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Re-Gifters
by
Mike Carey (Goodreads Author),
Marc Hempel, Sonny Liew
Meet Jen Dik Seong -- or "Dixie" as she's known to her friends. Korean American, dirt poor, and living on the ragged edge of LA's Koreatown, Dixie's only outlet is the ancient martial art of hapkido. In fact, she's on the verge of winning a championship -- until she falls for fellow hapkido fan/California surfer boy Adam and gets thrown spectacularly off her game. As she s...more
Paperback, 174 pages
Published
June 6th 2007
by Minx Books
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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
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 upcoming tournament on a very expensive present for Adam. Who doesn't appr...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 upcoming tournament on a very expensive present for Adam. Who doesn't appr...more
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 regain her...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 regain her...more
The story of a relatably cranky teenage Korean-American girl who’s trying to win a martial arts tournament—and the boy of her dreams. This is not your typical Mike Carey (perhaps best-known for Lucifer and his run on Hellblazer) graphic novel. It is, however, much better than the supernatural/horror novels he’s been cranking out lately. It features loads of humor, a cute interracial romance, and girls kicking ass—literally. I only wish Carey could have brought this much energy and life to his...more
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Dik Seong Jen, otherwise known as Dixie, is a hotheaded teenage girl from Koreatown, in South Central Los Angeles. Although she is an excellent student of hapkido, a Korean martial art, her teacher worries that she has lost her sense of balance, or ki, without which she cannot reach her full potential. Dixie suspects that one reason for this loss is her all-consuming, but unrequited crush on a fellow student, Adam. To impress Adam on his birthday, Dixie presents him with what, for her, is a mea...more
Feb 18, 2009
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Re-Gifters is a graphic novel. Jen Dik Seong, or “Dixie”, is a teenager of Korean-descent living in LA. She studies the martial art of hapkido, which brings pride to her family. It is a means for her to carry-on the culture of her forefathers. Dixie is also a typical teenager. She falls for Adam, a fellow student of hipkido, and this obsession or crush begins to impact her martial arts performance. How will she win the hapkido tournament when her emotions are influencing her “ki” (the uni...more
Re-Gifters is a graphic novel. Jen Dik Seong, or “Dixie”, is a teenager of Korean-descent living in LA. She studies the martial art of hapkido, which brings pride to her family. It is a means for her to carry-on the culture of her forefathers. Dixie is also a typical teenager. She falls for Adam, a fellow student of hipkido, and this obsession or crush begins to impact her martial arts performance. How will she win the hapkido tournament when her emotions are influencing her “ki” (the uni...more
I have to admit that while I really liked this after I'd first finished it, the more I thought about this story the more I just sort of feel that this was more average and bland than I'd really like.
Like so many of the Minx line, this has some incredible artwork. This is one area that I've yet to be disappointed, and this book kept up with the art expectations of its fellow releases. The art is fun, quirky, and fits the story and characters. I can see people getting into this for the artwork al...more
Like so many of the Minx line, this has some incredible artwork. This is one area that I've yet to be disappointed, and this book kept up with the art expectations of its fellow releases. The art is fun, quirky, and fits the story and characters. I can see people getting into this for the artwork al...more
SUMMARY: Jen Dik "Dixie" Seong is a black belt in hapkido, a sport that her father encourages her to participate in because it harkens back to the families' Korean heritage, even though they do not have much money. Yet Dixie finds it difficult to fully focus on hapkido when she's distracted by Adam, her dojo's most talented male student and the object of her affection. Her one friend, Avril, supports Dixie's Adam-obsession, up to a point. Things start to twist and turn when a gift keeps getting...more
Jen Dik Seong "Dixie" lives in Koreatown on the edge of LA. She is an angry and angsty teen who's only outlet is hapkido. She is very good at it and plans on going to a national championship. But unfortunately, Dixie doesn't always think before she acts and she spends her entrance money on a gift for Adam, a cute guy in her class. Adam, who has hardly ever noticed Dixie except in Hapkido class, turns around and regifts it to the girl he has a crush on. To top it all off when Dixie and Adam end u...more
This book rocked. I really enjoyed Dixie, the main character, who is a feisty Korean girl that excels in hapkido. Without spoiling the book, Dixie gets thrown off of her game by a boy, and we get to root for her while she gets her mojo back. I was highly satisfied by the emotionally manipulative ending, I must confess.
