#Jo Rioux

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jo Rioux

#art #Illustration #drawing #unicorn #Jo Rioux

[godzilla-reads]

🌊 The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Based on the old Britton tale, there is a wonderful and luscious kingdom called Ys where a magical queen and her king rule, but when the queen dies and leaves the king in mourning with two daughters, the dark secrets start to emerge.

I had never heard of this folktale and I feel like after reading the story, the choice of a graphic novel to depict it was fabulous. This story dives into the dark reality of what it takes to keep an empire and how we can’t always have a happy choice. The two sisters showed the duality of this thought and I really wanted to hate Dahut, the younger sister, but I felt like she was created by her father into this image that she was made to fill.

Jo Rioux’s art style really made this tale come to life and it was reminiscent of movies by Cartoon Saloon, like The Secret of Kells or Song of the Sea.

#godzilla reads #the daughters of Ys #m.t. Anderson #Jo Rioux #book review #graphic novels #reading #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book blog #booklover #bibliophile

[keepxsolxinxsolxinvictus]

#krampus #krampusnacht #krampus night #jo rioux #joriouxdraws #december 5 #st. nicholas eve

[twkirky]

Fanart of M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux’s The Daughters of Ys

#The Daughters of Ys #fan art #jo rioux #graphic novel #comics #art #Illustration

[booksandwords]

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson. Illustrated by Jo Rioux

Age Recommendation: Tween and up Art Style: Pencil style (digital) Topic/ Theme: Family, Loyalty and Repercussions Setting: The city of Ys on the coast of Brittany

Rating: 4/5

The first thing that you probably need to know about this is the thing that is written last in the book, though it was written in the blurb as well. "Daughters of Ys is based on an ancient Breton folktale.". Brenton is something of what became French, the land itself was in Brittany (aka Wales and part of England). All the existing version of the folktale provided by Anderson are in what appears to be French. This is relevant only because this all means it is not something that Anderson just made up. Also, it makes Rioux's art decisions fantastic, the style and colouring are well suited to indicate that it is an aged piece. It's not something new. This is a good way to story and I could see it being used in a number of ways in educational institutions (sorry that is my high school librarian side talking).

The Daughter s of the Ys tells the story of the two titular daughters of Lady Malgven after her death, Princesses Rozenn and Dahut. It starts with their father, King Gradion recalling their unusual meeting and coming together to Malgven's death and her gifts traits inherited by her daughters. "Rozenn, my eldest, to you she gave her love of wild things and lonely places... And to you Dahut her love of wonders and miracles". It is here the problems start. in a single person those are well-balanced traits, but practical sense they cause the sisters to have opposite world views. We meet the sisters as children but for the most part, they are young women of indeterminate age living vastly different lives. Princess Rozenn in the moors with the people and the wild things coming to court only when absolutely necessary as the future Queen, Princess Dahut the popular and necessary to impress court lady. The story is Dahut and their mother's secret unravelling in the most violent way possible and what happened next. It is a well-paced and written piece that makes good use of the art to tell the story where words would be too much.

Because the art is integral to the storytelling here it had to be done well. And it was that. It pulls you in. As already said the style suits the setting, the people look right, the art does not look modern if that makes sense. All the main character are distinct, which I find can be an issue in some graphic novels. Not only are the characters distinct the different worlds that Rozenn and Dahut inhabit their different lives. And it shows the changes in their worlds as they get darker. All in all, it's just a beautiful book, that is definitely work a read if you like historical works or graphic fiction.

#m.t. anderson #jo rioux #the daughters of ys #read 2021 #book review #ktreviews #folk tales #graphic novels #booklr

[graphicpolicy]

Cat's Cradle: The Mole King's Lair is entertaining but feels like a chapter of a bigger story

Cat's Cradle: The Mole King's Lair is entertaining but feels like a chapter of a bigger story #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Suri loves monsters―studying their lore, telling stories about them (for a fee), and―she hopes―one day taming them. Unfortunately, no one takes an orphan street-urchin who travels with a merchant camp very seriously. But Suri’s self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serve her well when a mysterious new wagon joins her camp―holding something very big, very loud, and very monstrous. Story: Jo…

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#cats cradle #cats cradle: the mole kings lair #featured #first second #graphic novel #graphic novels #jo rioux #video

[rosepompadour]

