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Summer Reading–To Sip or Chew

Posted on May 28, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

What kinds of reading will you do this summer? “Summer reading” can have very different meanings. Will yours be hummingbird sips of brief pieces, pages of mainly light-hearted material scanned in between other outdoor activities? Or will you and yours … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, manga, picture books | Tagged Agnodice, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, California Dreamin':Cass Elliot Before the Mamas & the Papas, Cheryl Bridges, Christine Jorgensen, Clementine Delait, Delia Akeley, Emma Williams, Footnotes in Gaza, Frances Glessner Lee, Gaza, Giorgina Reid, Hedy Lamarr, heroic women, Ibrahim Quraishi, Joe Sacco, Josephine Baker, Katia Krafft, Las Mariposas, Lozen, Mae Jemison, manga, Margaret Hamilton, Message to Adolf, Message to Adoph, Montana Kane, Naziq al-Abid, Nelly Bly, Nzinga, Osamu Tezuka, Palestine, Penelope Bagieu, Sonita Alizadeh, summer reading, Temple Grandin, Tezuka Osamu, The Story of Hurry, Tove Jansson, women's biographies, women's history, Wu Zetian | Leave a comment

Being Brave and Bold

Posted on April 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

Awkward middle schoolers gaining confidence and becoming brave— two great graphic novels about this transition are my focus today, inspired by current events. How do young people learn to be brave and bold? I have been thinking about this since … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga | Tagged art club, Awkward, Be Heard! A Comic for Student Rights, Brave, bullying, civil rights movement, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Crush, Dr. Martin Luther King, Great Graphic Novels for Teens, I Am Alfonso Jones, manga, March Book One, March Book Three, March Book Two, March for Our Lives, middle school, Night School, Parkland Florida shooting, Representative John Lewis, science club, Svetlana Chmakova, The Silence of Our Friends, Yolanda Renee King | 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

Weddings–Long Ago and Far Away

Posted on June 20, 2014 by rosinskynatalie

Spurred by invitations to weddings this June, the traditional month for them in Western society, I took pleasure this past week in reading vivid, skillful graphic novels about non-Western weddings and ways. Just published, Danica Novgorodoff’s The Undertaking of Lily … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga | Tagged A Bride's Story, China, Danica Novgorodoff, ghost bride, Kaoru Mori, Kazakhstan, manga, marriage, nomads, Silk Road trade route, The Undertaking of Lily Chen, YALSA Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens | Leave a comment

No Joking Matter: Comic Book Creators and Manga Makers

Posted on April 1, 2014 by natalierosinsky

It’s April Fool’s Day, but—funny papers aside—comic books have often been no joking matter. Today, I am going to introduce biographies and autobiographies revealing the serious matters that motivated some comic book creators and manga makers. Some of their works … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, manga | Tagged A Drifting Life, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Adolph Hitler, Anne Timmons, Barefoot Gen, Batman, Bill Finger, Bill the Boy Wonder the Secret Co-Creator of Batman, Black Blizzard, Bob Kane, Boys of Steel The Creators of Superman, Brad Ricca, Clark Kent, comic book pioneers, comic books, Depression, gekiga, Good-Bye, graphic novels, Hiroshi, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Peace Museum, Jane Martin, Japan, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Keiji Nakazawa, Kindertransport, Lily Renee, Lily Renee Escape Artist From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer, Lily Renee WIlhelm, manga, Marc Tyler Nobleman, Mo Oh, Nazi Germany, Pretty in Ink North American Women Cartoonists, Ross McDonald, Senorita Rio, Super Boys The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, superheroes, Superman, The Bat-Man, The Lost World, toons, Trina Robbins, Ty Templeton, Werewolf Hunter, White Light/Black Rain, World War II, Yoshiro Tatsumi | Leave a comment

Story Times: Kamishibai, Manga, and More

Posted on March 4, 2014 by natalierosinsky

When my son (now 27) was a tot, library story time was an important part of our week. We both looked forward to that circle of eager kids, listening and watching as the librarian dramatically pointed out scenes in the … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga | Tagged Allen Say, Betty Boop, California State University Sacramento, Chinese, Chu Hing, comics, Die for Japan Wartime Propaganda Kamishibai, Eric P. Nash, First Second, Gene Luen Yang, Golden Bat, graphic novels, Green Turtle, Jeffrey Dym, Kamishibai, Kamishibai Man, kamishibai story cards, Kazuo Koike, Kitaro, library, Lone Wolf and Cub, manga, Manga Kamishibai the Art of Japanese Paper Theater, narrative, paper theater, serialization, serialized, Shigeru Mizuki, Sonny Liew, storytime, superhero, Tara McGowan, Tarzan, technology, The Shadow Hero, toons, World War II | Leave a comment

Halloween All Year Long—Manga Style

Posted on October 1, 2013 by natalierosinsky

Perplexed by that drawing of a shaggy-headed, one-eyed boy, with an eyeball-shaped critter perched on top of his head? You may be amazed to discover that Japanese storyteller Shigeru Mizuki has spun hundreds of tales about this cartoon creation of … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, manga | Tagged Angouleme award, comic books, Creature from the Deep, Drawn & Quarterly, Eisner Award, eyeball, gegege, graphic novels, Japan, Kitaro, manga, Marzena Showa, Natalie M. Rosinsky, NonNonBa, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Shigeru Mizuki, The Cat Master, yokai | Leave a comment

Being Different: Artists and Other Outsiders

Posted on June 4, 2013 by natalierosinsky

I am celebrating! Last month, the state of Minnesota legalized same-sex marriage, removing one layer of hurtful, official “difference” from our local landscape. As emotional and social landscapes continue to shift, too, we may see some changes in how graphic … Continue reading →

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