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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
This is an [[:Category:Promotional comics|advertisement]] for Zach's book ''[[Bea Wolf]]'', which came out in March 2023, three months prior. | |||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[The comic is a series of illustrations from Zach's ''Bea Wolf'', with praise blurbs overlaid.] | |||
:[ | |||
:Bea Wolf | :Bea Wolf | ||
:"Readers will | :[Close up of a small girl's determined face.] | ||
:"Readers will wish they could pledge their plastic swords to defending Treeheart and the sanctity of wild childhoods | |||
:everywhere." | :everywhere." —School Library Journal, '''starred review''' | ||
:[The determined girl, Bea, wears a stuffed bear hood and looks to the horizon among a group of other kids, arms crossed and water balloon clipped to her belt.] | |||
:"This is true bardic glory, a wild embrace of absurdity and wit with exaggerated language used for maximum impact." | :"This is true bardic glory, a wild embrace of absurdity and wit with exaggerated language used for maximum impact." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, '''starred review''' | ||
:[A silhouette of a fence with a toothed animal's face shaped into it fades into black. On the black background, Bea looks downwards with closed eyes.] | |||
:Weinersmith's richly evocative turns of phrase run the gamut from hilarious to heart-rending and maintain the flavor of the original without bogging the pace down amid the kennings. Boulet's illustrations imbue the shenanigans with gleeful energy and a touch of dark absurdity that children, seeing their own fears and triumphs reflected, will delight in." | :"Weinersmith's richly evocative turns of phrase run the gamut from hilarious to heart-rending and maintain the flavor of the original without bogging the pace down amid the kennings. Boulet's illustrations imbue the shenanigans with gleeful energy and a touch of dark absurdity that children, seeing their own fears and triumphs reflected, will delight in." —Kirkus, '''starred review'' | ||
: | :[Bea leaves a forest, carrying some large bag or object.] | ||
:"[Bea Wolf is] a truly fresh, inventive remix that privileges childhood's insular sensibilities alongside an unsettling truth: Time lingers for no kid.'" | :"[Bea Wolf is] a truly fresh, inventive remix that privileges childhood's insular sensibilities alongside an unsettling truth: Time lingers for no kid.'" —Publisher's Weekly, '''starred review''' | ||
:[The cover of the book, Bea Wolf stands in a calf-deep heap of stuffed animals amongst a vast horde of gold, a beach umbrella behind her.] | |||
:"Zach Weinersmith's metered language is a fine | :"Zach Weinersmith's metered language is a fine, fun feat that pays homage to the strong beat and distinctive alliteration of the original poem." —The New York Times | ||
:AVAILABLE NOW | |||
:Click for more info | |||
:AVAILABLE NOW Click for more info | |||
==Votey Transcript== | ==Votey Transcript== | ||
:(Sorry about the ad but for God's sake it's the best thing I've ever written so please go buy it) | |||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Double update comics]] | |||
[[Category:Promotional comics]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 21 November 2024
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 Title text: (Thanks for the amazing sales numbers so far, and more importantly for all the happy stories about parents and kids reading together!) |
Votey
Explanation
This is an advertisement for Zach's book Bea Wolf, which came out in March 2023, three months prior.
Transcript
- [The comic is a series of illustrations from Zach's Bea Wolf, with praise blurbs overlaid.]
- Bea Wolf
- [Close up of a small girl's determined face.]
- "Readers will wish they could pledge their plastic swords to defending Treeheart and the sanctity of wild childhoods
- everywhere." —School Library Journal, starred review
- [The determined girl, Bea, wears a stuffed bear hood and looks to the horizon among a group of other kids, arms crossed and water balloon clipped to her belt.]
- "This is true bardic glory, a wild embrace of absurdity and wit with exaggerated language used for maximum impact." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
- [A silhouette of a fence with a toothed animal's face shaped into it fades into black. On the black background, Bea looks downwards with closed eyes.]
- "Weinersmith's richly evocative turns of phrase run the gamut from hilarious to heart-rending and maintain the flavor of the original without bogging the pace down amid the kennings. Boulet's illustrations imbue the shenanigans with gleeful energy and a touch of dark absurdity that children, seeing their own fears and triumphs reflected, will delight in." —Kirkus, 'starred review
- [Bea leaves a forest, carrying some large bag or object.]
- "[Bea Wolf is] a truly fresh, inventive remix that privileges childhood's insular sensibilities alongside an unsettling truth: Time lingers for no kid.'" —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
- [The cover of the book, Bea Wolf stands in a calf-deep heap of stuffed animals amongst a vast horde of gold, a beach umbrella behind her.]
- "Zach Weinersmith's metered language is a fine, fun feat that pays homage to the strong beat and distinctive alliteration of the original poem." —The New York Times
- AVAILABLE NOW
- Click for more info
Votey Transcript
- (Sorry about the ad but for God's sake it's the best thing I've ever written so please go buy it)
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