Comic Crush Saturday: May 18, 2019

Featured Book of the Week

Review

I laughed. I aww’d. Clyde wants so badly to be bad but when he’s humbled by a sweet butterfly, he starts to examine his worldview.

We are living in a time when rebellion should be celebrated. Sometimes rebellion can come across as aggressive or angry, especially for parents of young adults and youth. Clyde tells the audience he's "bad to the bone. Actually, deeper than the bone. I'm bad down to my red blood cells, man." But does that mean he's unloveable? Or that he can't give love back?

Clyde explores being "unlikeable" alongside humor, bright art, and a reformed juvenile delinquent butterfly named Mellisa Sue!

I would buy this for every kid (and grown up!) in my life!

What We Can't Wait For

We will read anything by Tillie but this one just sounds SO RIGHT for the current world.

Best News of the Week

One of my local schools is won an Eisner grant! So cool!

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Congratulations to Cesar Chavez Middle School right here in Hayward! School librarian Rachel Podpaly won the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Growth Grant for her project, “English Learners and Graphic Novels: Enhancing a Middle School Library Graphic Novel Collection to Ignite Newcomer Immigrant Youth Literacy.” Great work, Rachel! And go Hayward public schools! #graphicnovels #comicsinthelibrary #cesarchavezmiddleschool #madeinhayward #haywardca #middleschoollibrarian
A post shared by Hayward Public Library (@haywardlibrary) on May 8, 2019 at 4:00pm PDT

Some of my fav creators started teasing collabs - turns out Marvel is doing it big for their 80th birthday!

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Celebrate Marvel's 80-year legacy with "Marvel Comics" #1000! Some of the greatest creators ever assemble for one epic comic book coming this August. Learn more on Marvel.com. #Marvel80 #MarvelComics
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We are so blessed to have Kevin Wada in our lives to draw Angel like this. Bless.

DID SOMEONE SAY R.L. STINE COMIC BOOK? And Boom! Studios! Dream mashup.

If you haven't been paying attention, @RL_Stine has a new series from @boomstudios hitting comic book stores on the 28th of August!Art by @kickingshoes and a cover by @TotinoTedesco! pic.twitter.com/js8N5QJeyR— Big Bang Comics (@TheBigBang_) May 12, 2019

ICYMI at YallWest. I am so grateful comics were added to YW!

The #WomenOfMarvel assemble to take on @YALLWEST, as they host the festival's Storymakers panel! Listen to the podcast episode now: https://t.co/kReWy1Q4nS #YALLWEST— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) May 17, 2019

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