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

This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal-to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics-continues to loom before him. Through love and hate, peace and war, Russell persists in the dogged mission that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. This story is at the same time a historical novel and an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy. With rich characterizations and expressive, atmospheric artwork, the book spins the pursuit of these ideas into a highly satisfying tale. Probing and ingeniously layered, the book throws light on Russell's inner struggles while setting them in the context of the timeless questions he spent his life trying to answer. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between an ideal rationality and the unchanging, flawed fabric of reality.

By the late 1960s, America felt like it was teetering on the edge of a vast transformation. Helping push it over that edge was a brigade of young radicals, the Students for a Democratic Society, who were fighting the establishment for peace abroad and equality at home. In Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History, the famed graphic novelist Harvey Pekar, the gifted artist Gary Dumm, the renowned historian Paul Buhle, and a marvelous cast of they-were-there contributors illustrate their struggle, bringing to life the tumultuous decade that first defined and then was defined by the men and women who gathered under the SDS banner.Students for a Democratic Society captures the idealism and activism that drove a generation of young Americans to believe that even one person's actions can help transform the world.

A powerful story about race and identity told through the lives of one American family across three generationsIn 1914, in defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named James Morgan Richardson married a light-skinned black woman named Edna Howell. Over more than twenty years of marriage, they formed a strong family and built a house at the end of a winding sandy road in South Alabama, a place where their safety from the hostile world around them was assured, and where they developed a unique racial and cultural identity. Jim and Edna Richardson were Ralph Eubanks's grandparents.Part personal journey, part cultural biography, The House at the End of the Road examines a little-known piece of this country's past: interracial families that survived and prevailed despite Jim Crow laws, including those prohibiting mixed-race marriage. As he did in his acclaimed 2003 memoir, Ever Is a Long Time, Eubanks uses interviews, oral history, and archival research to tell a story about race in American life that few readers have experienced. Using the Richardson family as a microcosm of American views on race and identity, The House at the End of the Road examines why ideas about racial identity rooted in the eighteenth century persist today. In lyrical, evocative prose, this extraordinary book pierces the heart of issues of race and racial identity, leaving us ultimately hopeful about the world as our children might see it.

The Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, were blessed by the Mayan gods with special powers. But their incredible skill at playing Pok-ta-Pok, the Mayan ball game, angers the lords of Xibalba, rulers of the land of the dead. When the lords challenge them to a Pok-ta-Pok game in Xibalba, the twins know they must use all of their powers and cunning to defeat the lords' many challenges.

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech?his 271 indelible words?been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers.

Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many of us truly know our Constitution? The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation uses the art of illustrated storytelling to breathe life into our nation's cornerstone principles. Simply put, it is the most enjoyable and groundbreaking way to read the governing document of the United States. Spirited and visually witty, it roves article by article, amendment by amendment, to get at the meaning, background, and enduring relevance of the law of the land. What revolutionary ideas made the Constitution's authors dare to cast off centuries of rule by kings and queens? Why do we have an electoral college rather than a popular vote for president and vice president? How did a document that once sanctioned slavery, denied voting rights to women, and turned a blind eye to state governments running roughshod over the liberties of minorities transform into a bulwark of protection for all? The United States Constitution answers all of these questions. Sure to surprise, challenge, and provoke, it is hands down the most memorable introduction to America's founding document.

"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."?Elmore LeonardFor aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity and clarity. From adjectives and exclamation points to dialect and hoopetedoodle, Elmore Leonard explains what to avoid, what to aspire to, and what to do when it sounds like "writing" (rewrite).Beautifully designed, filled with free-flowing, elegant illustrations and specially priced, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing is the perfect writer's?and reader's?gift.

a modern ballet where lovers are ground to hamburger wives are turned into chairs TV sets eat people flowers grow from children's heads God is uncovered -- and re-covered and men are hung by the instrument of their desireStartling, irreverent and provocative, the incomparable creator of poems and fables for children turns his eye and pen upon the social calamities and absurdities of the adult world.

The paperback boxed set of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel in its original two-volume format, re-released to include a sixteen page booklet designed by the artist. Acclaimed as "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal), Maus is considered "the first masterpiece in comic book history" (The New Yorker).A brutally moving work of art-widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written-Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

In her Graphic Novel "The World Beyond My Shadow" awarded artist and writer Daniela Schreiter describes her childhood and youth with autism in an autobiographic manor. She's telling her story about life on "the wrong planet" in wonderful pictures and with a great sense of humor. This book helps to understand what it means to live with autism and is an entertaining read at the same time.Die Graphic Novel "Schattenspringer Bd. 1 - Wie es ist, anders zu sein" (978-3-86201-950-2) nun endlich auch auf Englisch!

