Keanu Reeves Wrote a Book. A Really Weird One.
What if the star of “The Matrix” worked with a sci-fi novelist to tell the story of an 80,000-year-old warrior who can rip people’s arms off but struggles with loneliness?
By Alexandra Alter
Graphic Novels and Comic Books
In These Graphic Novels, Something Is Horribly Amiss
Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this month.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times graphic novelsNew Worlds Open Up in 4 Devastating and Gorgeous Graphic Novels
Punk rock, Greek myth and a comics pioneer long lost to history bring vibrant color to this month’s releases.
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The creator of “Dragon Ball” helped bring anime to the world. Its main character became a cultural phenomenon.
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CreditFranck Robichon/EPA, via Shutterstock An AppraisalA Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman
The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa.
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Pulp Homage and Art-School Laughs Brighten July’s Graphic Novels
An unlovable heroine, a cyborg in search of missing parts, the restoration of a classic work and a series that is always worth the wait highlight four new volumes.
By Sam Thielman
Life, Death and Life After Death in June’s Graphic Novels
Justice, feminism, freedom and cheap horror thrills make for an exciting month of reading.
By Sam Thielman
Children’s BooksIn These Books, the Parents Are the Problem
The children in three illustrated satirical tales are up against something far more complex than ogres, witches and big bad wolves.
By Jon Agee
Read Your Way Through the San Francisco Bay Area
The Bay Area has had many lives. The Oakland novelist Leila Mottley shares books that paint a picture of the city that lives and breathes today.
By Leila Mottley
Children’s BooksThe Ghost in the Mirror
In spooky stories by Ben Hatke, Remy Lai and the team of Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, the secrets of the undead lead perilously close to home.
By Soman Chainani
Children’s Books‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Drive Latino Kids to Their Roots
A Mexican American family heads to Jalisco in their Winnebago and a “bruja” from Puerto Rico steps out of a cab in Brooklyn.
By Matt de la Peña
Children’s BooksA Panel-by-Panel Life of the Man Who Created Charlie Brown
Rather than treading on sacred ground, Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi’s “Peanuts”-style biography brings Charles M. Schulz and the strip together as one.
By Jeff Smith
Children’s BooksWhen Parents Go Their Separate Ways
Stories, both new and evergreen, to help children of divorce heal.
By Jennifer Hubert Swan
Children’s BooksGraphic Novel Riffs on Literary Classics
Bea Wolf is a sugar-hyped, nap-deprived, battle-ready child; Mulysses is a mule.
By Sarah Boxer
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