Title: The Stuff of Life: a Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
Author and Illustrators: Mark Schultz, Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon
Age: Teen
Rating: 4 out of 5!
This entertaining and highly informative graphic guide delves into the fascinating subjects of genetics, DNA, atomic structure, and microbiology. Using a framed narrative (including aliens!) the Stuff of Life progresses through a chronology of life on earth. This non-fiction graphic guide also highlights scientists and major persons in history who contributed to the advancement of understanding life as we know it today. Tongue and cheek humor ensues as the aliens discuss the benefits and drawbacks of cell structure and reproduction on our “strange” planet.
The panels juxtapose text and art to create an engaging narrative, ultimately leaving the reader entertained as well as enlightened. By personifying potentially difficult concepts and microscopic forms using comic art, this book makes science fun and engaging. Reading the Stuff of Life gives the reader the opportunity to understand the basic building blocks of life, and would complement any high school or junior college science class featuring these topics (i.e. genetics, heredity, etc.). It would also be a good read for anyone looking to enjoy a good comic book, and, you know, maybe learn something in the process.
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