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304 voters
Good as Lily
A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy--while she and her friends struggle to save a crumbling school play.
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
August 1st 2007
by Minx
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Okay, obviously I'm biased because my husband and I appear on page 74. But with Derek Kirk Kim writing and Jesse Hamm drawing, it's like the two greatest forces in the universe have combined to bring you an '80s teen movie in comic-book form. Very cute stuff.
SPOILERS: I also like that the entire plot is that the heroine's life will be ruined forever if she doesn't go out with the guy who looks like Derek. Advantage: KIM!
After getting knocked back by a pinata on her 18th birthday, the main character meets her 6, 29, and 70-yr-old selves, all 3 of whom she hides in her bedroom while trying to save the school play which was axed due to school budget cuts. Unfortunately, the copy I recieved from the library was bound incorrectly and was missing a crucial 30 pages 2/3 of the way through...I guess I'll never know if Grace's 29-yr-old self got to make out with the hot drama teacher, sigh. Even considering the missing...more
Good As Lily is a graphic novel written by Derek Kirk Kim and illustrated by Jesse Hamm. It tells the story of a teenager, Grace Kwon, who is celebrating her eighteenth birthday when something really strange happens. After getting hit by a piñata, she comes across three different versions of herself from different periods in her life— a little girl at age 6, a mature woman at age 29, and an old lady at age 70. Together they try to figure out how they got there, while trying to salvage Grace’s sc...more
*sigh* I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I actually did. It wasn't that it was bad, it's just that it wasn't as good as I expected it to be.
The story itself was decent. There were some funny parts, and some really sweet parts and even some emotional parts. I did actually start to care what happened to Grace and her other selves. The artwork was decent. Not as detailed as I would have liked, but not horrible. My favorite character in the whole book was Grace's oldest other self. She wa...more
The story itself was decent. There were some funny parts, and some really sweet parts and even some emotional parts. I did actually start to care what happened to Grace and her other selves. The artwork was decent. Not as detailed as I would have liked, but not horrible. My favorite character in the whole book was Grace's oldest other self. She wa...more
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Well I didn't have to think twice about Kirk Kim. I kind of love that guy.
And it's from the same imprint as the Plain Janes, which is basically geared at slighty-out-casty just-a-little-too-smart teenage girls. I still got some of that in me, and that girl enjoyed this pretty well.
The idea of meeting one's childhood, twenty-something and old lady self (and those selves having to get along) was pretty swell, and the main character had some cool friends (and aw, a nice dude friend who was in love...more
And it's from the same imprint as the Plain Janes, which is basically geared at slighty-out-casty just-a-little-too-smart teenage girls. I still got some of that in me, and that girl enjoyed this pretty well.
The idea of meeting one's childhood, twenty-something and old lady self (and those selves having to get along) was pretty swell, and the main character had some cool friends (and aw, a nice dude friend who was in love...more
Good as Lily is the story of young woman, Grace, finding her way through life, love, the future, and high school. Grace is a Korean-American high school student who on her 18th birthday finds herself with some rather unusual companions, multiple versions of herself at different ages. Together they explore the meaning of life and surviving high school.
Kim deftly tells a tale of Grace, her friends, and the other Grace's, overcoming their fears and dreams to achieve reality. At times they fail and...more
Kim deftly tells a tale of Grace, her friends, and the other Grace's, overcoming their fears and dreams to achieve reality. At times they fail and...more
As yet another graphic novel from Minx, I remain impressed with the quality of their publications. So often graphic novels seem to suffer from mediocre story lines but these fail to disappoint. Instead, Good as Lily excels with a plot that is intriguing with a thoughtful message softly nestled inside. Additionally, the plot line is easily carried through dialog, the medium of the graphic novel and contains a decent amount of action that gives the illustrator enough material to play with to make...more
Aug 25, 2008
Agathafrye
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
nearly any teen girl
Shelves:
young-adult,
graphic-novels
Very cool storyline, and I loved the artwork in this Minx graphic novel. The main character Grace is an awesome and authentically flawed teen who somehow ends up having to hang out with herself at age 6, 29, and 70 years old for a week or so. Of course, she learns some lessons from her previous and future selves along the way. Only slightly related: I really want a backscratching tshirt like the one that Grace's best friend gave her for her birthday.
I'm just beginning to find my way around graphic novels and I really enjoyed this one about a Korean-American teenage girl, Grace Kwon. On her 18th birthday, Grace meets herself as a 6, 29 and 70 year old. Each of the three "other" Graces hang around until something about their life—at that point in Grace's life—is reconciled. There is a real sweetness to the story, which also deals with high school friendships, rivalry and romance.
“Good as Lily” is a graphic novel written by Derek Kirk Kim and illustrated by Jesse Hamm. The young adult novel tells the story of Grace Kwon who encounters a series of weird events when turning 18. That night, she meets 3 different aged versions of herself – a 6, 29 and 70 year old. Together, she tries to help them / help herself get them out of her life, all the while trying to save her collapsing school play which was axed due to school budget cut.
