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I know, not everyone likes book-related posts, and I need to get the lit blog up and running (which I started working on last year before started working). Can I entice you with the fact that it's graphic novel? No? Sigh... okay, feel free to ignore this post then. :)
Anyone still with me?
I don't know if anyone has heard the press about DC's new line of graphic novels aimed at teen girls. It's called Minx. (I know...really, I know) Well, not too long ago, I read the first title, The PLAIN Janes. Boy was I surprised! And I mean that in the nicest of ways.
I had read all the press, and I really was not planning to touch these books, as they did not sound promising in the least. (Plus, my professional comics area stops at about age 12, so the non-kids comics I read are for my own pleasure.) As far as I could tell, this book was about high school, fitting in...blah blah blah, nothing special or interesting. Allow me to quote a few lines from the Worst. Backblurb. Ever. : "When Jane is forced to move from the cool confines of Metro City to suburbia, she thinks her life is over. ... But can art really save a group of misfits from the hell that is high school?" Ugh. Just, ugh. And the fact the the imprint is named "Minx" didn't help my impressions (what the hell were they thinking???).
But then...
I walked into my (not-so) local comic book store, with the clerk who I trust almost implicitly. She and I have different tastes, but she knows me well, and would never push something actually bad on me. She practically thrust the book into my hands. Wait, what practically? She did thrust it into my hands, and told me to take it for free! That's how badly she wants to see it in libraries. So, I figured, why not? I'll give it a try.
I was blown away. Really. This book is smart and edgy, and nothing like what I would expect from a line called Minx. It starts with a cafe bombing, which Jane survives with little in the way of physical injuries. When she moves to the suburbs, she eschews the popular crowd that she was a part of in her old life. She starts a group which creates small subversive public art installations anonymously (People Loving Art In Neighborhoods), such as pyramids of rubble at a construction site or bubbles in a fountain. But, all the adults can see are terrorist acts, and start cracking down on the teenagers.
Like I said, not all what I was expecting. But very good. So good that I'll probably list it in my best books at year end. I didn't feel like the art was anything special, but it did seem to fit the story well. I know I saw someone raving about the art (I'll have to find that link) so maybe I'm alone on that thought.
Anyone else read it, have opinions? (Don't worry, I can handle dissent. *grin*)
Anyone still with me?
I don't know if anyone has heard the press about DC's new line of graphic novels aimed at teen girls. It's called Minx. (I know...really, I know) Well, not too long ago, I read the first title, The PLAIN Janes. Boy was I surprised! And I mean that in the nicest of ways.
I had read all the press, and I really was not planning to touch these books, as they did not sound promising in the least. (Plus, my professional comics area stops at about age 12, so the non-kids comics I read are for my own pleasure.) As far as I could tell, this book was about high school, fitting in...blah blah blah, nothing special or interesting. Allow me to quote a few lines from the Worst. Backblurb. Ever. : "When Jane is forced to move from the cool confines of Metro City to suburbia, she thinks her life is over. ... But can art really save a group of misfits from the hell that is high school?" Ugh. Just, ugh. And the fact the the imprint is named "Minx" didn't help my impressions (what the hell were they thinking???).
But then...
I walked into my (not-so) local comic book store, with the clerk who I trust almost implicitly. She and I have different tastes, but she knows me well, and would never push something actually bad on me. She practically thrust the book into my hands. Wait, what practically? She did thrust it into my hands, and told me to take it for free! That's how badly she wants to see it in libraries. So, I figured, why not? I'll give it a try.
I was blown away. Really. This book is smart and edgy, and nothing like what I would expect from a line called Minx. It starts with a cafe bombing, which Jane survives with little in the way of physical injuries. When she moves to the suburbs, she eschews the popular crowd that she was a part of in her old life. She starts a group which creates small subversive public art installations anonymously (People Loving Art In Neighborhoods), such as pyramids of rubble at a construction site or bubbles in a fountain. But, all the adults can see are terrorist acts, and start cracking down on the teenagers.
Like I said, not all what I was expecting. But very good. So good that I'll probably list it in my best books at year end. I didn't feel like the art was anything special, but it did seem to fit the story well. I know I saw someone raving about the art (I'll have to find that link) so maybe I'm alone on that thought.
Anyone else read it, have opinions? (Don't worry, I can handle dissent. *grin*)
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