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"I was completely charmed by the 'Hereville' series. It’s a wonderful vehicle for a
coming-of-age story with a female protagonist who’s both relatable and likable."
Rabbi Joshua Breindel
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"Without a doubt, this is the best graphic novel of 2010 for kids. Bar none."
Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal
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"Unique, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoroughly engrossing. Sequel, please!"
Tanya Auger, Horn Book Magazine
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"Mirka is the heroine that girlhood dreams are made of… Hereville is pure enchantment."
Barbara M. Moon, School Library Journal
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"Deutsch creates a beautiful, detail-rich world with a muted, ethereal palette that
masterfully blends faith and fantasy with astounding harmony. Undoubtedly one of
the cleverest graphic novels of the year."
Kirkus Reviews
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"This is a terrific story, told with skill and lots of heart, that readers of all ages will enjoy."
Publishers Weekly
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"I have finally fallen in love with my first graphic novel… the perfect bat mitzvah gift."
Sonja Bolle, Los Angeles Times
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"An elegant, subtle examination into the gender roles, deep religious roots, and everyday
cultural elements of an Orthodox Jewish society, while also being a witty,
enormously clever adventure quest... "
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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"Comics, and the rest of the world, for that matter, need more girl heroes like Mirka.
She will have readers cheering for her every step of the way. "
Raina Telgemeier
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"Author/illustrator Barry Deutsch offers up a mitzvah — a graphic novel which has joy,
style, lots of Yiddishkeit, adventure, and magic."
Jane Yolen
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"What do you get when you cross Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Isaac Bashevis Singer?"
The Washington Post
haha, is it okay that I totally feel bad for the troll in the fourth panel? xD However, the ‘I feel dirty’ comment made me laugh, it’s so cute. xD And I love Mirka’s last line, too. =)
haha, is it okay that I totally feel bad for the troll in the fourth panel? xD However, the ‘I feel dirty’ comment made me laugh, it’s so cute. xD And I love Mirka’s last line, too. =)
There’s something really cute about that last panel.
There’s something really cute about that last panel.
Oh HELL! I wanted to see the look on everyone’s face when she brought the sword home!
Oh HELL! I wanted to see the look on everyone’s face when she brought the sword home!
Hahahaha! Oh, that was brilliant. I love the way you showed the differences in light as the sun came up as well, that’s really impressive.
Hahahaha! Oh, that was brilliant. I love the way you showed the differences in light as the sun came up as well, that’s really impressive.
The punchline in the last panel had me belly-laughing for like two minutes. Loved it. 😀
The punchline in the last panel had me belly-laughing for like two minutes. Loved it. 😀
In the 5th panel, Mirka looks JUST LIKE the witch!! Foreshadowing?
So where is the sword? Will the troll come back to life once the sun sets?
In the 5th panel, Mirka looks JUST LIKE the witch!! Foreshadowing?
So where is the sword? Will the troll come back to life once the sun sets?
The style seems to have changed so much from even the last page… was there a break in between drawing them?
and I love how Mirkale turned the situation on its head in the last panel. I’ve just got this feeling that it’s not going to turn out good… Like the troll goes back to being nasty in the moonlight, or has the power to move the whole ensemble way for away in the blink of an eye, taking the sword with him.
I wonder how she’s going to deal with missing prayers.
The style seems to have changed so much from even the last page… was there a break in between drawing them?
and I love how Mirkale turned the situation on its head in the last panel. I’ve just got this feeling that it’s not going to turn out good… Like the troll goes back to being nasty in the moonlight, or has the power to move the whole ensemble way for away in the blink of an eye, taking the sword with him.
I wonder how she’s going to deal with missing prayers.
To tell the truth, I’m a little disappointed at this end of the fight. Because in the end Mirka won through force, taking advantage of the (admittedly temporarily) weaker party rather than winning through a contest of skill. Not sure what I expected or wanted, but whatever it was I didn’t quite get it. (Barry: don’t take this criticism too much to heart. I am essentially never satisfied with the end of stories that I like. Some sort of subconcious annoyance that it’s ending, perhaps. Or maybe it’s just very, very difficult to make a climactic scene that fulfills the expectations when they’re this high.)
To tell the truth, I’m a little disappointed at this end of the fight. Because in the end Mirka won through force, taking advantage of the (admittedly temporarily) weaker party rather than winning through a contest of skill. Not sure what I expected or wanted, but whatever it was I didn’t quite get it. (Barry: don’t take this criticism too much to heart. I am essentially never satisfied with the end of stories that I like. Some sort of subconcious annoyance that it’s ending, perhaps. Or maybe it’s just very, very difficult to make a climactic scene that fulfills the expectations when they’re this high.)
Wait! That troll…is it actually a sheep?
Wait! That troll…is it actually a sheep?
Dianne,
But Mirka did win with skill– just not knitting skill. She used her cleverness and her ability to debate to overwhelm the troll and take control of the situation, which is really what any contest is truely about. Threatening to unravel him may have been nasty, but do you really think the troll would have been willing to admit defeat otherwise?
Dianne,
But Mirka did win with skill– just not knitting skill. She used her cleverness and her ability to debate to overwhelm the troll and take control of the situation, which is really what any contest is truely about. Threatening to unravel him may have been nasty, but do you really think the troll would have been willing to admit defeat otherwise?
I don’t know…I think I was hoping that Mirka would argue the troll into such a confused state that it would end up having a meltdown and being unable to explain why its sweater was better–at which point it would go into an ad hominem attack of Mirka and she would win on the “the first to make an ad hom attack loses” grounds. But maybe I’m taking the troll/internet troll analogy too far.
Plus I was secretly hoping that the troll would in the end agree that her sweater was better and we’d get a drawing of the troll wearing Mirka’s sweater. (Hmm…do you suppose that if I bought another dead tree edition I could convince Barry to do that as my bonus sketch?)
I don’t know…I think I was hoping that Mirka would argue the troll into such a confused state that it would end up having a meltdown and being unable to explain why its sweater was better–at which point it would go into an ad hominem attack of Mirka and she would win on the “the first to make an ad hom attack loses” grounds. But maybe I’m taking the troll/internet troll analogy too far.
Plus I was secretly hoping that the troll would in the end agree that her sweater was better and we’d get a drawing of the troll wearing Mirka’s sweater. (Hmm…do you suppose that if I bought another dead tree edition I could convince Barry to do that as my bonus sketch?)