Between the Bookends Jan 2016: Werewolves, Wonderland, and a Whole Lot of History
This month’s selections include books on alternative and real-life history, Wonderland and werewolves, and teaching kids how to draw sharks!
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#DCYou Week Three: The Art Take Center Stage
DC has some fine #1 issues this week. Now, if they can just fix Wonder Woman.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #4: Gene Yang and Sonny Liew on The Shadow Hero
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a double interview with Gene Yang and Sonny Liew, author and illustrator (respectively) of The Shadow Hero, a new comic book just out this month from First Second Books. It’s a new origin story for an obscure WWII-era superhero named the Green Turtle, created by a Chinese-American artist. If the rumors are true, the Green Turtle is the first Asian-American superhero.
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Wrapping Up Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Did you know that May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month? I didn’t until about halfway through the month, but, hey, now that it’s almost over here are a couple fun ways to celebrate with your kids.
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Everyone Should Meet The Shadow Hero
The Shadow Hero is a graphic novel with ties to the history of comics, racism, and the duality of first generation Americans, in an entertaining format that young YA and up will enjoy.
Continue ReadingJane Austen Meets Marvel Comics
Just because it is 200 year old romantic literature doesn’t mean it can’t be represented in a graphic novel. Recently, Marvel Comics put out several graphic novels with stories that don’t have superheroes. At least not in the traditional sense. Two of them are the Jane Austen novels, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. […]
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