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Gattungen, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Hausarbeit geht es um den von Art Spiegelman verfassten Holocaust-Comic "Maus. Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden", welcher dem Genre der Graphic Novel zugeordnet ist. Es soll untersucht werden, ob sich das Werk von Spiegelman dem Genre der Fabel zurechnen lässt und was das Besondere an dieser Arbeit ist. Des Weiteren ist zu untersuchen, ob es der Hauptfigur gelingt, die Kriegs- und Konzentrationslagererfahrungen zu verarbeiten. Hier wird in zwei Teilen in Form einer Tierfabel zum einen die Geschichte des Holocaustüberlebenden Vladek Spiegelman erzählt, zum anderen aber auch, wie sein Sohn nicht mit der Vergangenheit zurechtkommt und wie sehr auch der Vater als Überlebender im Hier und Jetzt noch unter der Vergangenheit leidet. Der erste Teil des Buches heißt ¿My Father Bleeds History¿ und der zweite Teil wird mit ¿And Here My Trouble Began¿ untertitelt. Im ersten Teil des Buches geht es insbesondere um die Leidensgeschichte des Juden Vladek Spiegelman, Arts Vater, und seiner Frau Anja. Der zweite Teil setzt die Leidensgeschichte bis zur Ankunft im Vernichtungslager Auschwitz fort. Ferner erzählt die Geschichte den Überlebenskampf der beiden Juden, die als Mäuse dargestellt werden, in verschiedenen Konzentrationslagern. Hier werden die Deutschen, die dauerhaft Aufsicht halten, als Katzen abgebildet. Im zweiten Buchteil geht es ferner um Arts Kampf, mit der Geschichte des Vaters fertig zu werden, bis über das Kriegsende und bis zum Wiedersehen der Eheleute in ihrer alten Heimatstadt hinaus.

* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Silver Medal Society of Illustrators * * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Comics Beat, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal This "ingenious reckoning with the past" (The New York Times), by award-winning artist Nora Krug investigates the hidden truths of her family's wartime history in Nazi Germany.Nora Krug was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow over her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. Yet she knew little about her own family's involvement; though all four grandparents lived through the war, they never spoke of it. After twelve years in the US, Krug realizes that living abroad has only intensified her need to ask the questions she didn't dare to as a child. Returning to Germany, she visits archives, conducts research, and interviews family members, uncovering in the process the stories of her maternal grandfather, a driving teacher in Karlsruhe during the war, and her father's brother Franz-Karl, who died as a teenage SS soldier. In this extraordinary quest, "Krug erases the boundaries between comics, scrapbooking, and collage as she endeavors to make sense of 20th-century history, the Holocaust, her German heritage, and her family's place in it all" (The Boston Globe). A highly inventive, "thoughtful, engrossing" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) graphic memoir, Belonging "packs the power of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and David Small's Stitches" (NPR.org).

Den 12. juni 1941 blev Anna Rakhmankos bedstefar, hans forældre og hans mindre søskende vækket midt om natten. De blev ført bort af bevæbnede soldater og uden en forklaring. At miste sit hjem, at leve ufrit under usle forhold i et fjernt og øde Sibirien sætter sine spor. At aldrig få en forklaring gør disse spor uudslettelige, og afstedkommer evige spørgsmålstegn i de kommende generationers dna. Din bedstefar Vasja er historien om hvad der skete med Anna Rakhmankos familie, om deres deportation og det liv de fik, fortalt til hende af bedstefarens lillesøster, Ljuba. Og det er historien om hvordan dine bedsteforældre og forældres oplevelser også kan blive en del af dit udsyn.

I ’Det må du selv om’ genbesøger Johan Krarup sine tidlige teenageår. Rammen er dansk firserforstad, og umiddelbart ånder alt fred og idyl. Johan går til klaver og badminton. Han har gode kammerater. Og han elsker at tegne. Men Johan er også ensom, og fraværet af pejlemærker hjemme i patriciervillaen skriger stille til himlen, og gør ultimativt Johan til en usikker og desorienteret dreng. ’Det må du selv om’ er et nænsomt blik ind bag familiekulisserne, hvor karriere og manglende empati overlader en skrøbelig teenagedreng helt til sig selv.

"Måske er det her den første gode tegneserie om Tibet siden det berømte Tintinalbum?" ★★★★★ - Jakob Stegelmann, Jyllandsposten "Drømme i Tynd Luft” leverer et forbilledlig stykke fortællekunst, hvor de formår at gøre turen fra drøm til virkelighed til en både spændende og gribende historie". ★★★★★ - Fyens Stiftstidende "en fantastisk grafisk roman om at følge sine drømme og at gøre en forskel for andre"★★★★★ - Nordjyske "Håndelaget er kompetent og billederne flyder fint (…) uforglemmelig." - Information "Efter at have haft fingrene i Drømme i tynd luft er mit humør opløftet. Jeg føler mig klogere. Og renere i hjertet. Bogen har vækket noget i mig."★★★★★- Serieland "Man er grebet hele vejen igennem." ★★★★★ - Nummer9 Ny dansk tegneserie med forord af Dalai Lama For 18 år siden var danskeren Michael Nybrandt på en tandemtur gennem Tibet. En nat drømte han, at han var manager for det tibetanske fodboldlandshold. Han var ellers ikke fodboldmanager, og Tibet havde intet landshold. Men han var engageret i det tibetanske spørgsmål, og indigneret over den unfair behandling landet havde fået af Kina, så da han var tilbage i Danmark igen, begyndte han at arbejde med at etablere et nationalt tibetansk fodboldlandshold for at skabe opmærksomhed om og hjælpe med at forene den tibetanske kultur. Efter års studier, hårdt arbejde og politisk tovtrækkeri, lykkedes det endelig for Tibet at spille deres første landskamp i 2001. Den dramatiske historie om det tibetanske landshold er tidligere bl.a. blevet fortalt i dokumentarfilmen "The forbidden team". Nu fortæller Michael Nybrandt selv historien som en graphic novel, tegnet af den prisbelønnede danske tegner Thomas Engelbrecht Mikkelsen. Arbejdet med bogen er financieret via crowdfundingsitet kickstarter, hvor private personer over hele verden har doneret over 200.000 kr. til bogens tilblivelse. Drømme i tynd luft er desuden udkommet på fransk, engelsk, spansk og catalansk.

