Tag Archives: World War I

Pandemic! One Hundred Years Later

Posted on April 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

One hundred years from now, what will people be reading about today’s Coronavirus pandemic? While the full dire impact of Covid-19 is still unfolding, such a long-range perspective on pandemics can inform and possibly comfort some of us. Such stories … Continue reading →

Posted in catastrophe, graphic novels | Tagged 1918 Flu, 1918 Pandemic, African-American nurses, Bob Brown, Coronavirus, Covid-19, desegregation, doctors, epidemic, Fever Year, Fever Year The Killer Flu of 1918, influenza, influenza epidemic, nurses, Pandemic, segregation, Spanish flu, The Notorious Izzy Frink, The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees, tween readers, tweens, World War I | Leave a comment

In War and Peace

Posted on February 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

What happens when peacetime resembles war? I will be pondering this question in coming weeks as we celebrate Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month here in the U.S.A. This year there will be a special focus on the … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, war | Tagged "Hamlet", African-American History Month, All-American Boys, Amadou Diallo, Angie Thomas, Anthony Baez, Black History month, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Canaan White, Damian Duffy, Eleanor Bumpurs, Harlem, Henry Dumas, hip-hop "Hamlet", How It Went Down, I Am Alfonso Jones, Jason Reynolds, John Jennings, Kekla Magoon, Kindred, Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Max Brooks, Michael Stewart, New York City, Octavia Butler, police violence, racism, Sergeant Henry Johnson, Stacey Robinson, teenager, The Harlem Hellfighters, The Hate U Give, Tony Medina, World War I | Leave a comment

Twenty-first Century Genius

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Two graphic novelists were among the twenty-three creative people recently awarded an annual MacArthur “Genius” grant, with its hefty prize money. The MacArthur Foundation “celebrates and inspires the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships.” I was delighted to see that … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, weather | Tagged atom bomb, biography, Brian Selznick, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Ellis, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, climate change, collage, copper plate etching, cyanotype, dance, Doris Eaton Travis, Elicia Castaldi, Erik Drooker, Gene Luen Yang, history of science, Hollywood, Jennifer L. Holm, Last Living Star of the Ziegfe, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies, Lauren Redniss, Marie Curie, McArthur "Genius" award, memoir, Nobel Prize, nuclear medicine, nuclear power accidents, Ozge Samanci, Peter Kuper, Pierre Curie, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie A Tale of Love and Fallout, radioactivity, radium, science, Shaun Tan, TED Talk, Thunder & LIghtning: Weather Past Present and Future, weather, World War I, World War II, Ziegfeld Follies | Leave a comment

To End All Wars

Posted on August 26, 2014 by rosinskynatalie

It was called the “war to end all wars.” Yet this month—marking the 100th anniversary of the first battles of World War I (1914 to 1918)—brings new headlines and sound bites about wars and battles. Images of wounded children, weary … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged African American soldiers, Canaan White, Charley’s War, Goddam This War, graphic novel, It Was the War of the Trenches, Jacques Tardi, Joe Colquhoun, Joe Sacco, Max Brooks, Pat Mills, The Battle of the Somme, The Great War, The Harlem Hellfighters, World War I | Leave a comment