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| date      = June 29, 2023
| date      = June 29, 2023
| title    = bea-2
| title    = bea-2
| name      = Bea
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==Explanation==
==Explanation==
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This is an [[:Category:Promotional comics|advertisement]] for Zach's book ''[[Bea Wolf]]'', which came out in March 2023, three months prior.
 
==Transcript==
==Transcript==
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:[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==
==Votey Transcript==
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:(Sorry about the ad but for God's sake it's the best thing I've ever written so please go buy it)
{{comic discussion}}
{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Double update comics]]
[[Category:Promotional comics]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 21 November 2024

Bea
(Thanks for the amazing sales numbers so far, and more importantly for all the happy stories about parents and kids reading together!)
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[edit]

1688055735beawolfadaftercomic.png


Explanation[edit]

This is an advertisement for Zach's book Bea Wolf, which came out in March 2023, three months prior.

Transcript[edit]

[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[edit]

(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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