Unlike Jo, Amy embraces her budding womanhood, which she feels empowers rather than diminishes her. At sixteen, she has the air and bearing of a full-grown woman” and has “learned to use the gift of fascination with which she was endowed.” Although not a natural beauty like Meg, the blonde, blue-eyed Amy easily succeeds at making herself into a fashionable work of art, gaining first the attention of Laurie's college friends, then Fred Vaughn, and finally Laurie himself. It is not only with men that she succeeds, however. She wins over her fellow art school students, the mean girls at the fair, and then her aunts, one of whom takes her to Europe. Once abroad, Amy blossoms further. “Always mature for her age,” she now becomes “more of a woman of the world.” She enjoys her power over men (including Laurie) and tears around Nice in her own carriage, taking the reins herself and yelling out to Laurie in the street, her “free manners” scandalizing a French mother who hurries her young daughter in the opposite direction. Amy was the daring American girl abroad ten years before the publication of Henry James's Daisy Miller. In the end, of course, Amy wins Laurie and decides that she won't be an artist after all (because she possesses talent but not genius, something Laurie also discovers about his music). Readers often forget that Amy wants to become a famous artist because she gives it up so easily. She will become instead, as the wealthy Laurie's wife, “an ornament to society.” To many readers, Amy has seemed to be the clear winner among the four March sisters. In her New York Times essay “Amy Had Golden Curls; Jo Had a Rat. Who Would You Rather Be?” film and book critic Caryn James wrote that favoring Amy over the other girls was a "no-brainer." Pretty Amy went to Europe, had adventures, and married the dashing boy next door, while Jo lived in a dumpy boardinghouse in New York and married a boring professor. - Anne Boyd Rioux, Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters 

#amy was always my favorite #that was a very controversial stance to take pre-florence pugh #so many slumber parties ruined! #but she's artistic and funny and not nearly as preachy or infuriatingly moral as her sisters #going to europe and snagging the rich boy was just the icing on the superior cake that has always been amy march #little women #little women 2019 #florence pugh #florencepughedit #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #littlewomenedit #bookedit #filmedit #louisa may alcott #*

[gilsart]

where did you learn your current art style? any inspirations?

hi, i have different art styles! although it's basically just the same one being simplified and stylized to my personal liking. i usually draw like this:

(this is one of my ocs!)

i think it was inspired by various authors, it started to develop when i was around 17. i'd say the turning point was reading hikaru suruga & gun snark's "birth of levi" (from my snk fixation phase, the anime also did something to my style), waka hirako's "my broken mariko" (later on), and overall watching hirohiko araki's "jojo" (in 2020). the last one especially, i've been told it shows.

as you can tell i started out basing it on a style that was more manga aligned, which then shifted into something more "european" (for lack of a better word) when i started reading graphic novels. quick list of some stories that i think did something to my style:

flavia biondi, "le maldicenze" and "la generazione" although only available in italian as far as i know

giacomo bevilacqua, "il suono del mondo a memoria" (also only available in italian? but with this one i am not sure)

tillie walden, "are you listening?"

m. t. anderson & jo rioux, "the daughters of ys"

@/ankun_art (on ig !), "blue" (this is also in italian and i have no clue if ankun had it translated)

along with this i have other artists in mind i like on a storytelling level, such as flavia biondi (mentioned her already). as for coloring, i would really like to achieve giacomo bevilacqua's level (i have also already mentioned him), but i keep my expectations low. :')

i am also a wh0re for klimt and everything that's gold and full of frills. so there's that

#i am absolutely not comparing myself to klimt in the slightest but yk #i aspire to that kind of way of portraying intimacy #i hope this is enough!! #answers

[queerical]

books of 2023

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

A Series of Unfortunate Events 5-13 by Lemony Snicket

Abbott: 1973

Alone in Space: A Collection by Tillie Walden

Aquaman: The Becoming

Aquamen (2022)

Arkham City: The Order of the World

Batgirl (2000)

Bylines In Blood

Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean, Mosskat

Crush & Lobo

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson, Jo Rioux

DC Pride: Tim Drake Special

Elektra (2014)

The Forest by Thomas Ott

Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod, Jess Taylor

Gimmick! by Youzaburou Kanari

House of Slaughter, Volumes 1-2

The Illustrator by Steven Heller, Julius Wiedemann

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

Jessica Jones (2016)

Jessica Jones: Blind Spot

Justice League: A League of One

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish

Metro Survive by Yuki Fujisawa

Midnighter (2016)

Mister Miracle: The Great Escape by Varian Johnson, Daniel Isles

Moon Knight (2011)

More is More is More: Today's Maximalist Interiors by Carl Dellatore

Ms. Marvel (2014), Volumes 1-2

Natsume's Book of Friends, Volumes 12-28 by Yuki Midorikawa

Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

Nubia: Real One by L.L. MicKenney, Robyn Smith

Power Girl Returns

Pretty Deadly

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Rogue Sun, Volume 2

Rough Terrain by Annbeth Albert

Run Away With Me, Girl by Battan

Runaways (2003-2008)

