Graphic Novels

As recently promised to a fellow teacher-scholar (Brent, teaching in Hopkins), here are a few of the graphic novels I'm considering for near-future literature classes. The first one is a collection of graphic short stories, all based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe:



I discovered another graphic novelist in a class I just completed at the University of Minnesota, Spring 2009: EngL 4722: From Alphabet to Internet: A History of Writing Technologies (Prof. Michael Hancher)--and I really recommend this class! The writer/artist's name is Adrian Tomine, and apparently he's done some really cool cover art work for The New Yorker magazine. Here's the book I'm considering:



A third novel under consideration is pretty obvious, I guess--obvious to those in the know, which doesn't always include me! Also, apparently, one of my nephews just did a presentation on this one for his Popular Literature class at University of Minnesota, Morris:



And finally, just because I love this comic strip. And, yes, I know that comic strips are not the same as graphic novels. But this cat is too funny:



That's all for now. Let me know your suggestions. I'm just getting into the groove ... or do I dare say it, Groovitude: