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With the popularity of comic adaptations on television and at the movies, these current topics can be a great way to engage students by bringing characters and stories they connect with into the classroom to help them build the skills that they need to be successful. Comic Connections: Reflecting on Women in Popular Culture is…
Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn–eccentric sidekick to the Joker–has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics. Her bubbly yet malicious persona has earned her a loyal and growing fan base as she has crossed over into television, theater, video games, and film. In…
Jessica Jones barged onto our screens in November 2015, courtesy of Marvel and Netflix, presenting a hard-drinking protagonist who wrestles with her own inner (and outer) demons. Gaining enhanced abilities as a teenager, she eschews the “super costume” and is far more concerned with the problems of daily life. But when Jessica falls under the…
The heroine’s journey echoes throughout ancient legend. Each young woman combats her dark side and emerges stronger. This quest is also a staple of American comic books. Wonder Woman with semi-divine powers gives us a new female-centered creation story. Batgirl, Batwoman and Black Widow discover their enemy is the dark mother or shadow twin, with…
Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Shuri, and Black Widow. These four characters portray very different versions of women: the superheroine, the abuse victim, the fourth wave princess, and the spy, respectively. In this in-depth analysis of female characters in superhero media, the author begins by identifying ten eras of superhero media defined by the way they…
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie DBE, a novelist and playwright, was born on 15th Sept 1890 and died on 12th Jan 1976. She has written 66 detective novels and 15 short stories and some plays. She is the best-selling novelist of all time, claimed by Guinness Book of World Record. Her famous works include: Murder…
In 2008 I returned from taking my daughter to college, only to be surprised by a divorce from my husband of 12 years. These are the actual diary entries of my diaries as I suffered through a divorce. Come join me as I was baffled, threatened, and then forced to get a protection order to…
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman…
“Maccabee Lady Vol 2: Zion (Israel)” is a comic book about an Israeli superhero. It is a graphic novel collection of ten short stories. If you like superheroes, large explosions and great artwork, you will fall in love with this novel. Readers who are at least 12-years-old are the intended audience. Josh Goldstein did the…
Sam Lyttle learns that sometimes the truth can hurt just as much as a lie in this follow-up to the humorous and cheeky illustrated middle grade novel The Pudding Problem which Kirkus Reviews calls perfect for “fans of Timmy Failure and Big Nate.” School’s out, and a long, hot summer of endless fun beckons for…
“LOL funny.” –Girls Life A Huffington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018 A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that’s a perfect coming-of-age story for anyone who’s ever felt too young, too small, or too average. It’s the beginning of the new school year and AJ…
In this highly original text graphic storytelling offers a unique way for readers to understand and engage with feminism and resistance in a more emotionally resonant way.
‘Annie Meets Her Higher Self…An Adult Fairy Tale’ is a highly unusual and charismatic alchemical blend of spirituality, graphic art, poetry, fantasy, sex, philosophy, magic, mythology, fetishes, psychoanalysis and humour. It explores such themes as medtiation, astral projection, the out-of-body or near death experience, re-birth, Shamanic journeying, enlightenment, the Tarot and even gnome-dowsing, but with…
When the Goddess of the Western Paradise Fell into a Puddle is an allegory about love, in America — in graphic novel form. What happens when neurochemistry and romance crystallize, cross the ocean, and get reshaped into LOVE by a culture addicted to fiction? The Goddess is one woman’s story of sleepwalking through love, and…
Beginning with the suggestion to share a simple meal, Stella and Moonface venture out in search of the perfect compromise. As Moonface forever questions, Stella recognizes the need to voice an opinion. Stella and Moonface: Speak Up is the second volume in the illustrated series confronting social issues some of us missed out on the…
