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Sarah Mai Heads Back To Freshman Year For Her New Graphic Novel Memoir
Writer and artist Sarah Mai discusses her new graphic novel Freshman Year in this interview with Comic Book Club.
Sarah Mai has worked as the illustrator of multiple graphic novels, but for the first time she’s taking on both writing and illustrating for the recently released Freshman Year. Not only that, the book is a memoir of her own Freshman Year in college. “I have been joking that doing this was exorcising my 18 year old self out of me like a demon—it just needed to get out of me one way or another,”…
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Sarah Mai Heads Back To Freshman Year For Her New Graphic Novel Memoir
Writer and artist Sarah Mai discusses her new graphic novel Freshman Year in this interview with Comic Book Club.
Sarah Mai has worked as the illustrator of multiple graphic novels, but for the first time she’s taking on both writing and illustrating for the recently released Freshman Year. Not only that, the book is a memoir of her own Freshman Year in college. “I have been joking that doing this was exorcising my 18 year old self out of me like a demon—it just needed to get out of me one way or another,”…
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Freshman Year nails college life and its quirky experience. Great for kids and adults alike!
Freshman Year nails college life and its quirky experience. Great for kids and adults alike! #comics #comicbooks #ncbd #graphicnovel
Everyone gets a fresh start. Who do you want to be? Sarah is leaving suburban Wisconsin for college n Minnesota. She has high hopes for the future: impress her professors, meet interesting new people, stay close to her best friends and boyfriend back home, flourish as an artist, and shed her lingering high school anxieties. What seems manageable at first quickly unravels into a tailspin and she…
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Out this week: Freshman Year (Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99):
Creator Sarah Mai channles her own personal college journal and comics for this story about a new college arrival being overwhelmed with school and life during their freshman year.
See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week!
#comics#new comic book day#can't wait for comics#ncbd#new comics day#new comics#graphic novels#sarah mai#freshman year
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REVIEW: Freshman Year (A Graphic Novel)
A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience of going away to college—from a promising debut talent—for fans of Heartstopper. Everyone gets a fresh start. Who do you want to be? Sarah is leaving suburban Wisconsin for her freshman year in Minnesota. She has high hopes for the future: impress her professors, meet interesting new people, stay…
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Book Review #138 of 2023--
Freshman Year by Sarah Mai. Rating: 3.5 stars.
Read on December 6th.
Before I get into the bulk of my review, a quick thank you to both NetGalley and the publishers over at Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Little Brown Books for Young Readers for allowing me access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review. In Freshman Year, we follow Sarah who just graduated high school and is enjoying her final summer at home before the start of college. But when she gets there she struggles to find a way to settle in and flourish. As the year goes on, we follow the highs and lows of her first year--meeting lots of friends along the way as Sarah tries to decide how to dress, how to eat, how to become her adult self. Freshman Year comes out on February 12th and is available for preorder now.
I want to start with the things that brought my rating down that aren't going to be impactful for most readers. What I need to remember with graphic novel ARCs is that the format doesn't always work. There were moments when the text on the page didn't line up with the speech bubbles or the images were muddied and hard to see. If you're reading a print copy, or even a completed eBook copy, this will not be a problem for you. I also struggled a bit with how emotionally charged this graphic novel is. I feel like I could really empathize with Sarah while reading because I also struggled in college to cope with all the changes happening around--and to--me. At first when starting college, again when coming home from college. It had me near tears a couple of times which I don't think was the actual intention. I think I just also had such a weird time my Freshman year of college. That also leans towards the positive side for me as well, I could truly relate to the main character and her friends. They all felt so real to me and that does say something about the writing. I think it was just a heavier graphic novel than I thought it would be. There are definitely some quirky moments to lift the story up a bit so it's not all emotional. I think my expectations were also just a little all over the place since I had read and loved Giant Days which was a comic series about a group of college friends in their first year and beyond.
But, overall, I think this was cute and sweet and emotional and funny all wrapped into one. It's not as quick of a read as I was anticipating but a couple of hours for a nearly 300 page graphic novel still isn't bad. Lots of fun and challenging moments to come with this one.
#book review#book reviews#freshman year#Sarah mai#NetGalley#Little Brown Books#Christy Ottaviano Books#books read in 2023#2023 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#booklr#bookblr#bookstagram#bookish#books#graphic novel#graphic novels#NetGalley ARC
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Sam used FLIP A COIN! It's super effective! 🥺
Watch the full episode with @blogwell, @kianamaiart, and @nyaffe right now on Dropout!
#game changer#dropout#sam reich#caldwell tanner#kiana mai#nathan yaffe#drawfee#naddpod#artists#pokemon#sarah natochenny
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Sam Hazeldine as Adar S2.E8 ∙ Shadow and Flame
#*muffled sounds of sarah mclachlan - angel.mp3 playing in the background*#rip goth king may you live on in fanfics and other character inspirations#the rings of power#rings of power#trop#rop#adar#sam hazeldine#tropedit#ropedit#ringsofpowerdaily#tolikenedit#tolkiensource#a subterranean gif#my gifs
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I feel like the sentiment that shipping Lucy with Cooper/The Ghoul replaces Barb as his canonical love interest ignores the fact that Cooper and Barb already had their time in the sun. They had a great, long relationship. They had a daughter and a family together. It was a good marriage. And then it ENDED. Not because of the bombs dropping but because they got DIVORCED. Cooper divorced her after finding out the truth (which is something a lot of viewers seemed to have missed apparently). There maybe plenty of things unresolved between them but the relationship was over, a long, long time before Lucy comes along.
