{"id":42843,"date":"2024-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42843"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:08:52","slug":"musnet-lumberjanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/musnet-lumberjanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Musnet \/ Lumberjanes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books That Belong On Paper<\/strong>\u00a0first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair.<\/em>\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get the issues a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MUSNET IS DRAWN AND PAINTED IN A BEAUTIFUL, LUSH AND INKY STYLE POPULARIZED BY FRENCH COMICS MASTERS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Musnet: The Mouse of Monet<\/em>
by Kickliy
odod books
2016, 56 pages, 8.8 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWinsome\u201d is the kind of word no one ever says out loud; if you encounter it, it\u2019s only in text. But \u201cwinsome\u201d is exactly the right word to describe the Musnet<\/em> series, which follows an impoverished mouse as he attempts to shake up the art world. Musnet adopts his name in homage to the painter Monet, as the two share both a house and an impressionistic style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musnet and Monet aren\u2019t the only two characters in the Musnet<\/em> books (two of which have been published in English so far). There are plenty of animal friends and foes: a fun-loving carp, a moody squirrel, a ninja-like spider, and, inevitably, a villainous cat. This cast of characters is just one of the things that makes the Musnet<\/em> books so charming. Another is how French they are, with references to stinky cheese and pat\u00e9, for instance. A third charm factor is the artwork. Unsurprisingly for books about artists, the illustrations by Kickliy are lovely. The countryside settings are appropriately idyllic, and the creatures are drawn with a shaggy, unpolished likeability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re drawn in by the glimpses into the creative process, the quirky take on Monet\u2019s legacy, or just the rodent romances, the Musnet books are delightful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Christine Ro<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A RUNNING-FOR-YOUR-LIFE-FROM-SKELETAL-MONSTERS MYSTERY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Lumberjanes\/Gotham Academy<\/em>
by Chynna Clugston-Flores (Author), Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (Illustrator), Maddi Gonzalez (Contributor), Whitney Cogar (Contributor)
BOOM! Box
2017, 160 pages, 6.6 x 0.5 x 10.2 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Charlotte Hawkins Brown! The Lumberjanes have teamed up with the students of Gotham Academy to make the world a better place in this six-issue run, available as single issues now or as a collected paperback in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosie (of the Lumberjanes) and Professor MacPherson (of Gotham Academy) have disappeared, and it\u2019s up to their scouts and\/or students to find them \u2026 while apparently traveling back to 1986. Adventures, hijinks, danger, humor, and side ponytails ensue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re not familiar with at least one of the comics, this isn\u2019t a good place to start. I adore the Lumberjanes and thus had to learn only about the Gotham Academy crew; even so, there were a lot of characters to keep straight (or to give up on keeping straight). If you\u2019re a fan of either series, though, this is a great place to learn about the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Sara Lorimer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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