SFSX (Safe Sex)

Silver Diamond, Volumes 1-9 by Shiho Sugiura

Sins of the Black Flamingo

Soulless: The Manga by Gail Carringer

Spider-Man/Deadpool, Volumes 1-6

The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego, Joe Whitt

Still Life: Contemporary Paintings by Amber Creswell Bell

Storm (2014)

Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography From NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie Quinn

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011)

Until I Meet My Husband by Ryounosuke Nanasaki

Wakanda

Watercolor: Paintings of Contemporary Artists

What Did You Eat Yesterday? Volume 19 by Fumi Yoshinaga

Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert

The Well by Jake Wyett, Choo

The Wendy Project by Melissa Jane Osborne, Veronica Fish

The Wild Orphan by Robert Froman

Wonder Woman: Black & Gold

X-Men (2013)

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez, Julie Maroh

Young Avengers (2005-2012)

#queerical reads #bold means strongly recommended #some of these were re-reads #i didnt include the books i finished but didnt like

[stoneantler]

The best graphic novels I read in 2023 in no particular order:

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed trans. Deena Mohamed Keeping Two by Jordan Crane Tomie by Junji Ito Panther by Brecht Evens trans. Laura Watkinson Stone Fruit by Lee Lai The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle trans. Geoffrey Brock Uzumaki by Junji Ito Letter to Survivors by Gébé trans. Edward Gauvin The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux

#2023 book list #reading wrapped #graphic novels #reading list #lit tag

[evergardenwall]

a redraw of an illustration by jo rioux on instagram for a draw this in your style ✨

#artists on tumblr #draw this in your style #dtyis #original characters #doodles #sketches #entries #my art

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jo Rioux

#art #traditional art #Illustration #drawing #Jo Rioux

[godzilla-reads]

🌸 June Reading Wrap-Up 🌸

In June I read 12 books total, bringing my yearly total to 85 books! My top 3 are the starred titles in my list:

🛍️ The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko

🦋 The Moth Keeper by K. O’Neill

⭐️ On Being a Bear: Face to Face with Our Wild Sibling by Rémy Marion (trans. David Warriner)

🌊 The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux

🤘 Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned by Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason, and Jim Charalampidis

🧚‍♀️ The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories edited by Kel McDonald and Kate Ashwin

🐲 Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen

🏳️‍🌈 The DC Book of Pride: A Celebration of DC’s LGBTQIA+ Characters by Jadzia Axelrod

⭐️ The Fire Within by Chris d’Lacey

⭐️ Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae edited by Elizabeth Dearnley

👀 In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu

🐺 Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, Troy Nixey, and Matt Hollingsworth

#godzilla reads #June reading wrap up #reading wrap up #books read in June 2023 #books read in June #books read in 2023 #reading #fave books #booklr #book blog #bookish #bookworm #booklover #bibliophile

[nowisthewinter]

A Draw This in your Style challenge from Jo Rioux. 

#drawing #art #illustration #dtiys #artchallenge #I like how the face turned out

[ravenya003]

Stuff I Read/Watching in February...

Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge

Monstress: Volume 8 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Cat’s Cradle: The Mole King’s Lair by Jo Rioux

Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Chris Riddell

Kristy’s Mystery Admirer by Anne M. Martin

Poor Mallory! by Anne M. Martin

The Harvest by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Utterly Dark and the Face of the Wild by Philip Reeve

The Lost Kingdom of Lantia by Maggie Hamilton

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Mirrormask (2005)

Song of the Sea (2014)

When Marnie Was There (2014)

The Little Prince (2015)

Cocaine Bear (2023)

A Haunting in Venice (2023)

Nancy Drew: Season 3 (2021 – 2022)

Evil: Season 3 (2022)

The Great: Season 3 (2023)

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#rav's watching log #rav's reading log

[dresyreads]

The Grimoire of Grave Fates is a Buddy read I'm currently doing with a friend, so technically I am only halfway through with it as I am waiting to read the next portion after my friend finishes.

These are just the physical book's I've read this week, I do also read Fanfiction (which is shared here after I finish the fic), And I have read a couple ebooks this week as well. See below for a list!

Kiraide Isasete by Hijiki Volumes 1-5

The Alpha's Bride by Kaoru Iwamoto & Yukimura Kanae

The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Washed Up [With A Kraken] by L.E. Eldridge

#reading #read #booklr #bookworm #used books #book club #new books #books #fast reading #fanfiction #2024 reading challenge #2024 readings #2024