http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=25 A look at book-length comics for the casual reader. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:09:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-99 Graphic Novel Review » Elsewhere on the Web: La Perdida Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:47:49 +0000 http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=25#comment-99 [...] The unlikeability of the protagonist comes up again (and is again excused) in the Chicago Sun-Times’ review, by Jessa Crispin (who also reviews Renee French’s The Ticking in the same round-up style article, another book that I’ve reviewed recently, myself): La Perdida is deceptively complex. At first the book seems to be a simple coming-of-age tale, something along the lines of Abel’s shorter fiction. But as the story unravels, the politics become more nuanced and Carla, who in the beginning seems almost one-note in her naivete, becomes something difficult to pull off in fiction: the unlikable character you hope makes it safely to the end … read more. [...] [...] The unlikeability of the protagonist comes up again (and is again excused) in the Chicago Sun-Times’ review, by Jessa Crispin (who also reviews Renee French’s The Ticking in the same round-up style article, another book that I’ve reviewed recently, myself): La Perdida is deceptively complex. At first the book seems to be a simple coming-of-age tale, something along the lines of Abel’s shorter fiction. But as the story unravels, the politics become more nuanced and Carla, who in the beginning seems almost one-note in her naivete, becomes something difficult to pull off in fiction: the unlikable character you hope makes it safely to the end … read more. [...]

]]> http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-93 Graphic Novel Review » Elsewhere on the Web: The Ticking Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=25#comment-93 [...] Following up on my feature review of Renee French’s latest, The Ticking, here are some interviews French has done around the web to support the book: [...] [...] Following up on my feature review of Renee French’s latest, The Ticking, here are some interviews French has done around the web to support the book: [...]

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