6/26/2023 0 Comments Ghosts comic book raina telgemeier![]() ![]() Smile was a runaway success and, as of this writing, has been on The New York Times best-seller list for 221 consecutive weeks. The prevailing belief was that young girls weren’t interested in reading them, women weren’t interested in making them, and they certainly weren’t a medium that could appropriately represent diverse voices. The general consensus was that graphic novels were an exclusive “boys only” club. Aside from a few exceptions, it was not a medium where deep, meaningful, original stories were told…or at least that’s what editors and publishers thought. ![]() Really, it’s hard to recall what the publishing industry in general was like.īefore Raina, graphic novels were largely thought to be a highly niche market dominated by superheroes. That’s because the effect she’s had makes it hard to remember what graphic novels were like beforehand. It’s easy to forget that Raina’s first original book, Smile, came out as recently as 2010. ![]() ![]() This week marks the release of Ghosts, and in it she explores the nature of family and friendship against a backdrop of self-discovery and the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday. Raina Telgemeier is back with her fourth original graphic novel, and we’re all the richer for it. ![]()
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