In Episode 44 Gen and Jette do another genre breakdown and tackle graphic novels. We start with the history and definition of the graphic novel. Then we talk favourites and adaptations. And finally, we look at what makes the graphic novel a unique and effective form of storytelling. Check out …
In Episode 21 Gen and Jette talk about Shade, The Changing Girl, their 2019 May/June book club selection. This collection of comics on DC’s Young Animal imprint is about an alien, Loma, who embodies a teenage girl. The story follows Loma as she travels across the universe to earth in …
In Episode 17 Gen and Jette talk about The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, their 2019 March/April book club selection. Valente takes on the trope of the “fridged” woman in superhero stories. The term was coined by author Gail Simone and was named after the Green Lantern comic in …
