forestofglory

Last time I save up my notes on longer things until I had finished them, but this time I've read a bunch of shorter things, so have another post sooner that I thought!

The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert— A middle grade fantasy graphic novel about a girl and a Galdurian(a kind of frog person) on a quest together. I really love the art, the colors are lovely and there’s lots of awesome landscapes. The story is fun so far too. It’s slowly explaining how the world works in a way I really enjoy. I have the rest of the series out form the library

Spirit World by Alyssa Wong et al.— I’ve been eyeing this since I saw it highlighted somewhere for AAPI heritage month. Turns out it is really good! It's a comic in the DC universe inspired by Chinese myths and legends. The main character, Xanthe, can travel between the spirit world and the ordinary world. They can also make themselves items out of joss paper. I did not know in advance that this features Cassadra Cain (batgirl) but I was very happy that it did. I loved her Batgirl hanfu! This was a fun story, with great colorful art, and fun magic!
Content notes: Deadnaming, main character died as a child (but is alive-ish now)

Batman: Eternalby Scott Snyder et al— I think my completionist tendencies overwhelmed my normal good sense to stop reading stuff I’m not enjoying. I sometimes have trouble with that for things I’m reading for reasons other than just fun. Anyways I think this wasn’t worth it. It had some good character moments but overall was kinda incoherent, both plotwise and thematically. I think there are interesting stories that could be told about Batman’s legacy but this isn’t really it, and only tries to be some of the time

Yotsuba&! #15 by Kiyohiko Azuma— I got confused about whether I had read this or not. Turns out I had but once I had it out from the library I decided to read it again. Extremely charming! I love the rock hunting part!

Detective Beans & the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen— A very cute kids graphic novel about a very cute kitten looking for his missing hat! Extremely cute, with bright colorful adorable art! (My one complaint is that the police show up for a hot second and are portrayed pretty positively)

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy— A graphic novel about a muslim teen girl who moves from a place where she is the only hijabi girl to Dearborn, Michigan where there is a large muslim community and has a bit of an identity crisis about it