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Tag Archives: Superman
Cracking Codes and Making History: Then and Now
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
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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
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Captaining America: Tales of Two Icons
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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Tagged African American, African American soldiers, Annie Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, Axel Alonso, Black soldiers, Boston, Captain America, Captain America: Truth, cartooning, cartoons, comic books, experimentation, Faith Bradley, graphic novels, Helen Keller, Helen Keller in Love, illustration, Isaiah Bradley, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Joseph Lambert, Kyle Baker, Latino, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Publications, Massachusetts, Miles Morales, Mohammed Ali, Nelson Mandela, Oscars, Perkins School for the Blind, Peter Parker, plagiarism, racism, realism, realistic, Robert Morales, Rosie Sutton, science, social justice, Spiderman, Spike Lee, Steve Rogers, Superman, The Frost Fairies, The Frost King, The Miracle Worker, Truth: Red White and Black, Tuskegee Sylphilis Experiment, William Gibson, YALSA Best Graphic Novel
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