Welcome back! Allergy season is well and truly upon me now. I hope your nose is coping with it better than mine is!
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New Releases
My Gemini by Yuu Morikawa
John’s best friends are semi-appropriately named Jekyll and Hyde: while these twins have very different personalities, they look identical, and when they decide to swap places (as they often do), only John can tell which is which. But when one of the twins dies, determining which one is left might not be so easy…
The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling and Rye Hickman
Rowan’s mother, now murdered, always wore gloves and insisted that Rowan wear them too. When she comes of age, Rowan finds out why: by touching another person’s hand, she can see what crimes they will commit in the future. The more she learns about her “gift,” the more concerned Rowan becomes about its application. How do you punish someone who hasn’t done anything yet?
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Riot Recommendations
Today’s Riot Rec theme is: written by celebrities! The stories in these comics were told by some very familiar names.
Bash! by Rudy Gobert, Hellef Bay, and Vince Serrano
NBA star Gobert writes this sci-fi tale about a poor boy, also named Rudy, whose only goal and interest in life is to become a professional BASH player. BASH is like basketball, only much rougher, and it’s the most popular sport in the universe. And getting noticed for your talent at the game is not necessarily a good thing.
Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman, and Karl Stevens
A screenplay by Oscar-winning actor Curtis forms the basis of this graphic novel. When an Indigenous teen, Nova, tries to stop a fracking company from destroying her family’s land, a freak accident turns her into the spirit of Mother Nature — who is not happy about how the humans have been treating her…
Hang in there till Thursday, nerd friends!
~Eileen