Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley (March 9)
This character driven sapphic fantasy is about two outcasts who find each other while a fight for a kingdom rages. This book is highly recommended for anyone who was as enamored by
Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco and
Crier’s War by Nina Varela.
Oni Press
The long-awaited sequel to the endearing and quirky graphic novel,
Sheets, Brenna reintroduces readers to the Marjorie and her ghostly laundromat and tackles what it means to fit in, finding friends in the most unlikely places, and growing pains (even ones of the haunted variety).
By the delicate hand of Didier Kassaï (
Storm Over Bangui) comes a comic book documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photo and illustration. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecurity, poverty and malnutrition. The 2013 conflict only exacerbated this situation. The Central African Republic has become what many call “a house without windows.” Through illustrations and photos, this comic takes you into the heart of this “forgotten crisis.” With Central African artist Didier Kassaï and British photojournalist Marc Ellison as your guides, watch children at work in a diamond mine, observe life in a refugee camp and meet the street children of Bangui. Marc Ellison is currently based in Glasgow, Scotland, though this award-winning photojournalist’s favourite subject is Africa. Difficulties of reintegration of girl soldiers in Uganda, practices of female genital mutilation, topics on child marriage in T