stories is finally available from Action Lab! Want to know more about Bedelia Smith? Curious about what happens to Prince Wilcome after King Ashe throws him in jail? Want to spend more time with the Princesses Ashe? Get all this and more from a variety...
| Author | O.T. Nelson |
| ISBN | 0761349030 |
A DEADLY VIRUS KILLED EVERY ADULT ON EARTH, LEAVING ONLY US KIDS BEHIND.
My parents are gone, so I'm responsible for my little brother Todd. I have to make sure we stay alive. Many kids are sick or starving, and fierce gangs are stealing and destroying everything they find. Lots of people have given...
| Author | Hiroya Oku |
| ISBN | 1632361213 |
BEYOND PRIME
Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done to support them. On top of everything...
| Author | Ryoko Kui |
| ISBN | 4047306762 |
We've now moved past dungeon food being the main focus and we're getting more into the meat.
In the second installment of the TUNE series of graphic novels, our hapless hero Andy Go is settling into life in an alien zoo...as one of the exhibits. It's not so bad: the food is good, and his environment is a perfect copy of his house back on Earth. But everything falls to pieces when Andy realizes he's...
| Author | Doug TenNapel |
| ISBN | 1582403953 |
A tale about a boy and his T Rex! Ely is an everyboy trying to cope with the death of his dog Tommy. When he finds a live, 40-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex trapped in a cave behind his grandfather's house, Ely embarks on an adventure to tame this seemingly friendly giant, convince the town his new pet isn't a threat,...
Sweetness and Lightning 1
Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures....
