El Deafo by Cece Bell
El Deafo is maybe the first graphic novel I’ve ever read from beginning to end. That seems weird to say because I know a lot of students who read them, but I’ve never been drawn to them.
I read El Deafo because I had the chance to meet Cece Bell at a recent conference and after hearing her speak, I was interested to read the story.
BREAKING NEWS: First of all, I didn’t realize that Cece Bell was married to Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame. I don’t know why that was so exciting to me, but it was!
El Deafo is a somewhat autobiographical story of Cece, growing up deaf. I found it interesting that Cece said she struggled with writing this book because she didn’t want to be known as the “deaf” author.
It is a sweet story of a girl coming to terms with what life has dealt her. She doesn’t always handle it in the easiest manner, but who does?
I can’t say that graphic novels are my favorite or that I would pick one up without a specific reason for reading it, but I am glad that I read it.
BREAKING NEWS: I also found it interesting that Cece said that the graphic novel authors don’t have any say on the colors in their books. That’s as fascinating as authors not having say in the covers of their books.
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