Re-Gifters (Minx)
by Mike Carey, Marc Hempel, Sonny Liew
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Read in December, 2007
Plot: Jen Dik Seong is studying the ancient martial art of hapkido. She's awesome at the sport. In fact, her parents and friends want her to participate in the 25th National Hapkido Championship because they think that she stands an excellent chance of winning. She saves up the money for the ticket to participate in the championship, but then she spends the money on buying a birthday gift for her crush Adam. He not only doesn't like her back (argh!), he re-gifts her present to a girl that he lik...more
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Read in July, 2007
I utterly adored My Faith in Frankie from the same team, so I was looking forward to this. Sadly, it's not as good.
The protagonist, Jen Dik Seong, or just Dixie, is a talented martial artist in hapkido - only she's somewhat distracted at the moment by a giant crush on Adam, who also studies hapkido. He throws her off her game completely. Trouble comes when Dixie spends the money her father can barely put together for an upcomi...more
The protagonist, Jen Dik Seong, or just Dixie, is a talented martial artist in hapkido - only she's somewhat distracted at the moment by a giant crush on Adam, who also studies hapkido. He throws her off her game completely. Trouble comes when Dixie spends the money her father can barely put together for an upcomi...more
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Re-gifters by Mike Carey
My name is Dik Seong Jen. Even though Jen is my first name, everyone calls me Dixie. You see…Koreans put their first names at the end and…well anyway… Other things you have to know to understand me are that I “feel things deeply”, I have a temper, and I kind of act out and can’t help it. Oh, but and the emotions I can’t express, I channel into hapkido, Korean martial arts. I’m pretty good too!
I have two things on my mind these days…Adam and the t...more
My name is Dik Seong Jen. Even though Jen is my first name, everyone calls me Dixie. You see…Koreans put their first names at the end and…well anyway… Other things you have to know to understand me are that I “feel things deeply”, I have a temper, and I kind of act out and can’t help it. Oh, but and the emotions I can’t express, I channel into hapkido, Korean martial arts. I’m pretty good too!
I have two things on my mind these days…Adam and the t...more
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Overall Rating: A
Synopsis: The series is created by writer Mike Carey and artists Sonny Liew and Marc Hempel for DC Comics' Minx line. It follows Jen Dik Seong (or "Dixie"), a high school girl from a poor Korean American family. Dixie's passion is training in the ancient martial art of hapkido. The only problem is that her training keeps getting messed up, because she has a HUGE crush on a boy in her class, Adam. In order to impress him, she buys him a very expensive statue...more
Synopsis: The series is created by writer Mike Carey and artists Sonny Liew and Marc Hempel for DC Comics' Minx line. It follows Jen Dik Seong (or "Dixie"), a high school girl from a poor Korean American family. Dixie's passion is training in the ancient martial art of hapkido. The only problem is that her training keeps getting messed up, because she has a HUGE crush on a boy in her class, Adam. In order to impress him, she buys him a very expensive statue...more
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Read in June, 2007
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Teens and Adults
Re-Gifters, by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel
High schooler Jen Dik Seong, a/k/a Dixie, has two great loves in life: hapkido (in which she is a black belt) and Adam, a boy in her hapkido class. Dixie is all set to kick butt at the national hapkido championship, until she blows her entry fee on an extravagant birthday gift for Adam. Now her family’s disappointed in her, her best friend think she’s an idiot, and Adam doesn’t even like the gift! Dixie’s left with no choice but to ...more
High schooler Jen Dik Seong, a/k/a Dixie, has two great loves in life: hapkido (in which she is a black belt) and Adam, a boy in her hapkido class. Dixie is all set to kick butt at the national hapkido championship, until she blows her entry fee on an extravagant birthday gift for Adam. Now her family’s disappointed in her, her best friend think she’s an idiot, and Adam doesn’t even like the gift! Dixie’s left with no choice but to ...more
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Read in February, 2008
This isn't a bad read, but it's not that great either. It does illustrate what happens when a young person starts to notice other people in a romantic light, and how that affects your thinking, focus, and priorities.
Dixie, the heroine, usually takes no prisoners when practicing Korean martial arts at her do-jong. She's usually as uncompromising in her attitude and style, too. [Reminds me of myself in my streetfighting days.] Then, along comes a boy. The story deals with her coping with ...more
Dixie, the heroine, usually takes no prisoners when practicing Korean martial arts at her do-jong. She's usually as uncompromising in her attitude and style, too. [Reminds me of myself in my streetfighting days.] Then, along comes a boy. The story deals with her coping with ...more
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Read in April, 2008
This graphic novel was a quick read. Jen is Korean-American living in South Central L.A. There's two basic story lines - Jen is preparing to be in a national martial arts competition and Jen is in love with a popular boy at school. The story lines are intertwined because said boy is also in the competition and Jen has a seriously hard time finding her "ki" (universal energy, or spirit) because of her infatuation with him.
