tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post522194545499398321..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Review-itas: Comics RoundupAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-12240863209271100522015-12-30T06:28:14.288-06:002015-12-30T06:28:14.288-06:00Yes, so many amazing ones! Maus is just epic, I lo...Yes, so many amazing ones! Maus is just epic, I loved studying it! Persepolis remains my favorite Satrapi, too, though this one and Embroideries was really great as well. Lumberjanes was just ones of the best things I read this year, can't wait to read the next issue (I'm at #5 currently). Really want to read Ms Marvel, I think I'll just have to buy the single issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-54721770878690813822015-12-29T10:11:27.011-06:002015-12-29T10:11:27.011-06:00Thanks, Elisabeth :-)
I also enjoyed Embroideri...Thanks, Elisabeth :-) <br /><br />I also enjoyed Embroideries more than a lot of other people did! I thought the way she illustrated it was excellent, and I agree, the gossip was just a lot of fun. It made me think of Iranian women in a totally different (and way less repressed) way than I usually do.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-62228677745676779612015-12-29T10:10:01.390-06:002015-12-29T10:10:01.390-06:00Haha, that's basically what I did. It will st...Haha, that's basically what I did. It will still be there for you, ready when you are :-)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-4187106475092500802015-12-29T10:09:36.831-06:002015-12-29T10:09:36.831-06:00Yes, you make a fair point about this book targeti...Yes, you make a fair point about this book targeting younger readers. But she does it in her novels, too! And I DO appreciate the effort, really, I just wish she didn't feel the need to lecture quite so often.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-86324168730892996132015-12-29T10:07:03.613-06:002015-12-29T10:07:03.613-06:00I read about Bombshells, I think on Ana's blog...I read about Bombshells, I think on Ana's blog, recently! Definitely plan to look into it - alternate WWIIs with female superheroes are much more my jam :-)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-81894422301214723022015-12-29T09:37:18.305-06:002015-12-29T09:37:18.305-06:00Yes, there is a LOT of Holocaust fiction and WWII ...Yes, there is a LOT of Holocaust fiction and WWII fiction set on the British home front. And probably France. It is tiring. That said, very glad I finally read Maus. <br /><br />I realize that I have missed a Satrapi book, too - The Sigh.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-49248815279699426042015-12-29T09:35:41.939-06:002015-12-29T09:35:41.939-06:00I don't think I'll really want to revisit ...I don't think I'll really want to revisit it, either. I agree we read a ton of Holocaust books in school growing up, and I think I've had my fill.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-60389842430962178002015-12-29T08:23:44.017-06:002015-12-29T08:23:44.017-06:00I'm behind on Ms Marvel--did like the first on...I'm behind on Ms Marvel--did like the first one quite a bit but just haven't picked up the second. Eventually. I think Embroideries is my favorite Marjane Satrapi graphic novel. I am so fascinated by the world she recreates there and the ways that gossip works. Glad you're blogging again, btw.Elisabeth Ellingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747914394861199796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-75639637145135525822015-12-29T07:36:01.477-06:002015-12-29T07:36:01.477-06:00I have avoided - if that is the right word? Maus f...I have avoided - if that is the right word? Maus for the same reasons. I know it is excellent work per all the wise people who have told me so, and I bet I get to it. Someday. - Care (@BkClubCare)Carehttp://www.bkclubcare.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-90172779544461108142015-12-28T18:52:33.061-06:002015-12-28T18:52:33.061-06:00I totally get what you're saying about Ms Marv...I totally get what you're saying about Ms Marvel, although I continue to mostly love it. I think the heavy-handedness is more forgiveable in a book pitched to younger readers because although young readers don't necessarily require that heavy-handedness to understand her points, Wilson sometimes gives them a good vocabulary for stating their views. I can appreciate that. It probably helps, too, that I read Ms Marvel an issue at a time, and don't see so many unsubtle bits at one time.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-18925652588042684382015-12-28T18:48:42.843-06:002015-12-28T18:48:42.843-06:00I am so surprised you haven't read MAUS before...I am so surprised you haven't read MAUS before now! I am glad you liked it. Did you see the comic out called BOMBSHELLS? It is centred around female superheroes and set in an alternate WWII. I am going to check out the trade when it is released next year.Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-90645402240536014102015-12-28T16:10:10.132-06:002015-12-28T16:10:10.132-06:00Yes yes yes, I totally agree re: Holocaust fiction...Yes yes yes, I totally agree re: Holocaust fiction & WWII fiction in general (but specifically set in Europe). I also agree about Maus. It is a wonder.<br /><br />I did not know Satrapi had another graphic novel, so I'm going to check that out soon. YayAkilahhttp://theenglishist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-3991930930004536162015-12-28T10:59:17.592-06:002015-12-28T10:59:17.592-06:00Maus is really an excellent book, though I've ...Maus is really an excellent book, though I've never had any urge to revisit it. I don't know if it's because I read so many Holocaust books in school growing up or what, but I have very little inclination to read them now. Very occasionally I'll read a nonfiction book dealing with that era, but not usually something like Maus about people's experiences in the camps. I'm kind of tapped out on that. :/Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.com