laura_seabrook | Janes in Love

Borrowed a graphic novel from Lake Macquarie Library recently called Janes in Love, by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg. This is a sequel to an earlier story The Plain Janes (which I haven't read), and follows the exploits of four girls named Jane who are in an arts group called People Loving Art In Neighbourhoods or P.L.A.I.N.

I borrowed the book from Swansea library, and had in fact read it all before I got home that day. I couldn't put it down once a started. the main characters are all teenagers in high school, but the themes that surround their lives (friends, relationships, art and the meaning of life) seem pretty universal (and important) to me. The panels below struck me especially:

That's a question I was asking myself at the time! I like the artwork - it's practical but also perfectly suited to the story, giving the reader a sense of everyday suburbia and life. It also reminds me of Love and Rockets, which I read during the 80s. I must hunt down the first book.