DR. ADRIANE IVEY received her PhD in English Literature from the University of Oregon. Her areas of specialty are African-American literature, Rhetoric, and Freshman Composition, but she’s taught courses and directed studies ranging from Advanced Grammar to the YA fantasy of Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia to television shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her work, particularly her study of African-American literature, is often informed by her study of Christian theology. Currently, she’s been studying a relatively new genre blend: Crime novels by women that feature female PIs and employ conventions of contemporary Romance novels. She thinks 
Runaways: Pride & Joy by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Adrian Alphona (pencils)
What do you do when you find out your parents aren’t who you thought they were? Brian K. Vaughan deals with ages-old drama of teenagers confronting the fallibility of their parents in an interesting and exciting way. Though most of us have never discovered that our parents are part of a super-villain syndicate that includes a couple of crime lords who put Kingpin to shame — as well as mutants, aliens, time travelers, sorcerers, and mad scientists — most people can remember the day they realized that their parents are human and fallible, and maybe just a bit hypocritical. While most teenagers feel at some point that their parents are evil, Vaughan’s fantastic teenage heroes know their parents are EVIL. We follow them in this first volume of RUNAWAYS as they struggle to figure out how to use their newly discovered powers not only to rebel aga... Read More
