January 27th, 2007 | Work
As selected by the American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services association.
I have no idea how NEXTWAVE: THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT came to be selected as one of 2007’s top ten graphic novels for teens.
WARREN ELLIS
Ectoplasmosis - 02 Sep 10
This might be cute if it was narrated by any other voice than the one they chose. Enjoy.
Brothers Grim and Grimy [YouTube]
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John Robb - 02 Sep 10
Some very random items of interest:
Jean Snow - 02 Sep 10
Yes, it’s already time for a new edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 44), set to happen this coming Monday (September 6) at Cafe Pause, with the regular start time of 20:00 — as always, the cafe is reserved for the event from 19:30, so feel free to come early. Although the SNOW Magazine Cafe event ended this past Monday, I’ll bring out the participating magazines again for anyone who didn’t have a chance to browse through them.
Also, there was some sort of error when I created the Facebook event page, and so this is the correct one (if you receive a message about cancellation, that’s for the extra page it created).
Brian Wood - 01 Sep 10
Brian Wood - 01 Sep 10
French-language edition of LOCAL, published by Delcourt, out this week. I was too excited to wait for comps, so I ordered a copy from Amazon.fr
Coilhouse - 01 Sep 10
Seems perfectly reasonable. It should also be on the top 10 lists for adults, adolescents, and preschoolers.
Maybe not. I just want to see a bunch of 4-year-olds playing Nextwave, and to hear one say “I wanna be Captain $#&*!”
I couldn’t have thought of a better mission for Nextwave than to corrupt the minds of poor and defenseless teens only to leave them behind tainted, damaged and armed with open-minds. On the other hand… Identity Crisis is also among the nominations.
Speaking as a Teen Librarian – I am not surprised – it is what Teens/Young Adults enjoy reading (well that and manga)
I ordered it for my library
NW, Runaways, and that Pride of Baghdad one about the lions I’ve seen highly recommended but not got around to checking out… is the ALA usually this on the ball?
Over-the-top without being sweary or tit-flashing very likely stands it in good stead. Identity Crisis is likely to ruffle far more feathers.
I’m guessing it’s the Drop Bears.
It’s because only a teen knows the true meaning of ZOMG.
They’ll do anything to stop kids from watching MTV.
Really, it’s not as if it’s worse content wise than anything on adult swim. Teen’ll do fine with. And hell, YA books are filled with the sex and the cussin’ these days anyway.
[...] Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (vol. 1) tops the ALA’s list of the ten best Graphic Novels for teens. Warren Ellis is baffled as well. [...]
Hey, Becky Cloonan and Brian Wood made it, too. Pretty cool. Also, I’m thinking the selection committee maybe hasn’t seen the bulk of Beto Hernandez’s work.