Category Archives: graphic novels

April Hopes and Promises

Posted on April 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

Even experienced gardeners may be fooled by hopes raised by fine April weather. Colorful buds promising full flowers can still be savaged this month by thundering rains, high winds, or even a sudden frost. Similarly, children and others may be … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged Beatrix Potter, Belgian illustrator/author, Brecht Evens, British illustrator/author, Bryan Talbot, child abuse, Dominique Goblet, emotional abuse, Guy Marc, imaginary playmate, incest, Lake District, Laura Watkinson, Lying is Pretending, Michelle Hutchison, Panther, physical abuse, recovery, Sophie Yanow, spring holidays, The Tale of One Bad Rat | Leave a comment

Going Nuclear

Posted on March 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

Going nuclear? A recent, award-winning picture book; another acclaimed, older picture book; and some classic and in-progress graphic novels remind us just how terrible this military choice has been. These works center upon the World War II atomic devastation of … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, manga, memoir, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged A Cartoon History of Hiroshima, atom bomb, atomic power plant, Barefoot Gen, Caren Stelson, comics, Depression, Fukushima nuclear power plant, Hiroshima, Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Abe, Junko Morimoto, Kazuto Tatsuta, Keiji Nakasawa, My Hiroshima, non-violence, nuclear arsenal, nuclear disarmament, nuclear melt down, nuclear power plant, nuclear war, peace, Peace Garden, President Trump, Raina Telgemeier, Sachiko Yasui, Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story, Silbert Honor Award, United States, World War II | Leave a comment

Emancipation and Inauguration–Days Old and New

Posted on February 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

Three award-winning picture books are my focus today. Read on. Life-altering changes brought by the stroke of a pen or the tick of a clock—the beginning of African-American History month brings many thoughts to mind. One is how the official … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, picture books | Tagged African-American History Month, American Library Association award, Andrew Aydin, Ashley Bryan, business documents, business practices, Carole Boston Weatherford, civil rights, Congressman John R. Lewis, Emancipation Day, Fredi Williams Evans, Freedom in Congo Square, Freedom Over Me, Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, immigration, inauguration, Jonah Winter, Juneteenth, March Book Three, March Trilogy, music, My Name is James Madison Hemings, Nate Powell, National Book Award, New Orleans, President Trump, Presidents Day, protests, R. Gregory Christie, Sally Hemings, slavery, song, Terry Widener, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. laws | Leave a comment

Vantage Points: Staring into 2017

Posted on January 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

Two new graphic works have helped me deal with my thoughts and feelings about the recent presidential election. How could so many people have voted for Donald Trump, when so many more of us are dismayed and frightened at his … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged Arch Dale, Brendan Wenzel, cartoon fad, Donald Trump, Dr. Seuss, echolation, Harrison Cady, holiday cartoons, inauguration, Johnny Gruelle, Jonathan Barli, magazine illustrations, new year' day, newspaper cartoons, point of view, President-elect Trump, presidential election, sight, The Gaze of Drifting Skies: A Treasury of Bird's Eye Cartoon Views, They All Saw a Cat, vantage point, ways of seeing | Leave a comment

More or Less Grimm

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and other festive occasions . . . . Two recent, compelling fairy tale volumes would make excellent gifts this holiday season. Matt Phelan’s Snow White: A Graphic Novel (2016) and Shaun Tan’s The Singing Bones … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books, sculpture, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Adelita, Christmas, Cinderella, Depression era, Ed Young, fairy tales, Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Hanukkah, holiday gifts, Inari Kiuru, Inuit art, Jack Zipes, Jacob Grimm, John Steptoe, Kwanzaa, Little Red Cap, Lon Po Po, Matt Dembicki, Matt Phelan, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Neil Gaiman, New York City, papier-mache, Philip Pullman, photographs, photography, pre-Columbian art, sculpture, Shaun Tan, Snow White: A Graphic Novel, the brothers Grimm, The Singing Bones, three-dimensional art, Tomie de Paola, Wilhelm Grimm, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