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Re-Gifters is a story about a young girl named Jen who is currently in high school. This book written by Mike Carey portrays Jen as a quite and misunderstood girl. Jen's hobby in the story is her love for Kung-fu. In the story Jen thinks she is in love with Adam the number one hot shot at her Kung-fu class. The story takes off when Jen buys Adam a birthday present and later on she finds out that the 500 dollar birthday present she gave Adam, Adam had gave it to someone else as a lift ergo "Re-Gi...more
Oct 17, 2009
jjmontreuil
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I have no real excuse for reading a little graphic novel from a failed line aimed at teenage girls, except that I liked My Faith in Frankie by this same team when they were doing it at Vertigo, and having a basically theoretical interest in martial arts. But it wound up being just as charming as MFiF was, though without the Vertigo bite or supernatural edge. Sonny Liew is a brilliant cartoonist, and I wish I had more of his work readily available.
Make no mistake, it's a young adult story with le...more
Make no mistake, it's a young adult story with le...more
There seemed to be the slightest tinge of disingenuousness, but I can't quite figure out how or why. Mostly I was just annoyed by all the pop culture references; they seemed really unnecessary, like the author was trying to prove that he knew what kids were into. There's no need to date stories so specifically unless they revolve around a particular era or event, which this didn't. And he didn't even make a lot of sense with the dating. The dad's store was destroyed in the Rodney King riots, whi...more
Dixie is a Korean American girl who has a black belt is hapkido, a martial art. She and her best, well, ONLY friend, Avril are looking forward to entering the hapkido tournament together.
Unfortunately, Dixie's crush on Adam, a clueless surfer dude in her hapkido class, causes her to lose focus. She comes up with a daring idea to impress him with an expensive gift, and then finds out that not only has she spent the money for her tournament entrance fee, but also that Adam likes someone else.
Dixi...more
Unfortunately, Dixie's crush on Adam, a clueless surfer dude in her hapkido class, causes her to lose focus. She comes up with a daring idea to impress him with an expensive gift, and then finds out that not only has she spent the money for her tournament entrance fee, but also that Adam likes someone else.
Dixi...more
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I genuinely enjoyed this fun graphic novel. The drawing style is really sketchy, yet clean (just how I like it), and it's got a nice little story. Obviously, since it's a graphic novel, it's not a "hard reading" kind of book, yet it wasn't so silly as to be boring or uninteresting.
Re-gifters is the story of Dixie, a Korean martial arts black belt who has to get through high school, a crush, and a tournament. It's sorta your standard "girl likes boy, boy likes popular girl instead" thing, but it...more
Re-gifters is the story of Dixie, a Korean martial arts black belt who has to get through high school, a crush, and a tournament. It's sorta your standard "girl likes boy, boy likes popular girl instead" thing, but it...more
2.5 stars
I thought that Re-gifters was just okay, but I guess that it depends what you were expecting, and since most people expect comic books/graphic novels to be light reads, this will likely please most teens who pick it up. Re-gifters is the equivalent of cheesy teen novel, except with a Korean-American protagonist instead of the typical bland dishwater blond girl who for some reason (other than hapkido) isn't quite girly enough to fit norms, and read as such, it's good entertainment.
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I thought that Re-gifters was just okay, but I guess that it depends what you were expecting, and since most people expect comic books/graphic novels to be light reads, this will likely please most teens who pick it up. Re-gifters is the equivalent of cheesy teen novel, except with a Korean-American protagonist instead of the typical bland dishwater blond girl who for some reason (other than hapkido) isn't quite girly enough to fit norms, and read as such, it's good entertainment.
After...more
In my quest to read more graphic novels, I pretty much pick up anything that is in that section of the library. This one was not my favorite. I'm not sure why, but it was really hard for me to get into this book. I think there was too much explaining at the beginning instead of just jumping right into the story.
The story was fine-it's about finding inner peace (Kung Fu Panda 2, anyone?) and being true to yourself. The main character is a spunky, kick-a type of girl, but not because she has high...more
The story was fine-it's about finding inner peace (Kung Fu Panda 2, anyone?) and being true to yourself. The main character is a spunky, kick-a type of girl, but not because she has high...more
This was an excellent graphic novel! I have read it at least 4 times now and it never gets old. It deals with the trials and tribulations that Dixie, a Korean-American girl, faces as she struggles to survive high school, win a martial arts tournament, survive her family and deal with unrequited love and anger management issues. By the end, Dixie manages to sort out her priorities and even makes a play for guy, all while battling for a martial arts championship.
