A review by merenr
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution by Coleman Nye, Sherine Hamdy

5.0

An essential book that I would recommend teachers take into the classroom. Beautiful art, storytelling, and a foreword and afterword with detailed and engaging information. I truly believe in these sorts of work to present science, human geography, and the like in such a way that they are meant to be shown: with wonder and grief. So often do people alienate others from research in jargon and hundreds of academic paragraphs. It excludes the very reason we do research, which is inspired by humans and what we do, where we live, and who are are.

Also I'm such a nerd for how graphic presentation alters the flow of information consumption and how artistic decisions can evoke emotion. They do a bit of analysis in the back of the book of some of this. The interviews after the story are also enlightening and add a lot to the graphic novel itself.

I also feel that this can cover a big age range because the comic is very readable but contains themes that are deeper-however, no less universal.