Åbenhjertigt, bramfrit og indimellem trods alt kærligt afslører, vurderer og kommenterer Marjane Satrapis kvindelige familiemedlemmer og veninder emner som arrangerede ægteskaber, fordelene ved at være elskerinde, sex i en høj alder, de tvivlsomme æstetiske værdier ved en penis - og hvordan man restaurerer en jomfruhinde ved hjælp af et såkaldt "broderi".

Teheran, november 1958. Marjane Satrapis onkel, den anerkendte musiker Nasser Ali Khan, leder efter en ny tar. Hans kærlige, men bitre kone har nemlig i frustration ødelagt den, han har spillet på siden sin ungdom. Det er imidlertid ikke let at finde et langhalset strengeinstrument af samme klanglige skønhed som det forrige, og da han endelig finder en erstatning, viser det sig umuligt for ham at få tonerne frem og opleve glæden ved at spille. Nasser Ali synker hen i en depressiv døs, og hverken hans medfølende bror, hans udstødte søster eller hans fire børn kan tilsyneladende få den egensindige og ensomme musiker til at lade være med at lægge sig ned for at dø. End ikke hans hustrus overraskende servering af kylling med blommer - efter Nasser Alis mors gamle opskrift - får ham til at genfinde livsmodet.Kylling med blommer blev kåret som årets bedstetegneserieudgivelse i Frankrig 2005.

På TILBUD i juni måned."Hvad har jeg tilfælles med en jøde? Jeg har ikke en gang noget tilfælles med mig selv." Intet kan bedre udtrykke essensen hos Franz Kafka, en mand der levede som "bag en glasvæg".Kafka var en af dette århundredes mest intense og klarsynede forfattere. Han skrev i traditionen fra de store jødiske historiefortællere, hvis typiske varemærke var en bizar fantasi krydret med anekdoter og selvfornedrelse. Fremmed for sine rødder, sin familie, sine omgivelser og for sin egen krop, skabte Kafka - ved at forvandle sig til kakerlak, abe, hund, muldvarp eller en cirkusartist, der sulter sig til døde - et unikt litterært sprog.David Mairowitzis glimrende tekst sammen med Robert Crumbs geniale illustrationer, har fået fremragende anmeldelser:"Kafka for begyndere er en bog af den sjældne type, der forener det underholdende med det tankevækkende. En perfekt udstyret intellektuel udfordring til alle os, der aldrig har turdet læse Kafka: Nu har vi ingen undskyldninger."Peter Hartung, Venstrepressen."...en vidunderlig introduktion til Kafka (-) et absolut hovedværk - både som seriekunst og som litteraturformidling."Erik Thygsen, Information."Den største kvalitet i den gennemgående fremragende tegnseserie er tekstens behagelige vekslen mellem nøktern fremlæggelse og nysgerrig analyse, kombineret med Crumbs altid indlevede og levende streg ... en stor, stor oplevelse."Nikolaj M. Lassen, Weekendavisen."Et fascinerende indsigtsfuldt portræt."Sunday Times."En fremragende begynderlæsning af Kafka. Franz Kafkas forskræmte gøren, laden og tanker er fremragende forløst i den amerikanske tegner Robert Crumbs groteske streg: +rets måske mest oplagte gaveidÚ til familiens livsforslugne intellektuelle teenagehåb."Elo Nielsen, Information."Ingen ringere end Robert Crumb har lagt pen til (-) og i øvrigt ud af sin egen paranoide verdensanskuelse kongenialt gennemillustreret hele bogen til en ægte enhed af tekst og billeder. (-) Jo, her er to, der har forstået hinanden."Søren Vinterberg, Politiken."Det mærkes, hvor meget materialet personligt har angået og tændt tegneren. (-) Kafkas scenarier og personer egner sig godt til at få ansigter og krop. Særlig effektive er Crumbs tegninger af Kafkas kvinder, der på en gang virker som lokkende sirener, pneumatiske livsstykker, men også som skræmmende drager og vampyrer a la Munch. Crumb har godtet sig ved hvert pennestrøg."Kristian Lindberg, Berlingske Tidende."Det er uhyggelig godt."Tom Ekeroth, Aktuelt.Se også:Franz Kafka Aforismer og andre efterladte skrifterI samme serie:Jung, Freud, Joyce, Camus, Islam