For those in the U.S.: Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! I was thinking that we’d feature something to do with the Civil Rights movement today. I found several books among our nominees that would fit, including YA Nonfiction finalist The Freedom Summer Murders, by Don Mitchell; Fiction Picture Book Nominee Knock Knock, by Daniel Beaty and Bryan Collier; but …
Review: Bird & Squirrel on Ice
Graphic Novel nominee Bird & Squirrel on Ice, by James Burks is our featured review today. The review comes from Nicola, a round one panelist on Graphic Novels. She writes on her blog It’s All Comic to Me: Another great Bird & Squirrel book! I love these two characters; they are like a modern day Frog and Toad. Two friends with …
Review: In Real Life
Easy Reader/Early Chapter Book chair Katie who blogs at Story Time Secrets has today’s review. She recently reviewed Graphic Novel nominee In Real Life, by Cory Doctorow, writing: It can be very easy to forget that a person lives behind every avatar, screen name, and online account, and Anda’s experiences playing Coarsegold drive home that fact in a powerful way. This …
Review: El Deafo
Long-time Cybils volunteer and round one panelist Alysa Stewart at Everead has today’s review of the day. She reviewed Graphic Novel nominee El Deafo, by Cece Bell, with her son. Their final word? This is a landmark book. It feels very true-to-life, gives you all the feels, and helps you sympathize with the deaf and hard of hearing. Two thumbs …
Graphics – Category Description
This category is for the kid in all of us who pounced on the funny pages on Sunday mornings as soon as the paper arrived. However, graphic novels go way beyond Garfield and Superman, covering everything from wordless picture books appealing to the very young to intense, issue-based young adult novels–all of which tell their stories through serial artwork. We give …
2014 Graphic Novel Judges
First Round Alyssa Feller The Shady Glade Kristin Harvey The Book Monsters @bookgoil Liz Jones Lizjonesbooks @lizjonesbooks Nicola Mansfield It’s All Comic To Me @lilelizajane Sarah Sammis Puss Reboots @pussreboots Alysa Stewart Everead @everead Emma Weiler No Flying. No Tights Second Round Leslie Darnell Omphaloskepsis @omphaloskepsisL Emily Mitchell Emily Reads @emilyreads Gina Ruiz AmoXcalli @ginaruiz Maria Selke Maria Selke …
Meet the Organizers: Liz Jones, Graphics
Liz Jones has been involved with the Cybils since 2007… and always with graphics! Her blog hasn’t been updated much due to a freshly minted art studio, Liz Jones Arts which opened during the Cybils period last year. This has turned out to be a whole new way to get kids interested in graphics.. even when the local schools don’t carry them, …