March 13, 2010
The New York Times Book Review
on CCS’s Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean
“It’s very well written, even captivating at times, and Ben Towle’s black, white and blue art suggests the feeling of flight when it moves from panel-packed spreads to more open and expansive ones as the story, along with Amelia’s plane, takes off. The presentation — a sort of graphic-novel-style biography — is a breath of fresh air.”
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