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A Perfect Crossing
from graphic novel guest blogger Francisca Goldsmith: Takako Shimura has a well earned reputation as a sensitive and sensible LGBT cartoonist. Bringing her 2003 series to American readers asks that readers in the U.S. be as sensitive and sensible. The gender orientations of eleven-year-olds just isn’t the stuff of stories here. In fact, it is […]
Oil and Water
from graphic novel guest blogger Francisca Goldsmith: Unlike teens in many other cultures, Americans are shy about discussing the ramifications of class. Teens recognize that some of their peers may be significantly better or worse off than themselves, and feel discomfort with the lack of parity. Making the stretch to recognize that, while one acts […]
The Real Horror Lies Within
from graphic novel blogger Francisca Goldsmith: The appeal to many teen readers of horror as a genre is sometimes ascribed to many finding it relevant to the physical changes they undergo: increasing size and morphing body shapes taken to the extreme, new powers run amok. This week’s reviewed graphic novels go far in pointing up […]
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21: The Story of Roberto Clemente
In his new graphic novel, Wilfred Santiago captures the game of baseball, the life of one of its greatest players, and the culture in which Clemente lived. This is also the story of a humanitarian, and a man who struggled against racism. The book has a stylish website that mirrors the look of the graphic novel. […]
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