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DC Comics has announced the ending to its "experimental" line of graphic novels, MINX, which catered exclusively to teenage girls. The series bega in 2007 and included titles ranging from The Plain Janes and Janes In Love, which followed around an art-obsessed group of cool misfits, to Water Baby, a graphic novel about a punky surfer babe who had her leg bit off by a shark. Most of the titles were under $10, a steal in the pricey Western graphic novel market but on par with the prices of girl-focused mangas like Paradise Kiss. Sad news for female comics fans and lovers of innovative graphic novels. [GalleyCat] More »
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Today's New Yorker Book Bench takes on Janes in Love, a graphic novel about a group of badass, artistic teenagers all named Jane. The sequel to The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, Janes in Love takes a candid and nonjudgmental view of teen relationships, sexuality, and shark attacks. Sounds pretty awesome to us, but it's got poor Book Bench fanning its face with its white leather gloves. BB warns "they don't call them graphic novels for nothing," then offers up several panels where the characters say "bitch," "butch," and "tits." Heavens! (We should note that, hand-wringing aside, BB did actually like the book.) More »
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