- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (Oct 29 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1845767098
- ISBN-13: 978-1845767099
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"* "Steve's got a great eye, and a wonderfully vibrant and open style." - Greg Rucka * "FAKE ID is a quiet implosion of a book. It is fearless and funny and sad and true. I would follow Mariko Tamaki anywhere." ~ Will Ferguson * "Short but very sweet, Cover Me packs a whole lotta punch" - Now Magazine on Markio Tamaki's Cover Me * "[Minx] titles are funny, pacy and positive, offering young women credible, every day superheroes." - The Guardian"
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This title introduces "Minx" - a new line of graphic novels for young adults!Emi, a 16-year-old babysitter, is desperate to break out of the suburbs and become part of Toronto's vibrant art scene. When she takes the stage, "borrowing" passages from her boss' diary for her performance, she becomes Emiko Superstar: an instant success with the art crowd...and a keeper of secrets that could ruin both her and her boss' lives.Can Emi keep up her double life or will the pressure drive her to social suicide?Acclaimed novelist, journalist and performance artist Mariko Tamaki ("Cover Me") and super-cool artist Steve Rolston (Pounded, Queen and Country) present a witty, wise look at one girl's struggle for acceptance!
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This was the second last of the 12 MINX graphic novels that I was able to track down and read. It is one of the best in the series. It is the story of a young girl who does not follow all her friends off to business camp. Who borrows the words of another woman to learn to find her own voice. Emiko is staying home this summer; she is babysitting after being fired as a whipping girl at a coffee bar. She is invited to a Freak Show at a placed called the Factory. At first she goes, but then she auditions and makes the act. Wearing some of her grandmothe's old clothes she finds a new person inside and spends the summer exploring who she really wants to be.This story is fantastic - the writing, the concept and the artwork. I reread it immediately and know I will reread it again and again. The short-lived MINX graphic novel line was supposed to feature stories about strong women and girls and be quality graphic novels for young women. I plan on keeping the whole series set aside for my daughters for when they are older, but I will probably pull this one and a few of the others out from time to time to reread.
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