The first two volumes of author Masao Yajima & illustrator Boichi's five-volume manga series Raqiya are brooding, enigmatic suspense with interludes of horror and intense violence, all steeped deeply in ancient Christian dogma. The third volume begins to accelerate the pace while subtly introducing new concepts to the narrative.
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http://www.animenation.net/blog/2014/12/18/return-to-raqiya/
The Gobblings is a loose retelling of an old Hasidic folktale, “The Alef Bet.” A boy is wandering through a strange town where he doesn't know anybody. It's Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, but nobody's prayers in the entire town are working. The boy only knows the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the Alef-Bet. So he says the letters, and the honesty and simplicity of his prayer go through the Gates of Heaven (okay, in our story, it's the landing bay on the space station) and save everybody.
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http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-gobblings
Are you the ¡Ècool¡É aunt/uncle/friend who wants to bless the wee ones in your life with a high quality but ¡Èedgy¡É holiday gift, one that may cause nightmares (that you don't have to deal with, ha!), but that's just sincere enough their parents can't openly resent you? Then I heartily recommend The Gobblings, a haunting book ¡Èfor children¡É about a lonely boy who lives on a space station and the metal-munching monsters he must defeat.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/10/the_gobblings_by_matthue_roth_and_rohan_daniel_eason_is_the_perfect_christmas.html
Kurt Cobain: When I was an Alien from One Peace Books was written by Danilo Deninotti and features strong art from Toni Bruno. This book has been reviewed on this site in the past but I just have to say that I found it an infinitely better experience than Gus Van Sant's Last Days and Cobain's perspective feels true to the person I imagine him to be¡Äit is ultimately not a sad story, nor a happy one, but an alien experience that has a lot to say but eventually ends up just saying a great big nevermind. Not being the world's biggest Nirvana fan or anything but knowing his story well I like to think this work would not bother him at all. For more information on the book check out my interview with One Peace Books Editor Robert McGuire.
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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/11/11/indie-spotlight-featuring-return-to-rander-signed-the-gatecrashers-modern-polaxis-american-nature-masterplasty-and-kurt-cobain-when-i-was-an-alien/
Our new picture book by Matthue Roth is coming on in December! Just in time for the Holidays! Here is a pre-release review!
Considering this is the same creative team as last year's My First Kafka, they couldn't be more different. Well, I don't want to get too carried away with hyperbole. Of course there are myriad ways in which they could have been more different. Nonetheless, they might have followed with My First Proust or My First Sartre, instead they've flung us into a retro-future in which clean-cut spaceship crew members wear Fantastic-Four style jumpsuits and contemplate large panels of blinking lights.
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http://www.picturebooksreview.com/2014/11/the-gobblings-2015.html
Kurt Cobain is one of the most polarizing figures in music. For some, he was an innovator who single-handedly revived music and gave a powerful voice to the feelings of an entire deracinated generation. On the other hand, many consider him a mediocre musician who simply cashed in on the fact that angry youngsters tend to react positively to cultural products that reflect their frustration and echo their rage. In the graphic novel When I Was an Alien, author Danilo Deninotti and illustrator Toni Bruno, two up-and-coming figures in Italian comics, decided to eschew both sides of the spectrum and instead deliver a heartfelt look at Cobain's life from early childhood to the brink of stardom.
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http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2014/10/07/when-i-was-an-alien-danilo-deninotti-toni-bruno-nirvana-kurt-cobain-book-review/
The stunning art in Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation really stands out. Boichi is a Korean-born artist, and some manhwa influences can be seen in the art, such as the way the eyes are drawn. Boichi can nail a comedic scene with a lighter use of his pen, but he can also go into great specifics. Faces really come to life, and details that might be passed over quickly by other artists — like water falling from a shower head — are brought out in gorgeous, painstaking detail. The art is a feast for the eyes.
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http://otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/Manga-Review-Raqiya-vol-1-6005.aspx
Recently Kurt Cobain was featured on the cover of Foreword magazine (see post below)! But here is there online review! Thanks foreword!
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https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/kurt-cobain/
“Raqiya certainly sounds interesting to me! I hope it's a scary one, as good horror/suspense manga has been severely lacking on my bookshelves as of late.”
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http://www.kuriousity.ca/2014/04/one-peace-brings-story-of-grief-and-demonic-pacts-to-english-with-raqiya/
