Tag Archives: Superman

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 →

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Cracking Codes and Making History: Then and Now

Posted on February 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

What connects award-winning graphic author/illustrator Gene Luen Yang and film luminary Orson Welles? Both have cracked codes—figuratively, and in Yang’s case literally, too—and made history. Welles did this back in the 1930s and 40s, when kids sometimes thought that access … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels | Tagged 1930s films, 1930s Macbeth, American Born Chinese, Bill Foster, Black History month, Black Macbeth, Boxers and Saints, Chinese-American, code switch, computer programming, Craig Voe, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novels, jewel theft, Jonathan Cash, Macbeth, Mike Holmes, mystery, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Norris Borroughs, Orson Welles, racism, Secret Coders, Sonny Lieuw, Superman, teen, The Last Airbender, The Shadow Hero, The Untold History of Black Comic Books, tween and up readers, upper elementary readers, Voodoo Macbeth | 1 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 →

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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

Captaining America: Tales of Two Icons

Posted on July 2, 2013 by natalierosinsky

What could Captain America and Helen Keller possibly have in common? Read on . . . . As Independence Day approaches, movie theaters try to lure customers with patriotic blockbusters, or at least action-packed adventures, echoing the fight for freedom … Continue reading →

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