Graphic novels og tegneserier: biografier, memoirer, dokumentarer og faglitteratur

Huda er lige fyldt 25 og er helt sikker på, at hun kommer til at dø alene på sit fremtidige kattehotel. Hun har opgivet nogensinde at finde en mand, for hvad skal hun gøre, når der findes klare regler for, hvad hun må og ikke må som muslim? Listen er nemlig lang: ikke kramme, røre, stirre, joke, grine ellervære alene med en mand – og da slet ikke på en date! Heldigvis står Hudas mor, far, veninder, søskende og en enkelt sheikh klar til at hjælpe i jagten på den eneste ene.’’Det kan arrangeres’’ er en moderne og humoristisk kærlighedshistorie — for hey, minder arrangerede ægteskaber ikke i høj grad om noget fra en Jane Austen-roman?Om forfatteren:Huda Fahmy er vokset op i Dearborn, Michigan og har elsket tegneserier, lige siden hun var barn. Hun studerede engelsk på University of Michigan og arbejdede efterfølgende som engelsklærer i otte år, før hun begyndte at skrive om sine oplevelser som en synligt muslimsk kvinde i USA. Det var hendes storesøster, der opfordrede Huda til at gøre historierne til tegneserier, hvilket hun gjorde med stor succes – hendes tekster og illustrationer ligger på Instagram, Twitter og Facebook på hendes profil @yesimhotinthis.

Huda og hendes familie er lige flyttet. I sin gamle by vidste Huda præcis, hvem hun var: Hun var hende med hijabben. Men her bærer alle de andre også hijab, og Huda står pludselig midt i en kæmpe identitetskrise, for hvem er hun egentlig, når hijabben ikke længere adskiller hende fra flokken?Huda må i hvert fald konstatere, at hun hverken interesserer sig for mode eller sport – og hun er heller ikke den, der ved alt om religion, eller den, som alle drengene kan lide. Så hvem er Huda F egentlig?’’Huda F er du?’’ er en humoristisk coming-of-age-fortælling om identitet, selvværd og om at finde sig selv i et hav af hijabber.Om forfatteren:Huda Fahmy er vokset op i Dearborn, Michigan og har elsket tegneserier, lige siden hun var barn. Hun studerede engelsk på University of Michigan og arbejdede efterfølgende som engelsklærer i otte år, før hun begyndte at skrive om sine oplevelser som en synligt muslimsk kvinde i USA. Det var hendes storesøster, der opfordrede Huda til at gøre historierne til tegneserier, hvilket hun gjorde med stor succes – hendes tekster og illustrationer ligger på Instagram, Twitter og Facebook på hendes profil @yesimhotinthis.

Journalist and comic book critic Brian Doherty’s Dirty Pictures is the first complete narrative history of the weird and wonderful world of Underground Comix—”a welcome addition to an under-analyzed legacy of the free-spirited 1960s” (San Francisco Chronicle). In the 1950s, comics meant POW!BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their “comix”—spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries—presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form beyond the gutter and into fine-art galleries. Brian Doherty weaves together the stories of R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Harvey Pekar, and Howard Cruse, among many others, detailing the complete narrative history of this movement. Through dozens of new interviews and archival research, he chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and ‘70s, beginning with the artists’ origin stories and following them through success and strife, and concluding with an examination of these creators’ legacies. Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war, race, sex, gender, and expression.

"When you're the only Black kid in the honors program or (any program) at your mostly white high school, or one of a handful of Black graduate students in your PhD program, or one of two African American women on the faculty at your Pac-10 employer, it's not your gender non-conformity that sets you apart from your peers. In those environments, your Blackness is the first thing people notice about you. Still, there are other ways of being different--and feeling different--that can't be attributed to race, especially if you're one of the people whose awareness of the unwritten rules of what it means to be a boy or a girl (or a man or a woman) is tempered by the fact that most of those rules don't feel quite right. In Gender Studies: True Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw, Ajuan Mance gives comic treatment to the challenges, complexities, and occasional absurdity of life at the crossroads of race, gender, and geekiness. This graphic memoir answers important questions like: How many preschoolers have to mistake you for your dad before you actually start to forget your own name; if a Black girl is awful at double-dutch jump rope is it a reflection on her gender identity, racial identity, or both; and is viola player a gender or just a sexual orientation? Ajuan Mance's comic Gender Confessions take up each of these questions and more, as it invites to share in those moments that mark the path of a gender explorer."--

"Akim Aliu--also known as "Dreamer"--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere."--Provided by publisher.