This story, and pretty much everyt...more
This story, and pretty much everyt...more
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I picked The Regifters up at the library because I like Mike Carey's work, and liked that it was about a Korean-American girl. I'm not in this book's target demographic, teenaged girls, but I once was, so I hoped it would have a compelling story. It was... ok. I liked Jen, and I liked that she didn't end up dating the douchbag (but am not convinced that dating a criminal and a bully is a big step up), but the story was disappointingly thin. I know that graphic novels can be full of depth and nua...more
I enjoyed this story. I found myself rooting for the main character, who is Korean-American and a martial arts expert. She is preparing for a big tournament but is very distracted by a boy she likes, and in fact does something to impress him that endanger her chances of participating in the tournament. Fortunately, she finds out in time that he is not the right boy for her, and she is able to focus and do her best at the tournament. The main character is spunky and unique, and the relationship b...more
I really enjoyed it. It didn't even occur to me until the end that a guy had written it. I could feel her anguish as she tries to tell a guy that she likes him. And when he can't tell/doesn't care... wow. I felt that. I didn't give it five stars because, as some others mentioned, to plot felt obvious and forced in some places. Still, I loved Dixie and Avril. The artwork was wonderful. All the little touches made such a difference. It was a really good read and I was sad to see it end. I could re...more
Girl meets boy. Boy likes another girl. Girl buys boy expensive, meaningful birthday gift. Boy re-gifts girl's gift to the other girl. Other girl gives gift back to boy. Boy sells gift at pawn shop. Gift is re-given to original girl by new trainer/boyfriend. Original girl smashes gift and feels better - new boyfriend understands. Meanwhile, girl and boy are fighting each other in a martial arts tournament, which girl wins.
Amusing with lots of stereotypical Asian and gang banger images, as the st...more
Amusing with lots of stereotypical Asian and gang banger images, as the st...more
Dixie is Korean and a black belt in hapkido. She has a super crush on Adam, which keeps throwing her off her game. She runs into walls because she's too busy thinking about him. She blows her entrance fee on a gift for Adam's birthday, and then he asks her about another girl. Dixie figures life can't get any worse. Then through a mishap of events, she ends up training with a thug named Dillinger. If Dixie can get her head straight and win the championship, maybe the rest of her life will straigh...more
Another cute Minx book. About Dixie, a 1st or 2nd generation Korean American who studies martial arts. She has a huge crush on one of the guys at her studio and it's starting to effect her fighting (and everything else in her life...she looks down at her math paper only to see that she has drawn his name over everything without realizing it). Her grand plan to get him to like her doesn't go so well, and she needs to focus on fighting if she is going to win the big contest coming up, what's a gir...more
Meet Jen Dik Seong — or "Dixie" as she's known to her friends. Korean American, dirt poor, and living on the ragged edge of LA's Koreatown, Dixie's only outlet is the ancient martial art of hapkido. In fact, she's on the verge of winning a championship — until she falls for fellow California surfer boy Adam and gets thrown spectacularly off her game. As she struggles to win the tournament — not to mention Adam's affections — Dixie learns that in love and in gift-giving, what goes around comes ar...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 tournament. Adam’s great at...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 tournament. Adam’s great at...more
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 of one of the first H...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 of one of the first H...more
re-gift –verb
1. to give an unwanted gift to someone else; to give as a gift something one previously received as a gift; also written regift
Dik Seong Jen (Dixie) has a spiky exterior–her spikiness is a defense mechanism guarding against her powerful emotions–as she puts it, “I don’t show it, but deep down I’m really a passionate person”.
For many years, she has loved hapkido because she is proud of her Korean heritage and because she needs the physical outlet for what she cannot express in words....more
1. to give an unwanted gift to someone else; to give as a gift something one previously received as a gift; also written regift
Dik Seong Jen (Dixie) has a spiky exterior–her spikiness is a defense mechanism guarding against her powerful emotions–as she puts it, “I don’t show it, but deep down I’m really a passionate person”.
For many years, she has loved hapkido because she is proud of her Korean heritage and because she needs the physical outlet for what she cannot express in words....more
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 the sudde...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 the sudde...more
I was really surprised by how much I liked this book - It was about martial arts, and being a teen girl, and dumb little semi-predictable love stories, and having a Korean family in L.A. But it was just exactly the right mix of all those things, and ultimately empowering while still being sentimental, and that is a super-tough balance, and I closed it saying "where was this book when I was a teenager." And the art was surprisingly great and super-expressive without being showy. Thank you Minx!
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Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959. He worked as a teacher for fifteen years, before starting to write comics. When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics, he gave up the day job.
Since then, he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics, writing storyli...more
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Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959. He worked as a teacher for fifteen years, before starting to write comics. When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics, he gave up the day job.
Since then, he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics, writing storyli...more
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