http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/the-book-of-ballads/ reading material to get excited about Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/the-book-of-ballads/#comment-1512 Bookgasm » Firebirds Rising Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:44:21 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=435#comment-1512 [...] “Librarians” is reminiscent of the first anthology’s “The Baby in the Night Deposit Box” by Megan Whalen Turner, which was a highlight of that volume. But other standouts from the original fail to claim a counterpart in RISING, whether the overt update of a classic fairy tale or a comic by Charles Vess (since collected in his BOOK OF BALLADS). The absence of similar material in RISING is notable, and a detriment to its variety. [...] [...] “Librarians” is reminiscent of the first anthology’s “The Baby in the Night Deposit Box” by Megan Whalen Turner, which was a highlight of that volume. But other standouts from the original fail to claim a counterpart in RISING, whether the overt update of a classic fairy tale or a comic by Charles Vess (since collected in his BOOK OF BALLADS). The absence of similar material in RISING is notable, and a detriment to its variety. [...]

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