Joe Pascullo

Nov 21, 2024 | slj.com | Jasmine Amiri |Rachel Forbes |Joe Pascullo |Lisa Rowland

Cozy fantasies, immigration stories, and reimagined classics—2024’s Best Graphic Novels list isn’t just a collection of 25 unforgettable reads, it’s a showcase of comics that push storytelling to new heights. Aguirre, Jorge. Call Me Iggy. illus. by Rafael Rosado. First Second. ISBN 9781250204158. Gr 10 Up–Iggy is first-generation Colombian American, but can’t speak Spanish and struggles in language class.

Oct 21, 2024 | slj.com | Joe Pascullo

. (Tank Chair). Sept. 2024. 176p. pap $13.99. ISBN 9798888771358. COPY ISBN Gr 10 Up–Shizuka Taira is a young girl acting as a broker for her assassin brother, Nagi. Nagi was once the toughest hitman in town, but an accident left him in a largely unresponsive state, and he now uses a wheelchair. However, Shizuka discovers that Nagi can be brought out of his coma when placed in a situation ripe with murderous intent.

Oct 21, 2024 | slj.com | Joe Pascullo

Gr 9 Up–When Pyontaro and his two friends boot up a disc they borrowed from their teacher, a disc that allegedly connects to another dimension, the trio known in their world as “the small three” get sucked into another universe. This universe resembles their own in many ways, except for the way the humans look, or how the boys now seem to be indestructible; and then, of course, the alien creatures roaming the streets.

Sep 26, 2024 | slj.com | Joe Pascullo

by (text) & illus. by Mitsuki Mii . (Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up). Aug. 2024. 192p. pap. $13.99. ISBN 9798888772713. COPY ISBN Gr 6 Up–When outcast Shizuki overheard cute girl Ririsa, whom he thought a friend, badmouthing him to her friends back in junior high, he made a pact to completely reinvent himself when he got to high school. Having successfully done that, he finds himself in a more desirable social standing.

Sep 26, 2024 | slj.com | Joe Pascullo

. (Pupposites Attract). Aug. 2024. 160p. pap. $13.99. ISBN 9798888772898. COPY ISBN Gr 7 Up–Kiyotaka and his tiny Pomeranian Monjuro keep running into fellow dog owner Chiharu and her large Rottweiler Tsubu-chan while out in their neighborhood. All of their personalities appear to contrast one another at first, but the more chance encounters this quartet have together, the more their feelings begin to change. As its title suggests, this is an enormously cute manga.