"...The enormously talented Donner is unafraid of taking risks with Burnout, and it pays off, with a cautionary, edgy and unputdownable story. Grade: A." --Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News / Oakland Tribune / Contra Costa Times Read the entire review here.
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Comics Worth Reading Reviews Burnout
Comics Worth Reading has just published a review of Burnout! "This book doesn’t provide a lot of pat answers or simple life lessons. Like reality, things here are more complicated...." Read the entire review here.
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Rebecca Interviewed in Comics Worth Reading
Joanna Draper Carlson interviewed Rebecca for Comics Worth Reading: CWR: So, a logging town in Oregon. Why that setting? Any personal connections? RD: Years ago I went on a road trip with friends, and one of the places we stopped was a small town in the coastal mountain range of Oregon. It made an indelible impression on me. CWR: What’s your take on eco-terrorism? RD: When an act of vandalism is considered an act of terrorism, an important distinction has been lost. Read the entire interview here.
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Eye on Comics Reviews Burnout
Eye on Comics Reviews Burnout! "I’ve read nothing of novelist Rebecca Donner’s work before, but I enjoyed the quiet tone, her sullen characters and slightly off-the-wall premise...Burnout definitely stands out as another creative success for the Minx line." Read the entire review here.
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ComicMix Reviews Burnout
Van Jensen reviews Burnout in ComicMix: "Donner very effectively translates the caged sensation of youth, and the struggles (often misguided) to break free...while the message of Burnout isn't a happy-go-lucky one, it is honest. For that and much more, it's a story that lingers in the mind, like the sharp pain of a burn." Read the entire review here.
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Comic Book Resources Reviews Burnout
Van Jensen interviews Rebecca for Comic Book Resources: "Of the new books coming out from DC Comics' young adult Minx line this summer, Burnout is surely the hottest, featuring fiery teenage relationships and forests ablaze..." Read the entire interview here.
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Kirkus Reviews Burnout
Kirkus Reviews reviews Burnout: "Novelist Donner tries her hand at graphic novels in this new offering in the Minx line. Relocated to the Pacific Northwest by her mother, Danni is thrust into a new household with her mother's temperamental alcoholic boyfriend, Hank, and his enigmatic son Haskell. Strangely assigned to room together by Hank, Danni falls for her brooding almost-stepbrother and shockingly discovers that he is an eco-terrorist. Both Danni's and her mother's destructive relationships compellingly demonstrate how smart girls' bad choices can land them in troubling situations. Danni is a likable character, and her flaws and missteps should resonate with any teen girl who has ever fallen for the wrong boy. Miranda's art, sweeping and cinematic in scope, greatly complements Donner's writing..."
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Rebecca Donner and Brian Wood at MoCCA
On Saturday June 7 from 2:30-3:30pm, Rebecca Donner and Brian Wood will appear together as panelists and interview each other about their Minx titles at MoCCA (The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) Art Festival 2008.
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iFanboy Video Podcast
iFanboy video podcast of Rebecca being interviewed about Burnout. See the podcast... (fast forward to the 30:00 mark)
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Rebecca Reads New Short Story at Open City / KGB Reading
On Wednesday, April 30 at 7pm, Rebecca will be reading a new short story at the Open City KGB Reading at KGB Bar (85 East 4th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues).
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