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They don't call 'em "graphic novels" for nothing.

by Katie Bircher
Feb 10, 2011 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
Publisher BOOM! Studios usually sends review copies of their entire frontlist — kids' and grown-ups' comics alike — which means we get everything from Wall-E and Cars to Pale Horse and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Cindy snatched up The Muppet Show, a series she remembers fondly from childhood, but as a zombie fan I'm excited for the adult-geared 28 Days Later: The Hot Zone. (Who hunts zombies in a Catholic schoolgirl skirt? I'm just sayin'.)

What I'm really looking forward to is the Samuel L. Jackson–authored Cold Space. Starring Samuel L. Jackson Mulberry, "a wisecracking, butt-kicking, on-the-run-outlaw [who] crash lands on a hostile planet," looks like it'll be either awful or awesome. Knowing Samuel L. Jackson (of Snakes on a Plane fame/infamy), it'll likely be a bit of both.

Katie Bircher

Formerly an editor and staff reviewer for The Horn Book’s publications, Katie Bircher is currently associate agent at Sara Crowe Literary. Katie holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons University and has over seven years of experience as an indie bookseller specializing in children’s and YA literature.

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