Graphic Novels

Tag: Graphic Novels

November 25, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

Why Dragons: On the Importance of Dragons as a Plot Device, a guest post by Svetlana Chmakova

I am essentially making comfy nests where other tired hearts can rest, books with arguably naive but stubborn resilience against tough odds, and books with kind power in them.

November 19, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

How a Graphic Novel of North Korean Refugees Can Help Students Today, a guest post by Tina Cho

I hope after reading our novel, hearts can empathize better with refugees in the community and be spurned to action. Perhaps students will take greater interest in the new classmate that just arrived in the states.

November 8, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

Not Sugar-Coating It, a guest post by Bree Paulsen

Critiquing how the military preys on low-income families with promises of education and employment does not sound like something that would be in a graphic novel targeted at children aged ten and up, but that is the message at the narrative’s core.

Take Five: New Middle Grade Graphic Novels for October

October 11, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

If I had a dollar for every time I said something to the effect of "graphic novels are real books" or "reading graphic novels is reading" to someone disparaging them... well, I couldn't quit my job, but I would have a LOT of dollars.

One Night With the Pillow Fight League, a guest post by Stephanie Cooke

October 10, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

This version of pillow fighting is a semi-professional fight club where anything goes as long as the pillow is the first point of contact. It’s more roller derby or WWE-style wrestling than a pillow fight in pajamas at a girls’ night sleepover.

A Look at Mendel the Mess-Up, a guest post by Terry LaBan

October 4, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor

In the book, Mendel is convinced he's been cursed, and it might be true. But I think it's safe to say we, cursed or not, all have aspects of ourselves we find troublesome.