Tag Archives: DC comics

Graphic Insights into Racism

Posted on September 24, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last May, public outcries have re-focused attention on the injustices that a few years ago triggered today’s Black Lives Matter movement. For readers tween and up, that movement’s emotional center and origins are embodied … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comics | Tagged African-American, Alitha E. Martinez, Amidou Diallo, Audubon On the Wings of the World, Audubon Society, bird-watching, Black Birders Week, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther, Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Christian Cooper, comic book short story, DC comics, George Floyd, graphic short story, Huntington's Chorea, I Am Alfonso Jones, institutional racism, institutional violence, It's a Bird . . ., It's a Bird short story, John Jennings, magical realism, Marvel Comics, Northstar, police, police violence, racial stereotypes, racism, Represent!, Roxanne Gay, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Stacey Robinson, superhero, Superman, Teddy Krisitiansen, teenage character, Tony Medina | Leave a comment

Celebrating a New Year

Posted on January 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. These words from a Tennyson poem are one traditional New Year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, comics | Tagged African American, Afro-Latino, anti-globalism, Bat Man, Chinese Superman, Chinese-American, DC comics, DC superheroes, diverse superheroes., Flash, Gene Luen Yang, globalism, I-Ching, January 1, Justice League of China, Kamala Khan, Kenneth Grahame, Kij Johnson, Kong Kenan, Lunella Lafayette, Miles Morales, Moon Girl, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ms. Marvel, Muslim, New Super-Man Volume 1: Made in China, New Super-Man Volume 2: Coming to American, New Super-Man Volume 3: Equilibrium, New Year celebration, Pakistani-American, President Trump, rewritten classics, Richard Friend, Shanghai, Sonny Liew, Spider Man, teenage Superman, Tennyson, The River Bank: A Sequel to the Wind in the Willows, The Shadow Hero, The Wind in the Willows, Viktor Bogdanovic, Wonder Woman | Leave a comment

It’s About Time! Beginning Anew

Posted on January 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

It’s a new year, but calendars only measure one kind of time. Its passage is also reflected in our mirrors and the clothes our youngsters outgrow. That straightforward march of days is why a new calendar year is often depicted … Continue reading →

Posted in comic book collection, comics, manga | Tagged "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Dream of a Thousand Cats", Bram Stoker Award, Calliope, dark fantasy, Dave McKean, Dave Stewart, DC comics, DC superheroes, Dr. Who, Dream, Father Time, graphic storytelling, Hitler, horror, J.H. Williams III, Morpheus, Neil Gaiman, New Year, non-linear time, Shigeru Miizuki, Shigeru Mizuki's death, Showa: A History of Japan 1953 1989, teens, The Endless, The Sandman, The Sandman series, The Sandman: Dream Country, The Sandman: Endless Nights, The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition, time, Todd Klein, Vertigo Press, World Fantasy Award | Leave a comment

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Graphic Insights into Racism

Celebrating a New Year

It’s About Time! Beginning Anew

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