I didn't like the art as much in this one as I have in ot...more
I didn't like the art as much in this one as I have in ot...more
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Read in June, 2007
Jen is a black belt in hapkido and she's certain to do well in the national tournament coming up... that is, if she can take her mind off of Adam, the hot hapkido student in her class. Jen knows that she needs to do something to get his attention... but what? Then she has the idea to spend her tournament registration money on a very special gift for Adam. But will he appreciate it or will he turn out to be a re-gifter? And how will Jen get into the tournament now that the money is gone? And is A...more
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Read in September, 2007
I'd call this YA, and it was lots of fun. I got invested enough in the main character that I was snarling at the stupid boy she had a crush on, and thank goodness, the romance had an ending that was actually good for all characters concerned. Whew.
Some twists I found difficult to believe -- mostly the stupid boy's change of heart when he saw the main character fighting, but I can read that as the stupid boy trying to take advantage of the main character's crush on him to win the competition....more
Some twists I found difficult to believe -- mostly the stupid boy's change of heart when he saw the main character fighting, but I can read that as the stupid boy trying to take advantage of the main character's crush on him to win the competition....more
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
comic book junkies
This book is the pinnacle release from the Minx imprint so far, although that isn't saying much. Re-gifters has a decent plot shaped by a much more skillful author than the last release, Clubbing. (Avoid reading it. One reviewer summed the book up best: 'Clubbing would make a great Disney special') The main character in this book is allowed to be girly and fierce and normal - a space within w...more
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Read in July, 2007
One of my absolute favorite books of 2004 was My Faith in Frankie by Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, and Marc Hempel, a fun story about friendship, love, and personal gods. When I’d heard that they were teaming up to create Re-Gifters, a graphic novel about martial arts and crushes, I was cautiously optimistic. It’s easy to get one’s hopes up a little too high based on past successes; after my large expectations were created, would a book about a girl living in Los Angeles studying h...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
People who like coming of age graphic novels
What a great way to spend an hour of my day over Winter Holidays. This story follows a Korean girl named Dixie who lives in LA. Dixie is terrific at the martial are Hapkido but lately has been thrown off her game by a boy in her class who she has a crush on.
Without giving to much away Dixie struggles with whether she should be true to herself and be truly great at what she's good at or pretend she's someone who she's not for a boy.
A great coming of age story that I think would appeal to the...more
Without giving to much away Dixie struggles with whether she should be true to herself and be truly great at what she's good at or pretend she's someone who she's not for a boy.
A great coming of age story that I think would appeal to the...more
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
teen girls
It's hard to believe three grown men wrote this book! Dixie is a very cool, very strong character...even if she doesn't know it yet. She's got a lot of love and respect for her Korean heritage and for a guy named Adam. Her story focuses on her journey to a hapkido martial arts tournament but features friendship, romance, bravery and the multi-ethnic population of South Central LA. In just a few short (but substantial) pages Dixie discovers who she is and what she wants and even more important...more
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people who like teen fic, graphic novels, and/or martial arts.
Read this in Tucson, and it was the perfect antidote to hours and hours of academia. I love that the main character is into martial arts. I really appreciate that she's a strong, smart teenager, and that those qualities, in the end, don't keep her from having a love life; in fact, those qualities end up drawing people to her. Also, none of the characters are one-dimensional. There's a thug, a popular blonde, and a nerd, but they all turn out to be much more interesting than their archetypes.
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Another Minx graphic novel, another hit. I am really enjoying these fun, engaging graphic novels about smart, funny girls. I adore Dixie and her spikiness. I like how she learns that finding her Ki (her spirit) is about believing in herself. I know it sounds all mushy and after school special, but the art and Hapkido (Korean martial arts) take it away from being cheesy and so not like you are being hit over the head with the message.
I can't wait to read the others that Minx has.
I can't wait to read the others that Minx has.
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Read in January, 2008
Korean-American Dixie lives on the rough side of LA but has no fears as she has a black belt in hapkido. She's on her way to win the tournament of the year - until she crushes hard on surfer boy Adam and looses her ki. This is a great book about learning the difference between crushes and true affection - and that one shouldn't be deceived by the wrapping on the package, what's inside is far more important!
Boklist Top 10 Graphic Novel 2008
Boklist Top 10 Graphic Novel 2008
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so i picked this book up because it was free at work and i recognized the artwork, and then remembered the writer/author team from my faith in frankie (which was a better book but this one was just as cute.) it's good for kids i guess, i dug it in that whole "yeah it passed the time on the train ride home" kind of way. i love the artwork, though. love love love it! sonny liew is a sweet little gem.
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Read in February, 2008
I've been trying to read all of the Minx books, but most of them have not thrilled me; so it was a lovely surprise to get totally sucked in to Re-Gifters! I loved the main character (Korean-American teenage girl in South Central L.A. with a quick temper), the plot was engaging, and the art was good.
(Side note to Jane: You should definitely pick it up again.)
(Side note to Jane: You should definitely pick it up again.)
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It ended just like I wanted it to, it was obvious, but I didn't mind. I loved the dagger-eyes and the illustration. I am not sure that the Rodney King time period added as much to the story as the author may have liked, it felt a little grating as it was often brought up, but hey I was in Omaha during that time so I am no authority.
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Read in February, 2008
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YALSArecommends it for: teens, girls
Supercute graphic novel about a Korean-American high school girl in L.A. A cynical tomboy type with a hapkido black belt, Dixie's got a hopeless crush on a popular classmate who may not be as great as he looks. The plot is classic teen movie, but the drawing is so lively and Dixie such a good character that it still feels fresh.
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