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Genevieve Valentine @glvalentine.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Delighted that TWO GRAVES is on ALA's Best Graphic Novels of the Year Reading List! (Especially chuffed about essayist shout-outs: @sarahmccarry.bsky.social, @esedia.bsky.social, @nkjemisin.bsky.social, Veronica Schanoes, and Stephanie Lai!) www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/bes...

Clipping from ALA's Best Graphic Novels Reading List - 2023 Nominations: "Two Graves Vol. 1: Wish You Were Here. Written by Genevieve Valentine. Art by Ming Doyle & Annie Wu. Colors by Lee Loughridge. Lettering by Aditya Bidikar. Essays by N.K. Jemisin, Stephanie Lai, Sarah McCarry, Veronica Schanoes, and Ekaterina Sedia. 2023. Image Comics. $12.99 (9781534399372).
In this play on the classic story of Persephone, Death comes for Emilia, and they find themselves on a cross-country road trip with mysterious figures hunting them. Told from both Death's and Emilia's point of view, the story unfolds its mystery slowly across scenes."

The cover of the first volume of TWO GRAVES; on a black ground, portraits of Emilia (drawn by Annie Wu) and Death (drawn by Ming Doyle) face away from each other, surrounded by elements of the road trip.