If you’re Norwegian, that title makes perfect sense. Otherwise, keep reading to find out what’s up!
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New Releases
Nervosa by Hayley Gold
By the time Gold was 12 years old, she was already struggling with disordered eating. The doctors and nurses at the in-patient facility where she was sent cared little for her and the other patients, so it was easy to trick them into believing she was getting better. Gold would instead have to find her own way of recovering from her debilitating mental illness.
Tista Volume One by Tatsuya Endo
By day, Tista goes to college to become a teacher. By night, she is Sister Militia, an assassin bent on picking off New York’s mobsters one by one. In this series from the creator of the acclaimed Spy x Family, Tista struggles to keep her dual lives separate — and with her feelings for a young man, which could bring down her entire operation.
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Riot Recommendations
Today’s Riot Rec theme is: murder and mayhem! In Norway, Påskekrim (Easter crime) is a beloved tradition, with people indulging their love of crime fiction and nonfiction as they prepare for Easter. Here are two comics about crime that you can read to celebrate your own version of Påskekrim!
Ryuko by Eldo Yoshimizu
As a member of the Yakuza, Ryuko has always been faced with tough, morally gray (at best) decisions. But when someone kidnaps her mother and compels her to kill her own father, she embarks on a violent quest for revenge, no matter the costs or consequences.
Harley Quinn Black + White + Red by Various
Harley Quinn, everyone’s favorite criminal clown (sorry-not-sorry, Joker), returns in this anthology collection featuring some of DC’s greatest talents. You’ll learn about Harley’s backstory, as well as some alternate-universe versions of the deranged yet dashing Dr. Quinn, told through striking black and white (and some red, of course) illustrations.
If you’re celebrating Easter this weekend, I hope you have a nice time! Me, I’ll be celebrating my dog’s first birthday on Monday. Here she is when we first got her at two months old — ain’t she adorable?
~Eileen