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Degrassi Extra Credit #4
Safety Dance
Based on "Degrassi: The Next Generation"--the highest-rated show on The N network--this graphic novel series fills in the gaps between episodes. These graphic novels weave new adventures, challenges, and life experiences of the students and faculty of Degrassi Community School. Young Adult.
128 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2007
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J. Torres
398 books80 followersComic book writer whose credits include the Eisner Award nominated Alison Dare, the YALSA listed Days Like This and Lola: A Ghost Story, as well as Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go, which garnered him a Shuster Award.
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October 2, 2024
i think we can all agree that dylan is trash 😊
content/trigger warnings; homophobia, physical violence, f slur, closeted character pressured to come out,
rep; marco (mc) is gay. dylan (li) is gay. paige (sc) is mspec. jimmy (li) is black and disabled.
content/trigger warnings; homophobia, physical violence, f slur, closeted character pressured to come out,
rep; marco (mc) is gay. dylan (li) is gay. paige (sc) is mspec. jimmy (li) is black and disabled.
September 13, 2010
Like the other books in this series, this book focuses on two characters, this time Marco and Ashley. Marco is/was one of my favorite characters so I loved that he got his own story in one of the graphic novels! I really love the author's sense of humor, bringing in the running gag through the books of Ashley's really ugly hat from the season finale of season 5. It was darn ugly!
What I liked about the artwork in this installment was how clean it was. Clean and crisp lines create my favorite types of graphic images in graphic novels!
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Degrassi: TNG graphic novels, now that it's been a few years since these came out and there is a whole new cast of characters I would love to see a some new installments of the graphic novel series!
What I liked about the artwork in this installment was how clean it was. Clean and crisp lines create my favorite types of graphic images in graphic novels!
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Degrassi: TNG graphic novels, now that it's been a few years since these came out and there is a whole new cast of characters I would love to see a some new installments of the graphic novel series!
August 30, 2015
Before you say anything, I know that I started with the last volume. Randomly found it on bookoutlet and freaked out. Ran to my husband and said... did you know about this? Then he got just as stoked as I am. Wheeee!!
It's just like the show. Brings back so many memories of drunken late nights turning into early mornings. Staying up a little extra just to watch this show.
It's just like the show. Brings back so many memories of drunken late nights turning into early mornings. Staying up a little extra just to watch this show.
April 16, 2024
This felt like the same storyline that happened in one of the episodes but is still fun for a degrassi fan.
July 1, 2025
Loved! This art is my favorite of all these graphic novels. And the story, just how I remember it.
October 9, 2025
Should probably supplement my rating by saying it ain’t high literature, baby. But it does accomplish what it’s trying to accomplish, which is to be Degrassi as hell. 😂
August 13, 2025
I really enjoyed this book & it felt like a good continuation of the story! It did feel like it could’ve easily been an episode of the show though which is why it is not getting a higher rating. I also am not the biggest fan of Dylan so that didn’t help. 3/5!
April 10, 2025
CW: homophobia
Honestly I related to both story lines and while I still dont like Ashley a lot I think this made her more relatable and slightly less cringey for me. I think its funny as heck they gave The Hat its own character circle and I know it seems like a joke storyline but I've been there in a deep way. When I got back from Forward(its a jesus conference)I kept my bracelets on till they fell off and one year I even taped them back up and put them on my key lanyard. I thought that would keep me connected to the feeling of being there so I get it Ashley. Marco made me mad in this story line when he was yelling on the phone about AIDS then got made at Dylan for saying "stag or f*g" like he didnt just scream AIDS. Also I think Paige would come up with something better than "starts with M and ends with arco" she's Paige for crying out loud lol!! I feel Dylan was being way too pushy with Marco&they try to make it seem understandable just because his parents knew he was gay but didnt know about Dylan like just dont rush people. Telling your parents your dating someone is rough especially since Dylan cheated on him before. I'm not a Dylan&Marco fan but I'm also not a Ashley&Jimmy fan so this book is hard to ship. I liked Ashley&Jimmy in Season 1 but after that its hard to root for them. These storylines are still great though and I relate to both of them plus the artwork is amazing again.
I recently reread for a podcast and honestly the more research you do,the more you learn about the book....the more you can enjoy it!
Honestly I related to both story lines and while I still dont like Ashley a lot I think this made her more relatable and slightly less cringey for me. I think its funny as heck they gave The Hat its own character circle and I know it seems like a joke storyline but I've been there in a deep way. When I got back from Forward(its a jesus conference)I kept my bracelets on till they fell off and one year I even taped them back up and put them on my key lanyard. I thought that would keep me connected to the feeling of being there so I get it Ashley. Marco made me mad in this story line when he was yelling on the phone about AIDS then got made at Dylan for saying "stag or f*g" like he didnt just scream AIDS. Also I think Paige would come up with something better than "starts with M and ends with arco" she's Paige for crying out loud lol!! I feel Dylan was being way too pushy with Marco&they try to make it seem understandable just because his parents knew he was gay but didnt know about Dylan like just dont rush people. Telling your parents your dating someone is rough especially since Dylan cheated on him before. I'm not a Dylan&Marco fan but I'm also not a Ashley&Jimmy fan so this book is hard to ship. I liked Ashley&Jimmy in Season 1 but after that its hard to root for them. These storylines are still great though and I relate to both of them plus the artwork is amazing again.
I recently reread for a podcast and honestly the more research you do,the more you learn about the book....the more you can enjoy it!
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March 28, 2016
The same feel as an Archie comic, but more Canadian. A better depiction of gay characters than I was expecting. Very normcore, very safe without being too overly dramatic or sugar-coated.
A really good one to have in a school library for gay teen/preteen boys to get the same type of stories as their straight counterparts. Also a very popular series with grade 5/6 girls.
A really good one to have in a school library for gay teen/preteen boys to get the same type of stories as their straight counterparts. Also a very popular series with grade 5/6 girls.
July 31, 2011
Good for any Degrassi fan.
December 23, 2016
This only needs one sentence to wrap up my feelings:
The graphic novel gave me all of the feelings that the show does, so I need to have them all now.
The graphic novel gave me all of the feelings that the show does, so I need to have them all now.
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