R. Kikuo Johnson first burst onto the graphic novel scene with the powerfully illustrated and narrated Night Fisher, about a high school kid on Maui getting mixed up in drugs and criminal activity [read: our review of Night Fisher…
Happy Teen Read Week! If you haven’t heard, Oct. 17-23 is Teen Read Week, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association which is a division of the American Library Association. Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative aimed …
I thought it would be nice to highlight a different medium of literature here at Hawaii Book Blog. Comic books and graphic novels have slowly gained respect over the years in literary circles and mainstream media. The format has blossomed …