In the Hands of Boys

    (Melody Shickley)
™ and © Melody Shickley

A tense emotional drama filled with grief and indignation told largely as a complicated back-story, this challenging black and white title by Xeric recipient Melody Shickley still manages to draw the reader in and move along with a steady pace. A two-volume work, In The Hands of Boys deals with a range of issues surrounding the lead character’s efforts to adopt the non-English-speaking son of her recently deceased and somewhat estranged best friend. Shickley won the Baltimore City Paper’s 2005 Best Comic award for this book which she wrote and illustrated.

— Leland Burrill
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    Cover: $9.95
    W: Melody Shickley  ·  A: Melody Shickley
    B&W; ca. 2005
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