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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

Teachable Moments

Posted on June 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Now that it is summer vacation time in North America, more of our young people’s teachable moments will take place outside of school. Graphic works can play a part in the lessons they learn—especially in areas often given shorter shrift … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, hybrid books, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged all ages, animal transformation, Banksy, Birdsong: A Story in Pictures, brothers and sisters, cross-dressing, E. Eeero Johnson, early readers, empathy, gender fluidity, gender identiy, high school students, humor, James Sturm, K-1st grade, Kamishibai, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, life lessons, Minneapolis, Original Fake, peformance art, sexual orientation, storytelling, summer reading, teenagers | Leave a comment

Diversity: The December Dilemma and Beyond

Posted on December 3, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

The month of December has long foregrounded issues of diversity in multicultural countries. As Christmas approaches in predominantly Christian countries, how do we acknowledge the presence and holidays of other religious groups? Some non-Christian parents even call the problems raised … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged A Fine Dessert, Adrian Alphonsa, Adrian Wallace, Akiko Shimojima, Amazing Spiderman, Barry Deutsch, Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten, Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken, Buddhist, burqua, Chasidic Jews, Christians, Christmas, Cold Mountain: The Legend of Han Shan and Shih Te, comic books, controversy, Daniel Pinkwater, December dilemma, diversity, E.B. White, Emily Jenkins, Footnotes in Gaza, G. Willow Wilson, graphic novel, Hanukkah, Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish, Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite, hijab, historical events, holidays, Islam, Islamic terrorist attacks, Israel, Israel's independence, J.P. Seaton, Jake Richmond, Jews, Jill PInkwater, Joan Sfar, Joe Sacco, Kamala Khan, Kelly Starling Lyons, Ms. Marvel Volume 4: Last Days, Ms. Marvel: Crushed, Ms. Marvel: Generation Why, Ms. Marvel: No Normal, multicultural countries, Muslims, Na'ima B Robert, Pakistanti-American, Palestine, Paris, picture book, Ramadan, Ramadan Moon, Sean Michael Wilson, Shirin Adl, slavery, Sophie Blackhall, Spanish, superhero, Tea Cakes for Tosh, teen, terrorist recruiters, the Catastrophe, The Rabbi's Cat, ultra-Orthodox, Yiddish, Zen Buddhism | Leave a comment

“Larger-than Life”? Art, Fame, and Family

Posted on March 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

Does the expression “larger-than-life” bring images of Mt. Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, or Michelangelo’s David to mind? This term is often used to describe the scale of public art, designed to impress viewers with its grandeur even alongside natural … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels, Uncategorized | Tagged art, art world, autographed copies, book tour, Chrome guide, David Smith the character, David Smth the sculptor, Eric Lorberer, fame, Faust, galleries, graphic storytelling, Macalester College, Making Comics, monumental sculpture, New York City, Portland Maine, Rain Taxi Review, Reinventing Comics, Scott McCloud, St. Paul Minnesota, studios, The Sculptor, Understanding Comics, Zot! | Leave a comment

Jews, Muslims, Christians: The Rabbi’s Cat Speaks

Posted on February 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

A skinny, big-eyed cat stands out among the responses cartoonists world-wide drew to last month’s terrorist attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery store in Paris. Sixteen people were slaughtered and others injured—all to honor those … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, Uncategorized | Tagged 1930s, A Moveable Feast, Algiers, Arabs, Askhenazi, Black Jews, Blacks, Brigitte Findakly, Cesar Award, Charlie Hebdo, Christians, Eisner Award, Ernest Hemingway, French author/illustrator, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Herge, Instagram, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Islam, Islamic extremists, Islamic terrorists, Jewish, Jews, Joann Sfar, Little Vampire, Little Vampire Goes to School, Mohammed, Muslims, Paris, Pascin, racism, Sardine graphic novels, Sephardic, Soviet Russia, sub-Saharan Africa, terrorism, The Professor's Daughter, The Rabbi's Cat, The Rabbi's Cat 2, The Rabbi's Cat film, Tintin | Leave a comment

Re-Gifting? Classic Novels and Plays Gone Graphic

Posted on December 1, 2014 by rosinskynatalie

“Re-gifting” is the joking term for re-wrapped presents—those little-used or unwanted items that are sometimes conveniently handy as last-minute choices to give to someone else. When classic novels and plays are re-packaged, so to speak, as graphic novels by publishers, … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga, Uncategorized | Tagged a + e 4EVER, Alejandro Torres, Alice in Wonderland, anti-Semitism, Artful Dodger, Charles Dickens, Christmas, classic novels, classic plays, Classics Illustrated, Dodger, Eisner Awards, Eleanor & Park, Emma, Fagin the Jew, Fahreneheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation, Fahrenheit 451, graphic adapation, Hanukkah, Hugo Petrus, I. Merey, Jane Austen, Jo Baker, Lewis Carroll, Longbourn, manga, Manga Shakespeare, Nancy Butler, Nancy J. Hajeski, Neil Gaiman, Newberry Medal, Northanger Abbey, Oliver Twist, P. Craig Russell, PAPERCUTZ, Pride and Prejudice, Rainbow Rowell, Ray Bradbury, Sense and Sensibility, Sonny Liew, Terry Pratchett, The Graveyard Book, Tim Hamilton, Tommy Kovacs, Twelfth NIght, Will Eisner | Leave a comment

Japan–47 Ronin and 50,000 Manga

Posted on June 30, 2014 by rosinskynatalie

47 Ronin and 50,000 manga highlighted my trip to Japan last month. Our week in Tokyo began with a professional gathering featuring writer Sean Michael Wilson. His recent The 47 Ronin: A Graphic Novel (2013), illustrated by Akiko Shimojima, recounts … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga, Uncategorized | Tagged Akiko Shimojima, Genga' (Dash) Project, Kamishibai, Kyoto International Manga Museum, phoenix, samurai, SCBWI/Japan, Sean Michael Wilson, seppuku, Tezuka Osamu, The 47 Ronin, Tokyo | Leave a comment

Dark Tales from Sunny Florence

Posted on May 6, 2014 by natalierosinsky

Posted October 11th, 2012 A Dante “living statue,” standing before the reproduction of Dante’s house. Photo courtesy of Don Larsson. A pig, a puppet, a real boy or two—turn any corner in Florence, Italy and you may encounter a literary … Continue reading →

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Stay Tuned

Posted on August 6, 2013 by natalierosinsky

Although Natalie’s monthly column would normally be published on August 6th, she has written about Defiance: Resistance Book 2 by Carla Jablonski and Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang. The latter will not be available until September 10th. At … Continue reading →

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