Rex Libris

This isn't a kids' title, but I have to rave about a graphic novel I read: Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner. It's funny and intellectual. Even better, the main character is a LIBRARIAN WHO KICKS A**!!! (excuse my language, please) His boss is the Egyptian god Thoth, and his co-workers are Circe (yes, the sorceress) and Hypatia (not the original, but a new trainee). All the librarians are very conservatively dressed, but they can also all handle the toughest of patrons (in a flashback to her training, Hypatia is show literally kicking someone who looks like Special Forces while wearing a non-regulation bustier). The art is all black and white and computer generated, so it's a little stiff, but that contributes to the style of the book.

Fun stuff that I can't put on my shelf!