Tag Archives: Kamala Khan

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

Trending–Heroes and Icons

Posted on September 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

“Popularity” changes and is rarely “one-size-fits-all.” We could see such trending last month in back-to-school clothing sales and, more significantly, the toppling of Confederate monuments that lionized slavery’s defenders. Heroism is time and culture-sensitive. This is equally true of the … Continue reading →

Posted in comic book collection, comics, graphic novels | Tagged aliens, Amy Reeder, Black Captain America, Brandon Montclare, Confederate monuments, diversity, Genius, girls in science, Hispanic Spiderman, Hulk, Huntington's Chorea, Huntington's Disease, icons, It's a Bird . . ., Kamala Khan, Lunella Lafayette, Marco Failla, Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ms. Marvel, Natacha Bustos, outsiders, popular heroes, President Trump, Ray-Anthony Height, science, Steven T. Seagle, superheroes, Superman, Tamira Bonvillain, Teddy Kristiansen, the Thing, Travis Lanham | 1 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

Satisfying Sequels . . . and More

Posted on May 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

When it comes to graphic literature, do you like to “snack” on smaller, individual comics, or would you rather sit down to the “full meal” of a compilation? When publishing sequels, today’s comic book industry caters to both tastes. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, comics, graphic novels, memoir | Tagged Adrian Alphona, Andrew Aydin, Barack Obama, civil rights, comic book compilations, comic books, Congressman John Lewis, David Tipton, desegregation, Eisner Awards, Free Comic Book Day, Freedom Riders, G. Willow Wilson, Harlan Ellison, Here, Hugo Awards, Islam, J.K. Woodward, Jacob Watt, James McKelvie, Kamala Khan, Kris Anka, Marvel Comics, Matthew W. Wilson, Montgomery Alabama, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Marvel: Generation Why, Ms. Marvell: No Normal, Muslim-American superhero, Nate Powell, Rachel Maddow, Richard McGuire, Scott Tipton, Selma Alabama, Shield, Star Trek, Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever: The Originial Teleplay, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Volume 3: Crushed, Wolverine | Leave a comment

Resolutions: A New Year for New Superheroes

Posted on January 1, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

New Year’s resolutions—many of us make them, but fewer manage to keep them! It’s not surprising, then, that comics fans and media outlets have poked fun at this tradition itself or at current events by imagining the New Year’s resolutions of … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels | Tagged Adrian Alphona, ALA Top Ten Graphic Novel for Teens, Alif the Unseen, Awal Muharram, Cairo, Canada, Chris Peters, Eisner Award, Faith Erin Hicks, G. Willow Wilson, Hadith, Ian Herring, Islam, Islamic New Year, Jersey City, Jill Lepore, Kamala Khan, Kurt Busiek, M.J. Perker, Mark Engbom, Marvel Publications, Ms. Marvel: Next Generation, Ms. Marvel: No Normal, Muslim-American superhero, New Jersey, New Year's resolutions, Nova Scotia, Pakistani-American, Sana Amanat, superhero, superheroes, Superman, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Turkish-American, World Fantasy Association Best Novel | 1 Comment