Books by J Torres and Complete Book Reviews
J. Torres and J. Bone, Tundra, $10.95 paper (90p) ISBN 978-0-88776-934-4.
Meet 12-year-old Alison Dare, a youngster with a flair for action and adventure who has a world famous archeologist for a mother (Dr. Alice Dare), a librarian and masked super hero (The Blue Scarab) for a father, and an international spy and master...
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J. Torres, illus. by Faith Erin Hicks. Kids Can, $17.95 (100p) ISBN 978-1-55453-711-2
In the first book in the Bigfoot Boy series, 10-year-old Rufus resigns himself to a boring weekend with his grandmother out in the sticks; instead he finds adventure, magic, and friendship. His chance discovery of a fabled totem in the forest leaves
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J. Torres and Dean Trippe. Oni, $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-934964-70-5
Torres (Alison Dare; Teen Titans) and Trippe start off their new middle-grade superhero series with a kapow against the bullies. New weird kid Joey and old weird kid Jerome become fast friends as Joey trusts Jerome with his secret: if he eats food...
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J. Torres, illus. by J. Lum. Tundra, $7.95 (16p) ISBN 978-1-77049-441-1
Checkers, a boy wearing a checkerboard vest, and Dot, a girl in a polka-dot jumper, star in a lively primer on patterns: “Say ‘hello’ to Checkers./ Say ‘hello’ to Dot./ This is their cat, Stripesy./ This is their dog, Spot.” Newcomer Lum keeps...
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J. Torres, illus. by Corin Howell and Maarta Laiho. Oni, $14.99 trade paper (152p) ISBN 978-1-62010-315-9
Torres (BroBots) introduces a complex mythology that riffs on figures from the Chinese zodiac in this action-laden first book in the Mighty Zodiac series, in which animal warriors attempt to defend the land of Gaya against rabbit-led forces of...
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J. Torres, Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin. Archie, $16.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-936975-00-6
Though admittedly part of the Archie Comics B-list, cartoonist Joe Edward’s Li’l Jinx managed to claim a portion of comic book nostalgia as her own. With her willful temper undercutting the effect of her deceptively innocent pigtails, she pushed...
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