A collection of coming-of-age stories from a group of talented underground comic artists covers such diverse subjects as computer dating, teenaged gangs, skateboarding, body language, and other topics. Original."
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Admit it: you'd rather read a good comic book than do your homework. Well, there are quite a few artists who couldn't have survived their own adolescent years without creating comix (and, yes, that's comix with an "x" for grit and no soft-focus on teenage torture). In Mind Riot, Karen Hirsch gathers a collection of brilliant, biting strips that explore teen angst in graphic detail. What's a "mind riot" you ask? "A condition of panic, when the stressed-out brain short-circuits," writes the editor. Sound familiar? The stories in here will be so familiar to you that you will weep, drool, scream, and fall apart laughing.
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Grade 7 Up. Hirsch has assembled 16 previously unpublished coming-of-age stories from the realm of "underground comix," with themes as diverse as the artists and their illustration styles. Subjects include self-esteem, aging, body image, skateboarding, sexuality, self-acceptance, computer dating, compassion, sexual abuse, gangs, friendship, etc. The book has a particularly helpful introduction to the genre, a foreword, names of mail-order catalogs, and a list of related Internet sites. Both Bryan Talbot's The Tale of One Bad Rat (Dark Horse Comics, 1995) and Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics (Kitchen Sink Press, 1993) are great companion titles. Though surely controversial in the eyes of many, Mind Riot is on target for young adults looking for funny, spirited, and honest portrayals of their world. Do not let the unusual format keep you from buying several copies. They will fly off the library shelves.?Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ida (pronounced Eeda) Marx Blue Spruce is a native New Yorker, and has been reading and drawing cartoons since childhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York City, New Yorker New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art (Penguin graphic fiction) by Diane Noomin on page 21, and Back Matter
- City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (New York Trilogy) by Paul Karasik in Back Matter
- Perdita Durango (Gifford, Barry) by Barry Gifford in Back Matter
- Duplex Planet by David Greenberger on page 15
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