A RECIPE FOR RESILIENCE, for teens and older!Inner strength must be discovered. This unique and creative book will help you build this skill!AN IMPORTANT BOOK FOR OUR TIMEOk, it's time for some serious talk. This world is changing big-time and everybody - all of us, of every age - needs a solid foundation of inner strength. Piece We Need is a reminder of the power we hold, simply because we are alive. Be lifted as Ari and Joel share profound truths and powerful lessons in this unique and short book. Inner strength is learned and earned, and conscious living guarantees a full life. Piece We Need looks like a graphic novel and makes you laugh, sigh, and nod with its wisdom, drawings, and visual metaphors - while you learn important and valuable tools and insights.Grow personal resilience and foster a positive sense of self. Learn to face serious challenges with this entertaining, heartfelt, and honest book. Find hope in the spirit of Piece We Need, even when things seem impossible. PWN is adapted from a series of award-winning animated videos. The Teachers' Guide and Explorer's Notebook are freely available on the accompanying website. Resources for ResilienceOur online course - a series of 12 videos, Pieces, sides of inner strength, from patience to persistence -- each an animated video, which is a visual metaphor illustrating a quality to learn, along with thoughts from hosts Joel and Ari, and Thinkabout comments and questions. All available for two weeks, for $39.This course is designed for grandparents and grandchildren to watch together, serving as a bridge for starting discussions and sharing wisdom. It is rare to find media that different ages can deeply enjoy together.Resources for Resilience online course: ResourcesCourse.com

This enhanced and expanded edition of Adventures in Cartooning: Characters in Action contains over forty new pages filled with adventure and cartooning lessons!The Knight, Edward the Horse, and the Magical Cartooning Elf are back, and sharing the stage with a cast of kooky characters. The famous director Otto Airs is making a movie, and he's invited everyone in the kingdom to audition! It's up to you to dream up and draw new characters to star in the film. Design a disguise for an undercover spy and give a superhero a makeover. Discover how body language can help tell your story, and how unique costumes can make your characters stand out from the crowd. Before long, you'll have all the tools you need to create original characters for your own comic book!

"A vibrant graphic memoir full of dark humor, Nervosa is an insightful look into the torment of disordered eating that will be a source of comfort to others who struggle with their mental health." -STARRED REVIEW, Foreword Reviews Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder. It is not a phase, a fad, or a choice. It is a debilitating illness, manifested in a distorted relationship with food, but which actually has more to do with issues of control. It is often a puzzle for doctors, therapists, parents, and friends. And so those who suffer from it are belittled, or tragically misunderstood, not only by society but by the healthcare system meant to treat it.  Nervosa is a no-holds-barred, richly textured portrait of one young woman's experience. In her vividly imagined retelling, Hayley Gold lays bare a callous medical system seemingly disinterested in the very patients it is supposed to treat. And traces how her own life was irrevocably damaged by both the system and her own disorder. With brutal honesty and witty sarcastic humor, Gold offers a remarkably candid exploration of the search for hope in the darkness.

"At age ten, Rachael Smith was going to group meetings to help her handle her dad's alcoholism. After his death, trying to manage her grief, she found herself with her own problematic relationship with alcohol"-- Page 4 of cover.

'I love [Rachael's] comics - human, humane, funny and always surprising.' Chris Addison, comedian and director of VeepAfter going through a breakup and attempting to get on with her new, single life, award-winning comic-creator and author of Quarantine Comix, Rachael Smith, found solace in documenting her experiences through comic strips.Stand in Your Power, which follows on from where Wired Up Wrong left off, takes on the universal yet highly personal topics of loneliness, friendship, depression, love, figuring out who you are and moving on, among many others.Always extremely relatable, this collection, which was previously shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print award, has Rachael's trademark warmth, honesty and humour.

"Creador de Los Agachados, Mis Supermachos y mâas de un centenar de libros publicados, Rius, el gran monero mexicano, ocuóp un lugar clave en la historia de la cultura popular. "Lo áms diífcil de tratar con humor es la filosoífa. No és por qéu, quiáz porque se trata óslo de ideas de pensamiento, que resulta harto diífcil de manejar. Y resumir y presentar en un lenguaje accesible a todos. Hice primero el tomo 1 y luego, con áms de 10 ñaos de diferencia, el 2. Uno con una editorial y otro ya con Grijalbo, pero me cosót un huevo del ojo." --RIUS