#if anything i think she would be replacing janey#if you put them in the father-daughter dynamic#kinda like how ellie replaced sarah in joel's mind#except in this case janey may still be alive and cooper is actively searching for her#but let me not stir the pot#lemme not lol#ghoulcy#vaultghoul#lucy x cooper#lucy x the ghoul#cooper x barb#lucy maclean#the ghoul#cooper howard#barb howard#fallout#fallout show#fallout tv series
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sarah jane spends the majority of her adult life believing her parents abandoned her as a baby leaving her alone in a pram to be adopted by her auntie but it turns out in the end that she was the one who caused the events that led all of that to happen and essentially dropped her baby self off on the doorstep of a new life. something to think about regarding ruby sunday and figures under a hooded black cape. im on to you rtd. the trickster legit sounds like a member of the pantheon. maybe he’s running the tv show
#now i say this every time but right now i think i may have connected the dots for real#dw#doctor who meta#sarah jane smith#the sarah jane adventures#sja#dw meta#doctor who theory#the church on ruby road#ruby sunday#fifteenth doctor#the trickster#russell t davies#the temptation of sarah jane smith#doctor who series 14#doctor who#kitty.txt
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Man, Rhysand was never the dreamer in that god awful series. It was always Tamlin
Tamlin is the one who has always done everything he can do to stop injustice. Protecting mortals, always accepting fae from other court in his land, trying his damnedest to find a way to break the curse instead of stealing a mortal. He has always dreamed of a safer and more just world and has always tried to make that come true. Even after loosing so much he always did whats right and true in the end.
but hes doomed by the narrative. His good deeds and genuine soul over shadowed by the biases of the narrator. Hes the age old tragedy of wanting to be the best he can and do the best he can.
#acotar#a court of thorns and roses#tamlin#pro tamlin#sarah j maas#sjm#he’s actually such a good and interesting character but is thrown aside for a supposedly morally gray man#the fact tamlin tries to be so morally good causes more interesting scenarios#hes my babygirl#i have so many thoughts i hope this makes sense#my brain is melted from playing stardew valley#Tamlin is so tragic he deserves a happy ending#with people who care for him and who he loves#thats a major part of my fic#if i may self promote#anti rhysand#adding that tag cause some of yall dont know how to scroll
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okay but sarah celebrating tommy every year for mother’s day
#who needs a mommy when you got a tommy#the first time shes does this its preschool teacher maria’s idea#shes four and mothers day is coming up and its usually a hard time for her so joel lets maria know just in case she has any behavioral issue#miss maria is like 🫡 i gotchu#she makes sure to emphasize to the kids that families are all different#they spend every day of may leading up to mother day reading books exploring diversity in families and talking about what mom really means#that it doesnt have to be the person who had you in their tummy or a girl or even a person we call mom#for example miss maria’s real mommy wasnt so nice growing up so miss marias TRUE mommy is just her daddy and her auntie rose#because those are the people that loved her no matter what and kept her safe and taken care of and fed#thats all mom is#it just means someone thats there for you every day and loves you and cares for you#someone who is one of your favorite people and who would say the same about you#all the kids go around and say who they think are their moms#mosy say some iteration of ‘mommy’ and ‘mama’ or ‘grammy’#but then baby ellie says ‘tess and auntie marlene’#and baby sarah says ‘uncle thommy’#one of the other littles says ‘daddy and miss maria’ 😭#and they all make heart cards for their mommy firgures#they cant write or really read anything but a few letters yet#(even though hyperlexic baby sarah does have pretty incredible letter recognition for her age)#so they tell miss maria what to write on their cards and then decorate with oil pastels#sarah’s says dear uncle tommy thank you for being my mommy you are so funny and i love when we play horsey and princesses. happy mommy day#when he picks her up at the end of the day shes like HI MOMMMMM all giggly and hes like ????? hi???? whats this???? OPEN IT OPEN IT OPEN IT#and when he does and read it he literally drops to his knees to hug her and cry#because theres really nothing more precious than his little angel his baby his best girl#thats tommys DAUGHTER DO YALL UNDERSTAND??????#miss maria watching them from the cubbies like: godDAMN theyre so cute#the next day tommy brings her a oat milk chai from her favorite coffee shop as a thank you because it meant a lot to him and shes like ????#how did u know???? and hes like my brother and you ran into each other there last week yeah? he told me abt it i asked for your order#and shes like 🥹🥰🫠 thanks
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The cast from Ed Edd n' Eddy as funny animals
#cartoon fanart#ibispaint art#digital art#digital illustration#eene double d#eene eddy#eene kevin#eene fanart#eene#ed edd n eddy#ed edd eddy fanart#the kanker sisters#kanker sisters#marie kanker#lee kanker#may kanker#rolf eene#ed eene#eddy eene#sarah and jimmy#jonny 2x4#plank#danny antonucci#cartoon art#2000s nostalgia#2000s cartoons#eene nazz#anthro#funny animals
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Freshman Year nails college life and its quirky experience. Great for kids and adults alike!
Freshman Year nails college life and its quirky experience. Great for kids and adults alike! #comics #comicbooks #ncbd #graphicnovel
Everyone gets a fresh start. Who do you want to be? Sarah is leaving suburban Wisconsin for college n Minnesota. She has high hopes for the future: impress her professors, meet interesting new people, stay close to her best friends and boyfriend back home, flourish as an artist, and shed her lingering high school anxieties. What seems manageable at first quickly unravels into a tailspin and she…
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