The Mighty Thor #1 Cover by Russell Dauterman (source: comixology.eu)
Title:The Mighty Thor – Thunder in Her Veins Written by: Jason Aaron Art by: Russell Dauterman Collecting: The Mighty Thor (2015) #1-5 Publisher: Marvel Year: 2016
A war of the worlds has broken out. Countless dead light elves crush into a Roxxon space station which plummets towards earth. Malekith joins forces with the frost giants and Roxxon to march on Alfheim. Odin has gone mad. The All-Mother is imprisoned for treason. The Odinson is nowhere to be found. Loki joins the dark council with his own agenda in mind.
Amidst the chaos and war, Jane Foster aka Thor battles not only her enemies but also the cancer that threatens to end her life.
Black Widow #2 Cover by Chris Samnee (source: comixology.eu)
Title:Black Widow Written by: Mark Waid Art by: Chris Samnee Published by: Marvel Year: 2016
Chapter 2 of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee’s Black Widow run opens with the burial of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent while Black Widow is watching the assembled mourners through the viewfinder of a sniper rifle.
A new enemy called Platch Liev – the Weeping Lion – is targeting the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., Maria Hill. Unnoticed, Black Widow takes the assassins out one after the other until there is only one man left to question…
Title:Black Widow Written by: Mark Waid Art by: Chris Samnee Published by: Marvel Year: 2016
Very short first issue with no dialogue to speak of. It’s an interesting start to a new Black Widow series. Very different from the Edmundson/Noto run which I absolutely loved.
The Story of My Tits Cover (source: comixology.com)
Title:The Story of My Tits Written and Illustrated by: Jennifer Hayden Publisher: Top Shelf Year: 2015
In The Story of My Tits Jennifer Hayden takes the reader on a journey through the complicated and sometimes painful coming-of-age story of a young girl, the women in her life, and their battle with cancer. This graphic novel is based on Hayden’s life and her experiences with growing up, love, sex, but also illness and death.
The Story of My Tits Cover (source: comixology.com)
You can get the graphic novel The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden for 4,49€ (normally, it’s 8,99€) at Comixology at the moment. I just started reading it and I can highly recommend this book to every person who is interested in coming-of-age stories, family dramas and cancer survivor stories.
This is what Comixology says about the book:
When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they’d held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story. Growing up flat-chested and highly aware of her inadequacies… heading off to college, where she “bloomed” in more ways than one… navigating adulthood between her mother’s mastectomy, her father’s mistress, and her musician boyfriend’s problems of his ownnot to mention his sprawling family. Then the kids come along… As cancer strikes three different lives, some relationships crumble while others emerge even stronger, and this sarcastic child of the ’70s finally finds a goddess she can believe in.
For everyone who’s faced cancer personally, or watched a loved one fight that battle, Hayden’s story is a much-needed breath of fresh air, an irresistible blend of sweetness and skepticism. Rich with both symbolism & humor, The Story of My Tits will leave you laughing, weeping, and feeling grateful for every day.
I am going to publish a review of this amazing graphic novel as soon as I have finished reading it.
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