The illustrations in the graphic novel were...more
The illustrations in the graphic novel were...more
I enjoyed this story and found it to be a very quick read. The idea of different perspectives at varying ages is one that I generally find engaging. I have some confusion about the end in terms of how things work on the present/future continuum. There seems to be an inconsistency in terms of what does and does not change.
Grace is a high school senior looking for her place in the world. She has the lead in the high school play and has been accepted to Sanford, but she still has questions and iss...more
Grace is a high school senior looking for her place in the world. She has the lead in the high school play and has been accepted to Sanford, but she still has questions and iss...more
This book is proof that you can't always trust that books from the same line are equal. I read Plain Janes before this one, and it was safe to hand to my youngest son. This one is not. None of the art is graphic, but it contains a few sexual references that are OK for my 16-year-old, but not for my 12- and 10-year-olds.
The story itself is pretty good. A girl finds three other versions of herself, two from the future and one from the past. She spends the bulk of the book trying to figure out what...more
The story itself is pretty good. A girl finds three other versions of herself, two from the future and one from the past. She spends the bulk of the book trying to figure out what...more
This is another book published by Minx, which is an imprint of DC aimed at teenage girls. I'm not a teenage girl, but I liked this book and P.L.A.I.N. Janes. Good as Lily is written by Derek Kirk Kim and drawn by Jesse Hamm. The book deals with a second generation Korean teen, Grace, who meets three different versions of herself i.e. her at 6, 29 and 70.
Ages 13+ (some profanity, themes: geriatric suicide attempt & crush on teacher) On her 18th birthday, Grace gets bonked on the head by a pinata. Shortly thereafter, she meets three of herself - at ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy. Grace accepts her dopplegangers too quickly and often behaves irrationally towards them - especially to her lovelorn twenty nine year old self, who decides to pursue the teacher that 18 year old Grace has a crush on. While the cover art is great, I would have lik...more
Grace Kwon's 18th birthday celebration with her friends in the park ends rather bizarrely when ends up buying a pinate from a cart instead of ice cream and then when she finally breaks it open it not only lands on her head, but also is EMPTY! :( When she realizes in the night that she's left her cool new t-shirt from her guy pal in the park she sneaks back to get it only to find 3 more versions of herself there. How did this happen? What is she going to do about herself at 6, 29 and 70 strolling...more
The title sucks. I tend to really notice when a title has really nothing to do with the overall theme of the story. While I really loved the character development and overall novelty of the story, the name doesn't quite do it justice. I also didn't like the "Regifters" title, so maybe these books are just poorly titled.
Anyway. This book is not about Lily. The book is about a girl named Grace who gets an empty pinata on her 18th birthday party. The reason it's empty, is that the prizes inside ma...more
Anyway. This book is not about Lily. The book is about a girl named Grace who gets an empty pinata on her 18th birthday party. The reason it's empty, is that the prizes inside ma...more
On her 18th birthday, a strange incident causes Korean-American Grace Kwon to encounter three other versions of herself; at six, twenty-nine, and seventy. They dog her steps (and sleep in her bedroom) while she and her friends struggle to save the school play. It’s only when Grace confronts each of her other selves’ issues and regrets and makes some changes in her own life that the duplicates vanish.
This was a fun book, and a quick read. The dialogue was spot-on in how high school kids talk to e...more
This was a fun book, and a quick read. The dialogue was spot-on in how high school kids talk to e...more
Honestly, I was pretty meh on this one. I like the concept, and some of the humor and emotional content is good, but I wasn't that into it. I think it's partly because there are a couple of things I'm not that big a fan of: the girl who really doesn't see the guy romantically AT ALL but he keeps on trying and trying and eventually she just wakes up and decides that actually she's in love with him, and the old lady who smokes and says intentionally inflammatory things. (I actually really like the...more
Just what the world needed: a comic where the whole message is that if you don't date the "nice guy" in high school, you'll end up alone forever and ever and wishing you'd just gone out with that nice boy who knew what your favorite muffin was and golly, he thought you were pretty!