Twenty-first Century Genius

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Two graphic novelists were among the twenty-three creative people recently awarded an annual MacArthur “Genius” grant, with its hefty prize money. The MacArthur Foundation “celebrates and inspires the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships.” I was delighted to see that … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, weather | Tagged atom bomb, biography, Brian Selznick, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Ellis, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, climate change, collage, copper plate etching, cyanotype, dance, Doris Eaton Travis, Elicia Castaldi, Erik Drooker, Gene Luen Yang, history of science, Hollywood, Jennifer L. Holm, Last Living Star of the Ziegfe, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies, Lauren Redniss, Marie Curie, McArthur "Genius" award, memoir, Nobel Prize, nuclear medicine, nuclear power accidents, Ozge Samanci, Peter Kuper, Pierre Curie, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie A Tale of Love and Fallout, radioactivity, radium, science, Shaun Tan, TED Talk, Thunder & LIghtning: Weather Past Present and Future, weather, World War I, World War II, Ziegfeld Follies | Leave a comment

Lively Looks at the Day of the Dead

Posted on October 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

A spirited crowd welcomed author/illustrator Raina Telgemeier to the Twin Cities the other week. Tweens in family and class groups filled a large university auditorium, excited to meet the popular, award-winning cartoonist, on national tour to promote her brand-new graphic … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books | Tagged award winner, Aztec heritage, Braden Lamb, calaveras, California, cystic fibrosis, Day of the Dead, death, Dia de Los Muertos, Dia de Muertos, Duncan Tonatiuh, engraving, etching, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, Ghosts, Halloween, holiday celebrations, humor, Jose Guadalupe Posada, lithography, Mexican-American, Mexico, Raina Telgemeier, satirical art, sisters, skeleton, skull, supernatural | Leave a comment

School Days vs. Labor Days

Posted on September 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Is that alarm clock set to go off for school or work? And how do the young people in your life feel, come September, when they answer that question? Here in the U.S., Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, picture books | Tagged Ana Malaspina, Bangladesh, child labor, Christina Lamb, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Doug Chayka, elementary school readers, I am Mala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, Iqbal Masih, Iqbal: A Brave Boy from Pakistan, Islam, Islamic zealots, Jeanette Winter, Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, Kids on Strike, Labor Day, labor laws, Lawrence Migdale, Malala Yousafzazi, Malala: A Brave Girl from Pakistan, Migrant Worker: A Boy from the Rio Grande Valley, Muslim children, Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, new school year, Patricia McCormick, photographs, Russell Freedman, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Taliban, work, Yasmin's Hammer, young readers | Leave a comment

Turkish Delights and Dangers

Posted on August 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

What sense do young U.S. readers, bombarded these days by the war of words between our presidential candidates and assaulted by the images and realities of U.S. gun violence, make of recent events in Turkey? A failed military takeover of … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged British imperialism, collage, Constantinople, Dare to Disappoint; Growing Up in Turkey, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Erdomoglu Selim, ethnic minority, Faith Erin Hicks, family history, Istanbul, Jordie Bellaire, memoir, military coup, Mr. Selim, Muqtatafat, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napoleonic War, Ottoman Empire, Ozge Samanci, The Nameless City, The Stone Heart, Tony Cliff, Turkey, Turkish government | Leave a comment

Relishing Something New

Posted on July 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

A health crisis recently overtook our family, with my son Daniel suddenly in the hospital a long way from our home. Now that his health is more stable, the problem being addressed, I find myself thinking about those questions and … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, memoir | Tagged "foodie", Alex Award, An Age of LIcense, cooking, Displacement, DIY wedding, eating, French Milk, gourmet, locavore cusine, Lucy Knisley, philosophy, recipes, Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, taste memory, wedding industry, wedding traditions, weddings | Leave a comment

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