Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes of Unshelved fame did a great comic strip about falling in love with comics - lots of people asked for a copy so they have kindly made a printable version available for private use only...
http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-12/Printing_Last_Weeks_Strip?utm_source=Overdue+Media&utm_campaign=e740345d43-UA-127250-5&utm_medium=email
Showing posts with label graphic novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphic novel. Show all posts
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Te reo graphic novel from Huia featuring John Pohe, WWII pilot...
This fantastic brand new book in "graphic novel" format tells the story of John Porokoru Pohe, a World War II pilot from Taihape who was captured and held prisoner at Stalag Luft III where he was part of the attempt to escape by digging tunnels ( "The Great Escape"). Although he and others did escape, John Pohe was one of the escapees who was recaptured and shot...
Here is the link to the Down the back of the chair website about ordering it :
http://thechair.minedu.govt.nz/servlet/Srv.Ecos_Signon?CN=12587&UC=MOEVIEW&AC=A877804567019987
And you can read more here about John Pohe at the Auckland Museum website :
The book is published by Huia, and was written by Julian Arahanga, translated by Hareruia Aperahama, and illustrated by Andrew Burdan.
Monday, November 9, 2009
More research on the benefits of reading comics
Various papers have reported on some more research from the US about the benefits of reading comics - for vocabulary, reading motivation, mileage, visual literacy...
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Academic+pushes+comics+classroom/2198006/story.html
The reports say that the research was published by Professor Carol Tilley in School Library Monthly though it hasn't appeared on their website yet.
You may find School Library Monthly an interesting website to explore... http://schoollibrarymonthly.com/
"School Library Monthly magazine supports K-12 school librarians as they plan instruction collaboratively with teachers. It helps strengthen information literacy skills, inquiry and the research process and encourages the use of a variety of resources. It promotes the integration of technology and provides links to a vast array of literature. The articles in each issue are written by school library professionals, helping others stay abreast of current issues and trends."
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Academic+pushes+comics+classroom/2198006/story.html
The reports say that the research was published by Professor Carol Tilley in School Library Monthly though it hasn't appeared on their website yet.
You may find School Library Monthly an interesting website to explore... http://schoollibrarymonthly.com/
"School Library Monthly magazine supports K-12 school librarians as they plan instruction collaboratively with teachers. It helps strengthen information literacy skills, inquiry and the research process and encourages the use of a variety of resources. It promotes the integration of technology and provides links to a vast array of literature. The articles in each issue are written by school library professionals, helping others stay abreast of current issues and trends."
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
David Small and Sarah Stewart
I enjoy the books produced by husband and wife team of David Small and Sarah Stewart. The Library is one of my favourites, also The Gardener, and The Journey, The Friend...
Sarah writes the words, David illustrates them.
David has just produced an autobiographical graphic novel - Stitches - and it is very different in scope and style from his gentle, humorous, lighthearted illustrations for the titles above. I haven't seen it yet but it sounds bleak and powerful - Stitches is being compared to Maus, the graphic novel which won the Pulitzer prize... See this link for a review on Booklist -
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3604681
which concludes with the sentence "If there’s any fight left in the argument that comics aren’t legitimate literature, this is just the thing to enlighten the naysayers." Ian Chipman.
Here is another review... http://bookends.booklistonline.com/2009/07/31/stitches-by-david-small/
David's own website is at http://davidsmallbooks.com/ and it includes some background to Sarah, with a picture of her (she looks just like characters in their books) and her amazing garden http://davidsmallbooks.com/sarah_bio.php
From here http://www.pippinproperties.com/authill/stewart/ you can get a wonderful idea of the sort of person Sarah is... She is an author who early developed a love for quiet, orderly places. The former Latin and philosophy student loved libraries and her grandmother's garden as a child, two loves that have carried over into the children's books she's written in collaboration with her husband, David. She has five gardens and an orchard in which she works daily from May until October. "Then much of the late fall and winter is spent in my library, daydreaming and reading and writing, on the second floor of our home. Like a small animal in hibernation, I make a warm nest in the old wing chair with my grandmother's quilt and the lamp and my beloved books. It is paradise."
Sarah writes the words, David illustrates them.
David has just produced an autobiographical graphic novel - Stitches - and it is very different in scope and style from his gentle, humorous, lighthearted illustrations for the titles above. I haven't seen it yet but it sounds bleak and powerful - Stitches is being compared to Maus, the graphic novel which won the Pulitzer prize... See this link for a review on Booklist -
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3604681
which concludes with the sentence "If there’s any fight left in the argument that comics aren’t legitimate literature, this is just the thing to enlighten the naysayers." Ian Chipman.
Here is another review... http://bookends.booklistonline.com/2009/07/31/stitches-by-david-small/
David's own website is at http://davidsmallbooks.com/ and it includes some background to Sarah, with a picture of her (she looks just like characters in their books) and her amazing garden http://davidsmallbooks.com/sarah_bio.php
From here http://www.pippinproperties.com/authill/stewart/ you can get a wonderful idea of the sort of person Sarah is... She is an author who early developed a love for quiet, orderly places. The former Latin and philosophy student loved libraries and her grandmother's garden as a child, two loves that have carried over into the children's books she's written in collaboration with her husband, David. She has five gardens and an orchard in which she works daily from May until October. "Then much of the late fall and winter is spent in my library, daydreaming and reading and writing, on the second floor of our home. Like a small animal in hibernation, I make a warm nest in the old wing chair with my grandmother's quilt and the lamp and my beloved books. It is paradise."
Sarah talks about three things libraries and gardens have in common - quiet, order, and hope.
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