In other words: this is so many teen romance movies in comic form, written by a guy who probably didn't get the girl he wanted in high school and has gotten his revenge by writing a comic where it's made clear the impo...more
In other words: this is so many teen romance movies in comic form, written by a guy who probably didn't get the girl he wanted in high school and has gotten his revenge by writing a comic where it's made clear the impo...more
I really enjoyed this short graphic novel from Derek Kirk Kim. I picked up this volume after reading his collaboration with another of my favorite graphic novel writers/illustrators, Gene Luen Yang. The whole idea of this comic is brilliant, and that goes the same for the artwork. Grace is a Korean girl who has just turned 18. After celebrating with her friends at a local park, she goes back home and then remembers she left one of the presents back at the park. While there, she runs into herself...more
DC Comics Minx books, teen target audience. I like the fact that this book doesn't dumb down the story to point out the obvious. The characters are fallible, the family tensions not overblown, and the story is clever. I enjoyed both the art and the story, and can see the appeal for all ages. There are a variety of topics addressed, but for the most part only briefly; death, rejection, unrequited love, loneliness, jealousy. This book doesn't weigh itself down with either tone or dialogue. Rather,...more
Good as Lily had it's cute moments, but other moments were just awkward. The title suggests that Grace is trying to live up to the light of her big sister Lily. This theme is only a small fraction of the graphic novel, not deserving of being the main title. For a quick read I can't complain much, though as with any graphic novel I have to enjoy the art work. This graphic novel was drawn very simply and not much detail was given. I probably would not recommend this book to someone else, but it wa...more
A fun, genial story about a well-adjusted Korean American high school senior, just turned 18, whose past and future selves nudge her into greater present felicity. I liked how casually it presented the diversity of Asian-American experience: not everyone is good at school, not everyone looks Margaret Yang, not everyone has tiger parents. I also liked the joke about how Koreans usually don't have butts. 3 stars only because it's so lightweight, and because the Lily storyline was dealt with so cas...more
Oct 25, 2011
El Templo de las Mil Puertas
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"Grace Kwon acaba de cumplir 18 años y de "regalo" recibe la visita de sus "yos" con 6, 29 y 70 años, ¡como si la vida de adolescente no fuese suficientemente complicada de por sí! Cómo aparecen en su vida probablemente tiene que ver con una extraña piñata en forma de cerdito que se resiste a romper. El porqué de esta visita tan especial lo irás descubriendo a medida que pases las páginas del cómic. Ante todo, es una historia de aprendizaje, de descubrimiento y de amistad. Si algo tiene Como Lil...more
Si algo tiene Como Lily de lo que uno se podría quejar, es que sufre de una compresión alarmante. La historia daría para más páginas e incluso tomos, como cualquier buen shoujo japonés, pero los cómics de la colección MINX tenían un límite de páginas y a Grace 144 se le quedaron cortas. De todas formas, Derek Kirk Kim hizo un gran trabajo de caracterización de los personajes dotándoles de carisma y encanto, con especial hincapié, como no, en las Graces (la Grace de 70 años es para echarle de com...more
Sep 08, 2010
Rose
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who love simple, wacky/crazy stories in GNs
Recommended to Rose by:
Goodreads
"Good as Lily" by Derek Kirk Kim is a quick, sweet story about a Korean American girl named Grace Kwon who celebrates her 18th birthday in a not-so typical way. After getting hit in the head with a pinata bought from a strange old woman, Grace finds herself running into her "selves" - her 6 year old, 29 year old, and 70 year old versions to be specific. Each of them have their own odd eccentricities and things to give Grace (in spite of a few situations where they cause problems for the poor gir...more
Grace Kwon just turned 18 and a weird series of events led to her meeting herself. That night the 6, 29 and 70 year old versions of herself stop by, unannounced to them or her. She sees the desperation in all of them. The same uncertainty that she feels now. If she can help them—help herself—she might be able to get rid of them and get on with her life. As much as they need her though, she needs them too.
This was a very fun and interesting story. It would be insane to have to put up with yoursel...more
This was a very fun and interesting story. It would be insane to have to put up with yoursel...more
I quite liked this! The art wasn't very good, but I liked that most of the main characters were Asian and they didn't make a big deal of it. The protag wasn't very likeable, but that was all right -- she was a fairly believable teenager, and she wasn't so annoying she made me want to put the book down.
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents loving Lily...more
I found the storyline disappointing, though. At first I thought they were going to explore, y'know, important things in her life, so the kid represented Grace's angst about her parents loving Lily...more
Author: Jessie Hamm
Contributor: Jared K. Fletcher (Contribution by)
Publication Date:2007
Publisher: DC Comics, New York, NY
School Library Journal
( November 01, 2007 ; 1-4012-1381-2 )
Gr 7 Up-Grace Kwon's friends throw her a surprise 18th birthday party with a picnic in the park. There they meet a strange vendor who refuses to sell them ice cream, but sells them a pig-shaped pi-ata instead. When it finally breaks after falling on Grace's head, she learns that it's empty. Later that night, when she...more
Contributor: Jared K. Fletcher (Contribution by)
Publication Date:2007
Publisher: DC Comics, New York, NY
School Library Journal
( November 01, 2007 ; 1-4012-1381-2 )
Gr 7 Up-Grace Kwon's friends throw her a surprise 18th birthday party with a picnic in the park. There they meet a strange vendor who refuses to sell them ice cream, but sells them a pig-shaped pi-ata instead. When it finally breaks after falling on Grace's head, she learns that it's empty. Later that night, when she...more
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Derek Kirk Kim is an award-winning Korean-American cartoonist. He won both major industry awards in 2004, the Eisner and the Harvey, for his debut graphic novel Same Difference and Other Stories, which was originally serialized on his website Lowbright (formerly known as "Small Stories"). He also won the Ignatz Award for promising new talent, in 2003, for the same graphic novel (which was original...more
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updated Nov 16, 2010 05:33pm