Published by Dark Horse Comics in 2020, I read the tenth-anniversary edition. This book is a well-deserved winner of both a Harvey Award and an Eisner Award.
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Skylark Toys and Games is Grove City’s home for collectibles, comics, classic toys such as GI Joe and Transformers, and all things pop culture. Learn a bit about owner Daren Neff’s love of comics and what inspired him to open his own shop.
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Steve Hamaker is a local comic creator that has been in the business for over 20 years. Ever since he graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design in 1997, he has collaborated with some of the most notable cartoonists in the business. Steve is best known for his award-winning coloring work. His credits include the graphic novel series Bone and RASL by Jeff Smith, Table Titans by Scott Kurtz & Brian Hurtt, Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, and Hilo by Judd Winick to name a few. He has even worked on Mylo Xyloto, a six-part comic by Mark Osborne based on the fifth studio album by the band Coldplay. Besides coloring, Steve is a successful cartoonist in his own right. His first graphic novel Fish N Chips was published in 2010 and followed up by his webcomic PLOX in 2013. PLOX, which is set in Columbus, follows the arcs of Kim, Chad, and Roy, three gamers struggling to navigate their offline lives. You can read it online at plox-comic.com. Currently, Steve is providing art for The Pathfinders Society. To date, two books in the young adult graphic novel series have been published, The Mystery of the Moon Tower (2020) and The Curse of the Crystal Cavern (2021). Steve lives here in Columbus with his wife and son.
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In 1972, Terry Eisele’s parents divorced. While that is tragic in itself, it was a benefit to readers as, without it, we would never have got this heartwarming book. The book reads like a thank you letter to his grandmother, Mary Newman, and is a nostalgic look at the weekends that Terry spent at her house.
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Alison’s Bechdel’s new graphic novel is billed as a book about exercise, but reaches far beyond that theme into the deep question of why we bother to exercise at all.
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Sports and comics have not always gone hand in hand. They seemingly sit at different lunch tables, one celebrating the victories of the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the other laments the death of Wolverine. This book unabashedly declares its love of both subjects.
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Flying Monkey Comics and Games stocks a wide selection of collectible comics, a great variety of the coolest tabletop games, as well as fun to play current and retro video games! For owner Stefan Bridges, his hobby has become a passion.
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Maia Kobabe provides insight into eir path to identifying as non-binary and asexual.
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From the creator who brought you Dykes to Watch Out For, comes the critically acclaimed Fun Home. This autobiography centers around Alison’s relationship with her closeted father, Bruce, and the ramification of his death.
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American Born Chinese is a collection of three storylines intertwined together with the theme of trying to accept yourself when you are the outsider; when you don’t look, act, or speak like everyone else.
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